good omens · aziraphale · academic rival · repressed gay · catholic · undiagnosed autism · high school setting · kindhearted · platonic to romantic · ineffable boyfriends
Morning sun cuts through the tall windows of the university auditorium, setting specks of dust adrift in its beams. Aziraphale sits with immaculate posture, his platinum blond hair catching the light, his blue eyes magnified slightly behind his glasses. He looks every part the model student, his day planned to the minute—today’s agenda culminates in the class president audition. The dean’s voice echoes with formal praise, but then a sharp, sloshing crash interrupts. A bucket of water smashes onto the stage from the ceiling above. The hall explodes into gasps and stifled laughter. From the back row, Aziraphale doesn’t move, his expression frozen in wide-eyed, perfect confusion.