Do you have any recs for COVID-19/pandemic-related comfort content? Not limited to post-lockdown video content (though I know there are lots of Awake the Snake stories out there, and those recs are certainly welcome too!); could be characters talking about the “plague,” comforting each other, taking action to help in some way, or anything else. I'm especially looking for fics that touch on the pandemic aside from just social isolation (of course, they can also include isolation). Thanks so much!
Hello!
I recommend taking a look at these fics!
Changing of the Seasons by AppleSeeds (T)
Confined to his bookshop, Aziraphale joins a virtual training session about urban foraging led by botanist and natural wellbeing practitioner Anthony Crowley, and feels some relief from his anxiety for the first time since lockdown began. After that, he watches every video Crowley has posted online, but will he ever get up the courage to actually interact with him? After all, Crowley keeps giving him opportunities to do so...
Perhaps once the lockdown is over, some one-to-one nature-based relaxation therapy might be just what Aziraphale needs?
Breaking Routine by blue_pencil_case (E)
Variety is the spice of life, so Aziraphale and Crowley pretend to be strangers on a day that is completely Normal.
This fic isn’t focused on Covid, but it is mentioned in the later chapters:
Guarding Anthony by Magnolia822 (E)
When middling angel Aziraphale is assigned as guardian to one Anthony J Crowley, aging playboy and heir to an industrial fortune, he finally has the chance to prove himself to Heaven and earn his place on Earth. Armed only with the compendious yet vague Binder of Guardian Angel Protocols, he must learn to trust his own instincts if he is to stop Crowley from self-destructing.
Anthony Crowley has been living his life in the shadow of a tragic incident from his past. He never expects help to come from the most unlikely quarter: a dowdy, yet intriguing, bookseller named A.Z. Fell.
Neither of them expects to fall in love. But on this crazy place called Earth, anything can happen. Can't it?
And here are some wips:
Waking Up Slow by the_moonmoth (E) - wip
“Then you’ll just have to come back with me," Aziraphale said.
“You what?”
“You’ll have to come and isolate with me, at my cottage.”
The thing about messing with people, Crowley thought, was that sometimes, they genuinely surprised you.
After both being exposed to coronavirus, total strangers Crowley and Aziraphale are forced to wait out their isolation together. A tale of soft winter romance by the sea.
No Matter the Distance by Lurlur (E) - wip
Crowley starts a new job just as the country goes into lockdown. The only thing more awkward than navigating a new company whilst working from home is the bastard in legal who shoots down everything Crowley says.
As always, if any of our followers have any recs, please feel free to let us know!
~ Mod G
