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Crowley paused. Should he do this now? Should he ask one of his burning questions of the past century?
“What else are you going to ask me, Crowley? Something animal related?”
Crowley faked a smirk. “Haha, no perhaps not.
“Do you remember when you gave me the holy water?”
“How could I forget?”
Crowley cleared his throat, suddenly his voice had become coarse and cautious. “Well, uh, do you recall what you said in response to my lift offer?”
Aziraphale’s brow furrowed, “I think I said no.”
“Yes, and?”
“Was there something else?”
Crowley sighed, “You said that I went ‘too fast’ for you.”
Aziraphale chucked, “Yes well you are quite a horrible driver.”
Crowley frowned, “Is that all you meant by that?”
“What else would I have meant?”
Crowley brought his hand to his temples, “Angel, you are quite oblivious sometimes. I thought you meant that you were uncomfortable with the pace of our developing relationship.”
Aziraphale blushed. “Oh, um, yes I see how you could take it that way.”
“You see how I could take it that way?”
“Yes, I don’t know how you took it like that.”
'What? How was I meant to fucking take it? You're so smart but so oblivious.” Crowley started to rant, “If I say ‘oh angel I’ll take you wherever you want to go, hey maybe in 50 years I’ll ask if you want to run off together’ and you respond that it’s ‘too fast’, of course I’m going to back off! I can’t believe-“
“-Dear”
“What?!”
“You seem flustered.”
Crowley groaned. “Flustered? FLUSTERED? Of course I’m flustered. I just wasted so many decades giving you space when I could’ve… could’ve…”
Aziraphale smiled. “Could’ve what, dear?”
Crowley did one of his signature pouts. “I could’ve not given you space…”
“Well no time like the present.”
Crowley smirked. He slowly inched his hand closer to Aziraphale’s, eventually lacing their fingers together and placing their hands on the bench.
“Good?” Crowley inquired, desperate for a positive response.
“Better than good.”
“Not too fast?”
Aziraphale looked into Crowley’s eyes and beamed at him. “It’s been 6000 years, dear. If anything it’s too slow.”