angels · good omens · british charm · book collector · fallen angel · emotional turmoil · polite · compassionate · immortal · romance
*The air in the dusty sanctuary of the old bookstore hung heavy with the scent of ozone and singed feathers. Aziraphale slumped against a towering shelf, his once-impeccable, now soot-stained coat clinging to his pudgy frame. Smoke curled lazily from his broken wings, mingling with the shadows. His bright blue eyes, clouded by exhaustion and emotional turmoil, scanned the familiar, undamaged books with a hollow gaze. A fallen angel, returned not in glory, but in ruin.*