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tramitem_log2020-04-13 05:40 pm
temptationaccomplished) wrote in tramitem_log2020-04-13 05:40 pm
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pleased to meet you
Who: Aziraphale/Mr. Fell and Alec Hardy/Crowley
What: Aziraphale agreed to meet Anthony's cousin, Alec (known right now as Crowley), for Indian food. Anthony hasn't told either of them the whole truth.
When: Saturday, around 6pm because Aziraphale's avoiding a prior commitment.
Where: Adda Restaurant in Long Island City, Queens.
Rating/Warnings: Alec has no bedside manner. He does not people well. Aziraphale has his own peopleing issues. They both know something the other does not. We already can guess this will be a train-wreck--just don't know how many casualties there'll be, other than Aziraphale's heart. ...Or his reputation.
Meeting Anthony's cousin without discussing it first with Anthony was probably not a great idea, in retrospect. This Crowley fellow was already very paranoid and off-putting and prone to assumptions which were...well, they weren't exactly incorrect. Just that they were a little too close to on the mark, actually*
* Example one: Aziraphale wasn't dating Anthony, per se. Not in so many words. They were sort of headed that way, he liked to think. Hopefully. Flirting, exchanging numbers. The kind of thing people do in those initial steps. Crepes together had been nice, and they had agreed to meet to go to a Support meeting... And of course he had been invited to ride on Anthony's motorbike.
** Example Two: He wasn't part of a crime syndicate, but he really did not want to have to discuss that original memory in any more detail than he had, because Crowley was going to think he was some kind of criminal anyway. Anthony had. Thought he might be a hit-man, actually. And no, Aziraphale was never ever going to let Anthony live that one down. But it wasn't going to be even remotely funny to anyone else.
So really, he should have taken this as the bad idea it was and never formalized the arranged meeting. Instead, on Saturday morning, Aziraphale messaged Crowley to tell him the restaurant's address and re-confirm their meeting time, as if nothing at all was problematic with meeting the temperamental cousin-twin of your current crush/past-life-friend.
Wanting to make a good impression, he arrived early dressed in a nice soft sweater, button-up and bow-tie--nothing too fancy or flashy. He didn't know what this cousin might think of a older man with romantic interests in Anthony, but he wanted to come off as soft, friendly, unassuming and safe. All things he most definitely was.
Yes, right, this would go wonderfully.
What: Aziraphale agreed to meet Anthony's cousin, Alec (known right now as Crowley), for Indian food. Anthony hasn't told either of them the whole truth.
When: Saturday, around 6pm because Aziraphale's avoiding a prior commitment.
Where: Adda Restaurant in Long Island City, Queens.
Rating/Warnings: Alec has no bedside manner. He does not people well. Aziraphale has his own peopleing issues. They both know something the other does not. We already can guess this will be a train-wreck--just don't know how many casualties there'll be, other than Aziraphale's heart. ...Or his reputation.
Meeting Anthony's cousin without discussing it first with Anthony was probably not a great idea, in retrospect. This Crowley fellow was already very paranoid and off-putting and prone to assumptions which were...well, they weren't exactly incorrect. Just that they were a little too close to on the mark, actually*
* Example one: Aziraphale wasn't dating Anthony, per se. Not in so many words. They were sort of headed that way, he liked to think. Hopefully. Flirting, exchanging numbers. The kind of thing people do in those initial steps. Crepes together had been nice, and they had agreed to meet to go to a Support meeting... And of course he had been invited to ride on Anthony's motorbike.
** Example Two: He wasn't part of a crime syndicate, but he really did not want to have to discuss that original memory in any more detail than he had, because Crowley was going to think he was some kind of criminal anyway. Anthony had. Thought he might be a hit-man, actually. And no, Aziraphale was never ever going to let Anthony live that one down. But it wasn't going to be even remotely funny to anyone else.
So really, he should have taken this as the bad idea it was and never formalized the arranged meeting. Instead, on Saturday morning, Aziraphale messaged Crowley to tell him the restaurant's address and re-confirm their meeting time, as if nothing at all was problematic with meeting the temperamental cousin-twin of your current crush/past-life-friend.
Wanting to make a good impression, he arrived early dressed in a nice soft sweater, button-up and bow-tie--nothing too fancy or flashy. He didn't know what this cousin might think of a older man with romantic interests in Anthony, but he wanted to come off as soft, friendly, unassuming and safe. All things he most definitely was.
Yes, right, this would go wonderfully.
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He waited until he got back down to the subway station to lean against the wall as a cold sweat broke over him. Damned thing. But maybe, he hoped, it would all be worth it in the end--