[#378 - Deliver] Good Omens: Deliver Us From Evil

[lebateleur]

Title: Deliver Us From Evil
Fandom: Good Omens
Rating: G
Notes: Aziraphale, on his way to the top. Oblique spoilers for Season 2.

It was a long ride through the seven spheres from Earth to Heaven, even in a lift moving at the speed of a miracle. Aziraphale stared straight ahead and tried to see anything but the chaotic swirl of his thoughts. He’d thought Crowley had meant it when he’d said he wanted things to be different. He’d thought Crowley was his friend. Crowley had claimed as much, right to the end. To the moment when he’d tried to tempt Aziraphale away from Heaven, from good. Thank God, Aziraphale thought, the Metatron had been there. Otherwise, he might have fallen for it.

Comments

[delphi]

Oof. This is perfectly heartbreaking, and I love the fiendish twist of the title. Wonderful work.

[lebateleur]

Thank you!! At first (and second) blush I identify with Crowley during That Scene, but taking a step back I can absolutely see why Aziraphale reacted as he did, and what conclusions (correct or otherwise) he probably reached given the fact that their "exactly"'s mean such different things.

[delphi]

given the fact that their "exactly"'s mean such different things

Yes, 100%, and that's such an applicable callback.