Drink Count: 17 || New World, New Home

[eyesofaserpent]

[Forward dated to January 16.]


A. [Action: 852 Goldberg Street, ridiculous o'clock]

[The alarm klaxons jarred Crowley out of a comfortable sleep. The demon sat bolt upright and blinked his yellow snake eyes blearily. It took him a minute to realize that something was off about the room he was in. The shadow of the tree outside wasn't quite right. The wallpaper was different. His "wife" didn't look the same.

His wife didn't look the same.

He jumped out of the bed, blessing under his breath.]

Bollocks.


B. [Action: 852 Goldberg Street, later morning]

[He checked to make sure his Bentley was in the garage. It was. He also found his puppy and all her accessories in exactly the same places they had been in 915 Bilko Boulevard, only in this new house. How strange.

Crowley was dressed in a smart black suit and red shirt that had once been scratchy slacks and a hideous jumper. He was also, of course, wearing his snakeskin shoes and sunglasses. He sat at the kitchen table, drinking a poor excuse for a cup of coffee. He was going to have to go shopping.]


C. [Action: 915 Bilko Boulevard, around noon]

[He can't stop himself for wanting to check on Kyon. He couldn't leave the poor boy alone without at least checking to see if he was alright, right? He drives on over and parks in the driveway. The demon strides into the house as if he lives there. Which he did up until this morning.]

Kyon? Are you in here, kid?


D. [Action: Olney's Tavern, late afternoon]

[Crowley's looking a bit irritable behind the bar. What the hell is with this town?]

What'll you have?


E. [Phone: Locked to Aziraphale]

[Crowley's just a little on edge when he's able to get to the back of the tavern to make his phone call to Aziraphale. He paces as far as the phone cord will let him and he's hissing a bit.]

Pick up. Pickuppickuppickup! Bloody hell Angel, this is not the time to neglect your bloody phone!

Comments

[fineinthefire]

[He smirks .]

Well I can't be subtle about it if you keep being so direct.

[eyesofaserpent]

Details.

[He pulls onto the road up to Make-out Point.]

[fineinthefire]

Sometimes it's better to have them!

[And with that he gets out of the car, taking the small paper bag he brought with him out too. He waved Crowley towards him as he headed for the edge of the peak, moving to sit and dangle his legs into the emptiness below.]

[eyesofaserpent]

[Crowley follows after him curiously. He sits beside the redhead.]

[fineinthefire]

Back home, whenever I'd want some time to think I'd always go to the top of this clock tower in one of the towns nearby and watch the sunset. I made a friend and offered to share the space with him. Soon enough it was like the hang out spot. Sometimes we'd have fun, other times he would ask me questions about things he didn't understand.

[He wasn't sure what it was about Crowley that made him want to talk, but here he was. He grabbed the bag next to him and pulled out two ice cream bars. Handing one over, he grins.]

One thing was always the same though. We always had sea salt ice cream. [He shrugs before looking back out at the stars.] It's not sea salt but it's still pretty good. [He opens his and takes a bite.]

[eyesofaserpent]

[He looks a little leery at the ice cream at the mention of "sea salt" (Who does that, honestly?), but opens it and hopes for vanilla or chocolate.]

Well, it's a little late for more than just looking at the streetlights.

[fineinthefire]

[Don't worry Crowley. They don't sell sea salt ice cream in this place so he opted for the generic vanilla. Next time it'd be mint.]

Yeah, but I figured the stars would be the next best thing.

[He leans back and looks up at the sky.]

Even though this place changes the stars don't.

[eyesofaserpent]

[He takes a bite of the ice cream. Not bad. Though cold. On a cold night. He shivers slightly.]

Well, they tend to change with the seasons. And then there are the wandering stars...

[fineinthefire]

[Axel was pretty accustomed to varying temperatures so it didn't bother him so much. He did notice the shiver though.]

That's the thing though. Their changes are mapped. They're generally known. Even when a star dies its light will still reach us for many years to come.

[He slips off his outer jacket and hands it to Crowley.]

[eyesofaserpent]

Well, yes. They're rather far away.

[He looks at the offered jacket and stubbornly refuses to take it, instead taking another bite of the ice cream.]

[fineinthefire]

[He chuckles.]

Understatement of the year.

[He quirks an eyebrow for a second before being equally as obstinant and draping it over his shoulders. Of course he isn't gonna say anything about it, but hey.]

Sunsets definitely have more color though.

[eyesofaserpent]

[He grumps at the jacket, but doesn't shrug it off.]

I rather fancy sunsets myself.

[fineinthefire]

[Axel takes a bite out of his ice cream, maybe a little smug not that he's showing it.]

Yeah. I agree.

[The pause is a rather long one. Sometimes this whole asking people to hang out thing was kinda difficult. He was pretty sure he'd sound like an idiot, but whatever. It's not like they had much else to do here.]

Maybe we can come back some time and watch it.

[eyesofaserpent]

[Oh, Axel. Oh! Crowley notes with amusement how it almost sounds like the redhead is asking him on a date (considering their earlier conversation). And considering the location...]

Well, alright. But no funny business. I don't kiss until the fifth date.