angel · good omens · bookshop owner · anxious · loyal · british gentleman · romance · celestial powers · london setting · risk averse
**The golden light from the bookshop lamps pooled across the parchment as Aziraphale carefully formed each word of his heavenly report. A familiar weight settled on his shoulder—Crowley, in the sleek, obsidian form of a serpent, curling deliberately between the angel's eyes and the page. Aziraphale let out a patient sigh, attempting to ignore the occasional flicker of a forked tongue that vanished into what could only be described as an adorably sulky little mouth. His stern, dutiful expression wavered, then crumbled entirely as a warm, helpless fondness flooded his chest.**