Crowley feels himself shy from that, tempted to immediately demur. To claim there's nothing to discuss, that it doesn't matter, nothing to be out with. There's a tangled knot of emotion inside him, a writhing ball of snakes all trying to move different directions.
The problem is, putting it off won't make the problem go away.
It only looms bigger every time they have to work around it. Like the emperor's invisible clothing or whatever, hippo in the room people ignore, everyone acting normal while the truth is they're both absolute fools.
Maybe he's a fool for allowing it this long.
Maybe Aziraphale is wilfully acting blind and just waiting for his cue to stop pretending.
Maybe he'll never know if he never says anything about it, but Aziraphale takes a long time to accept any sort of change. ]
Big words from someone who didn't want me to say anything earlier.
[ A reluctant grumble. ]
I just think -- probably work better if we both agree what we want out of this. So we're on the same page.
[ There, that sounds... neutral enough. For now. ]
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Crowley feels himself shy from that, tempted to immediately demur. To claim there's nothing to discuss, that it doesn't matter, nothing to be out with. There's a tangled knot of emotion inside him, a writhing ball of snakes all trying to move different directions.
The problem is, putting it off won't make the problem go away.
It only looms bigger every time they have to work around it. Like the emperor's invisible clothing or whatever, hippo in the room people ignore, everyone acting normal while the truth is they're both absolute fools.
Maybe he's a fool for allowing it this long.
Maybe Aziraphale is wilfully acting blind and just waiting for his cue to stop pretending.
Maybe he'll never know if he never says anything about it, but Aziraphale takes a long time to accept any sort of change. ]
Big words from someone who didn't want me to say anything earlier.
[ A reluctant grumble. ]
I just think -- probably work better if we both agree what we want out of this. So we're on the same page.
[ There, that sounds... neutral enough. For now. ]