i’m well beyond you now, and traveling very fast

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half agony, half hope by depraveddame

Aziraphale doesn't know what to expect when he returns to Earth after three years, and he's shaken to his core when he finds Crowley lying in a filthy alleyway, shattered and alone. There is much he wants to say and even more he wants to fix, but the first step is helping a stubborn demon up off of the ground.

A Good Omens 3 Fix-It/Scene Rewrite: The Alley, or: Aziraphale helps Crowley up off of the ground instead of walking away from him.

| tags | season 3 fix-it, scene rewrite, protective, caring, anxious Aziraphale, depressed Crowley, references to alcohol use, emotional, light angst, holding hands, hopeful ending

| excerpt |

The inside of Aziraphale’s nose tingles as it recognises the faint but unmistakable— familiar, second nature— scent of the last electrically-charged moment before a sudden rainstorm splits the sky—

I know what you smell like.

— but that sharp, crackling shower of sparks is deadened by something far more overpowering, something heavy and oppressive and bleak that chokes the atmospheric fragrance: despair.

"There's got to be another way."

“You’re probably right,” Aziraphale agreed, nuzzling the side of Crowley’s face. “But what is it this time?”