He huffs out a breath, amused, and flickers a smile.
"Yeah," he admits, "probably have. You saw me drink too much before, not nice."
Still, the idea is they might need it more than once. An artificial confidence boost as they stumble their way through things, trying to find where the boundaries are now. Crowley slides his hands to rest on Aziraphale's hips, tries to swallow back the bubbling waves of nerves. It's fine. They're fine. They already both agreed to this. It's just -- he just can't stop the uncertainty anyway, not yet. Not when this is all still so new.
He lifts one hand slowly, moves it to gently stroke fingers across Aziraphale's cheek.
"Sit with me?" he prompts again. "Just... together. Like this. You can read one of your books, if you want, just... sit with me."
Crowley doesn't need much more than that, not right now. Just this closeness is already more than he expected. Sitting together, warm and comfortable, feels like absolute bliss. As full of chatter and as fidgety as he might be, a few moments of quiet feels like something they both need.
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"Yeah," he admits, "probably have. You saw me drink too much before, not nice."
Still, the idea is they might need it more than once. An artificial confidence boost as they stumble their way through things, trying to find where the boundaries are now. Crowley slides his hands to rest on Aziraphale's hips, tries to swallow back the bubbling waves of nerves. It's fine. They're fine. They already both agreed to this. It's just -- he just can't stop the uncertainty anyway, not yet. Not when this is all still so new.
He lifts one hand slowly, moves it to gently stroke fingers across Aziraphale's cheek.
"Sit with me?" he prompts again. "Just... together. Like this. You can read one of your books, if you want, just... sit with me."
Crowley doesn't need much more than that, not right now. Just this closeness is already more than he expected. Sitting together, warm and comfortable, feels like absolute bliss. As full of chatter and as fidgety as he might be, a few moments of quiet feels like something they both need.