#five flames

Aziraphale is quite happy with his rather prodigious earnings from his work as a camboy on OnlyFans. Now if only his growing feelings for his colleague at his day job weren’t causing him to waffle about this secret identity of his. Crowley has been happily single for the majority of his adult life, satisfied with his work and the at least biweekly streams of his favorite camboy, He’s No Angel. So why is he starting to feel guilty for the warmth he feels when he thinks about his favorite colleague at work?

Length: 47,033 Words AO3 Rating: Explicit/ Spice Level 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Best for/Keywords: After Dark, Erotica, Human AU, Sex Work AU, Coworkers AU Major Triggers: None

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Read it here, fic by HazelSage

*Minor Spoilers* Now back when this fic was a WIP, I swear to you, it only updated when I was at work. I would hide in corners and stretch out a bathroom break just to try to read it, I was so desperate to see what these two were up to. But it was just too steamy, and I would have to give up and save it for later. It was the most delicious temptation and made an already erotic story even more addicting!

I just love this setting!! Aziraphale is an online sex worker and this story fully commits to the idea in the best possible way! It is filthy, and unafraid to really experiment with Aziraphale's cam shows. There's so much variety in how he performs. Different toys, outfits, themes, that really pushed my expectations and made me just as excited as Crowley to see what the Angel had for us this time. I loved the power and confidence he finds in camming, and I love that it's not something he's expected to not enjoy or to eventually quit. And the comments on his page were always such a blast! I love a social media bit done well, and this was excellent.

Oh and Crowley? He is a world class simp in this and I fully agree. I loved the world and plot outside of the camming! It's funny, warm, adorable at times and thrilling in others. The plot of the two of them as coworkers was a joy, and the excitement of knowing both paths were destined to collide was so much fun. I enjoyed everything about this story! But please just save it for at home. It was torture trying to read this in public and trust me, you'll want to enjoy it fully.

A little first-time (extremely soft) light bondage on a rainy afternoon, with feelings and tenderness and love. It was an ancient dream, old as the Garden and a vine that had twined around two branches together, dangerous as the offer of a sheltering wing. But in this quiet cottage, in this bedroom looking out to the hills and the sea and the sky, certain things were proving possible, after all.

Length: 8,359 Words AO3 Rating: Explicit/ Spice Level 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Best for/Keywords: After Dark, Erotica, South Downs Cottage, Healing, Trans Character Major Triggers: None

Read it here, fic by adverbian

*Minor Spoilers* Oh this is gorgeous gorgeous GORGEOUS! This is everything that I personally love, and it's such a tender and erotic look through a window, into a certain bedroom in the South Downs.

This is just one scene of our pair trying out bondage for the first time. It's heart sickeningly tender and healing as much as it is insanely sexy. And the prose is just beautiful. I particularly love this admission at the ending, “You held onto me....You took me flying, and you held onto me, and you didn’t let me go.” What a lovely depiction of the trust these two have for each other, and how vulnerable it can be to give your body completely to another. Truly a fantastic little story that you need to save for a quiet read, preferably in bed.

It's unfair. A joke of the universe, Crowley thinks, to make him the biggest bottom in the London area with a huge dollop of size queen to boot and then to turn around and give him eight inches of useless dick between his legs.

Length: 8,838 words

AO3 Rating: / Spice Level 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Best for: After Dark, Comedy, Human AU

Triggers: None, STD Mention

Read it here, fic by NaroMoreau, summerofspock

*Minor Spoilers* This one had me howling!! Not only is is shockingly sexy, it's super funny and an absolute blast.

Crowley here has a problem. All this poor dear wants is to get dicked down, but when his dates see his dick they all suddenly want him to top. His best friend Aziraphale certainly isn't helping matters! All he does is listen to Crowley vent, and didn't take a blurry drunken dick pick as a love confession. How terrible! It's such a silly setup and one that I absolutely loved. Their dialogue was a blast and the writing style is excellent. It's comedy, but also clever and well written. And the porn is porning. Seriously, it's the best kind of graphic that never feels cringey.

This is not one you can get away with in public, this is best read from the comfort of your own bed. Have fun with this one ya'll!!

Crowley loves watching Aziraphale. Aziraphale likes being watched. Surely, that won't lead to any complications. Right? (Or: The five times Crowley wanked while watching Aziraphale have sex with others, and the one time they finally touched each other.)

