I JUST READ CHAPTER 18 AND I'M SO EXCITED! So I have a question. A very important question, specifically about your portrayal of the Midam.
We know that Adam now has the courage to discuss “hypothetical situations” involving HIMSELF with Michael (that boy really decided to take a direct approach and still wasn’t understood by Michael—I feel sorry for him). So here’s the question: IS IT POSSIBLE that Adam would want to discuss the issue of romantic or sexual attachment between an angel and a human with Michael by bringing up the topic of nephilim birth???? I mean, discuss a “COMPLETELY HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION INVOLVING HIMSELF” when it comes to making love and forming a serious relationship with an angel.
I know that Adam knows Michael considers nephilim to be creatures of vice. But would that knowledge stop him from saying: “Has it never happened that an angel and a human had a child because they loved each other deeply? Because they wanted to become a family, in the human sense of the word?” Would that make Michael think about something and come to some new conclusions? In the Supernatural canon, there was an episode about angels falling in love and forming actual families with children. Surely Michael might have known about that or even witnessed it personally. Could Adam, in some clever way, place himself and Michael in a hypothetical situation regarding this topic? And what would that look like? How would the dialogue unfold?
Thanks for the question. I'm glad you enjoyed Chapter 18 so much! Also, nice cat 😁
So, there are a couple problems with this approach. The foremost being that Adam would need to explicitly ask Michael about angels having sex with humans. Through the majority of this fic, Adam has considered himself unworthy to be in romantic love with Michael. Adam doesn't know just how much higher up in the food chain that Michael is compared to Adam, but Adam does know that Michael acted as the literal God of Heaven. (So essentially, Adam feels like he is the equivalent of an ant to Michael's divinity and is just lucky enough to even know/spend time with Michael.) The few times that Adam psyched himself up enough to talk with Michael about humans, romance, and angels, Michael told Adam that angels and humans don't mix romantically. (The last chapter was pretty hard on Adam, because -- without realizing it -- Michael essentially told Adam that if Adam was an angel, they'd end up bonded, but because Adam is human this bonding will never happen.) And since Michael has been pretty adamant that biologically, angels could never romantically love humans and humans can't bond with angels, Adam believes him.
Now, the other reason that Adam would not want to ask Michael a question about angels having sex with humans is that Adam is always concerned about saying something that might hurt Michael's feelings or make Michael leery of Adam. Adam is very aware that even though Michael would absolve Adam if Adam made a stupid mistake, Adam would still be hanging out in the memoryscape for who-knows-how-long having made that stupid mistake. And a really stupid mistake would have long-term negative effects on their friendship. So, Adam tries very hard not to tip the boat.
Now from Michael's POV, having a nephilim with Adam would not be a compelling reason to enter a romantic relationship with Adam. In fact, it would be the complete opposite. At this point, Michael believes nephilim are Abomination (capital "A"), and that a nephilim's creation is a violation upon the human impregnated. In this fic, angels were created fully formed, excepting Lucifer. So, Michael really has no concept of "raising a family". Essentially, if they got on the topic of nephilim, Michael would be devastated if Adam even suggested Michael could do that to Adam -- for Michael, his Favorite among all others would have essentially told Michael that he believed Michael capable of the vilest violation to Adam's human person that Michael could think of.
Now Michael's viewpoint may change in the future (not commenting on future fics!) But I will note that Michael has never met Jack at this point.
