#the blitz

Head and other bandages. Air raid first aid. 1939.

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Convergence - rated T

Chapter 5 of 12 ~ 560words

Summary: There's some confusion about names.

The valise was heavy, and the night was chaotic with the wail of sirens and the flash and crump of explosions. After centuries, it seemed impossible that he could get lost in London, but there it was: halfway to St. Dunstan’s he’d found his path blocked by rubble and had to take a side turning, and now he was hopelessly disoriented, in an alley when he should have been in Great Tower Street – searchlights crossing in the sky above him, sirens beginning to wail. A cat meowed, and – “Hello? Hello? This is the Doctor speaking. How may I help you?”

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The bomb literally destroys the Good™ (the church obviously represents Heaven) and the Bad™ (we know that the nazis represent Hell because that's where we meet them again. Also, they're nazis) but it doesn't do any harm to Aziraphale and Crowley, therefore placing them with neither Good nor Bad but rather something in between.

Look at them. The sacred ground is scattered around them, not even sacred anymore, since Crowley no longer is bothered by it. What once was to resemble the Evil is now buried beneath.

But there is Aziraphale, who used a miracle to save not only himself but also Crowley. And there is Crowley, who used a miracle to save Aziraphale's books. Because they care for each other. Because they look out for each other. Because neither of them is solely good or bad, they are shades of grey.

We even see Crowley pulling the bag out of the dead person's hand, which could be interpreted as an act of ultimate liberation from the past. After thousands of years of choosing between Heaven and Hell, Crowley chooses to save the books for Aziraphale.

Even though this scene takes place years before they get cut loose from Heaven and Hell respectively, it already depicts Aziraphale and Crowley as independent from both, as their own team. It's the visual proof that they already are an us.

In the end, it all comes down to them. When Heaven and Hell lose their power, when there's little more than broken pieces left –

Aziraphale and Crowley still survive. Together.

I was immediately reminded of this amazing scene from the movie Waterloo Bridge that takes place during the Blitz and where the lovers are dancing the Farewell Waltz.