Length: 22,448 Words AO3 Rating: Explicit/ Spice Level 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Best for/Tropes: After Dark, Erotica, Through the Ages Major Triggers: None

Read it here, fic by MirjamOmens (Mirjam)

*Minor Spoilers* This is a personal favorite of mine that has unfortunately gotten trapped in my rec hiatuses twice now! But no longer, I simply must gush about this story!

This is such a thrilling and erotic "Through the Ages" story about another Arrangement our pair have been keeping. One where Aziraphale has sex with humans while Crowley watches. What starts off as an accident becomes a way for them to play in the grey areas. If they look but don't touch, if they don't acknowledge what's taking place, if it stays in the shadows, then they stay safe. From Head Office sure, but also from their own unquenchable desire for each other. It's so incredibly erotic to me, Crowley's voyeurism made me hyper aware of our voyeurism as readers as well. As we "look" in on these scenes, don't we also want to say, “Worship him...Praise him. Make him feel like he’s a precious gift from the Lord herself.” Anyway, let's just say I'm a sucker for all of this.

Our second half of the story gets to be so fun and loving. It's playful and we heal all the hurts from when they couldn't be intimate together. Now that they get to have it all, they truly go for it! Finally they just get to have fun and enjoy their time together without fear! It was such a fun little repeat of the first chapter as they get to rewrite memories together. I hope this iteration is having so much fun! They deserve it and I know they'll constantly be finding new ways to love and enjoy their life.

There is so much to enjoy here, but do it from the comfort of your home (or bed) it's much too naughty for public....I guess unless you're into that sort of thing as I suspect these iterations would be.

When Crowley returns to London after nannying for Warlock, she begins to frequent queer venues using the name Ash, manifesting a deliberately transfeminine form. Feeling more at home in her corporation than she ever has before, she is eager to guard this treasured part of her life from her angelic and demonic counterparts. That is, until one evening, when a friend from the scene “sets her up” with a man known as Angel, whom Crowley immediately identifies as Aziraphale manifesting transmasculine characteristics. For the sake of discretion, they behave as handsome strangers to one another until they are alone at an afterparty later the same night. Crowley and Aziraphale’s attempts at physical intimacy through the ages have always been stilted, awkward and anticlimactic… but in this moment, Crowley is drawn even more strongly to Aziraphale than usual, and Aziraphale feels the same about Crowley. Both beings are truly at one with their own gender presentation and earnestly, amorously fascinated by the presentation of the other as their evening together builds to a tender, breathless climax.

Length: 4,997 words

AO3 Rating: Explicit / Spice Level 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Best for: After Dark, Canon AU

Triggers: None

Read it here, fic by ineffabildaddy with artwork by wasleichtes

*Minor Spoilers* There is a level of quality I have come to expect from this author (and friend), but my favorite thing is how each new story completely surprises me. I never know exactly what I'll find, and I'm always blown away. And this story of a trans presenting angel and demon is no exception.

This is a canon setting (veered off the timeline) and that is a huge reason why this so magical to me. It works because this is not just two trans humans meeting in a bar. It's two occult beings who are choosing to present as trans humans. It is a desire born out of their own free will, reclaiming their bodies and personhood from Heaven and Hell. For Ash, it is a comfort in herself and body that she has never known before. But it's also a desire to question, to be transgressive, to form her own path. For Angel, it's that too but also freedom. This form allows him to shed the discomforts of the strict conformity of Heaven. They both could have manifested completely different bodies, entirely new faces, but they stay in the ones they were given and make the changes that make them feel at home.

There's a lot of canon settings use a variety of "efforts", but that doesn't necessarily make them trans narratives. Both types of stories are great! But this story is clear, this is a story about what being trans means to two immortal celestial beings. What I also love about this story and find unique is that this isn't the first time these two have tried to make something physical work. It's a really awesome plot detail that opens a whole new door to me!

And of course as always, it's incredibly hot and sexy and you will be left with thoughts of these two long after you finish this story. Or at least I will be. I love these two. I think this is a refreshing take, something that surprised me, and kind of pushed me into seeing these two in new ways. The bar is always being raised, and there is always something new to explore with these characters. There is so much meaning and understanding of our own selves and our communities that we can find in them, and I think this story is a perfect example of that.

Crowley has noticed, certainly, the way that tattered waistcoat puckers a bit around the angel’s sides these days, the way the seat of those trousers fits more snugly than before. He’s had to excuse himself from the room more than once because of it, thoughts reduced to mush at the barest glimpse of the fuller curve of Aziraphale’s arms.

Length: 3,037 Words

AO3 Rating: Explicit/ Spice Level 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Best for: After Dark, Romance

Triggers: None

Read it here, fic by perilit

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*Minor Spoilers* This is another smut fic that feels like mini therapy and a shining example of the variety and body positivity that can be found in our fandom. I've never been part of a fandom that so wholeheartedly worships its fat character. It is important for me to read stories that embrace Aziraphale's fatness. He's desirable not despite his body, but because of his body. Fatphobia is especially rampant in queer/trans male spaces, and that makes a story like this even more important to read. This narrative of a queer, feminine, fat man-shaped being with a vulva is worth celebrating.

It's an after dark read, but something a little slower, gentler, softer. It's comforting and intimate. Vulnerable, and trusting. I love stories like these so much.

“I’m sorry, I-I wasn’t sure w-when to say something!” Aziraphale cried out, stuttering and pulling back from Crowley’s arms, pressing himself to the wall behind him as though pinned. Crowley’s heart broke at the sight, at the hurt and fear in the angel’s eyes. “Hey, Angel, it’s okay. You didn’t do anything wrong. I’m sorry I pulled back like that, I was just a bit confused since… but it’s okay if it doesn’t happen all the time for you.” “No, no, that’s not it!” Aziraphale cried out, crossing his hands slightly in front of his body to cover his crotch. “This is perfect, but I’m not… I don’t have…” Aziraphale blushed brightly, avoiding Crowley’s gaze, and suddenly Crowley understood. “Oh, angel, are you trans?” Aziraphale sniffed and nodded.

Length: 4,145 Words

AO3 Rating: Explicit/ Spice Level 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Best for: After Dark, Human AU

Triggers: None

Read it here, fic by hiya_angel

*Minor Spoilers* This is a very soft and gentle short story of a human trans Aziraphale hooking up with Crowley, and the ineffable way that they instantly connect and support each other. They are so sweet in this one, and I feel so much love for the both of them and how they're able to be vulnerable with each other. One of my favorite aspects of this story is how they talk about boundaries and consent. It's so important and brave to tell a partner how you want to be loved and touched during sex. Setting those boundaries, and having them not only be met, but expectations exceeded is the ultimate fantasy and I have to admit to getting a little wobbly over this one. It's very precious and dear, while also being deliciously erotic. A short read, but one to make the time for!

Crowley is the founding member. Aziraphale's is the member. Aziraphale was dizzy with how much he wanted to have Crowley naked in his bed, and here Crowley was, stripping down in his room while he tried to settle the slight shake in his fingers. He undid the button of his trousers and slid the zipper down. Was he moving too slow? Maybe Crowley thought he was teasing them, trying to put on a little show. The nervousness crowded his mind but he drew in a slow breath and nudged the fear away again. It would be alright. This was Crowley, watching him with so much desire he could practically feel it like honey dripping over his skin. Crowley would accept him. Aziraphale breathed out and pushed his trousers and pants down to his thighs in one go. There was a half second of silence as Aziraphale waited in strained anticipation for Crowley to see. "Oh, thank GOD."

Length: 6,471 Words

AO3 Rating: Explicit / Spice Level 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Best for: After Dark, Human AU, Trans Character

Triggers: None

Read it here, fic by cheerios_and_wine

*Minor Spoilers* This fic is purely smut, but one thing I always want to make clear here, is that smut fics are so important and contain so much depth! Yes this is about sex, but it's also about vulnerability. It's about the awkwardness of being intimate with a new partner. It's about respecting yourself and your body. It's about baring your flaws to another and saying, "this is me". Both of them in this story have baggage, they have parts of their bodies that have caused shame and embarrassment. But they don't have to. They can, and will, be loved exactly for the pieces of themselves they've had to hide and make excuses for. Acceptance of yourself and your body is important, but sometimes you do need that final puzzle piece of validation. For someone to see the whole of you and say, you are desirable. That's what this story does. It really fills something in my heart, it's as comforting as it is sexy. And let's be real, for all my waffle so far, this is incredibly hot. You will have a fun time, it'll just come with some lovely emotions on the side.