Till the Hurting is Done
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That was the trouble really, the remembering. Wouldn’t it be so much nicer if [Crowley] could stop remembering all together?
The idea had started there, but it took another couple of hours for it to really develop. Jim (short for James, short for Gabriel) had been quite happy without his memories. Infuriatingly happy, actually. It wasn’t that Crowley wanted to lose all of himself. But the heartache wasn’t doing anyone any favors. Truthfully, he could do the numbing work of the alcohol but he could do it better and more permanently.
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- Part 1 of Till the Hurting is Done
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After a heartbroken and depressed Crowley removes all of his memories that contain Aziraphale, he takes over ownership of the bookshop and finds himself worrying about the naïve angel Muriel that he seems to have accidentally adopted in the process.
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- Part 2 of Till the Hurting is Done
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Something really must be done about Maggie’s rent now that Anthony owns the bookshop.
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- Part 3 of Till the Hurting is Done
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Anthony knows he’s being watched by Heaven, he just doesn’t know why. The truth will come out eventually, he just has to be smart enough to get to the bottom of it.
Unfortunately, he hasn’t accounted for what can happen when the things he’s chosen to forget start catching up to him.
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- Part 4 of Till the Hurting is Done
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Anthony was perfectly happy to live out his days in his snake form, hidden away from the world and all of the memories he left behind. At least he was until the sight of a troubled young man stirred up protective feelings in him that he didn't fully understand but couldn’t ignore.
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- Part 5 of Till the Hurting is Done
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Three times, Anathema Device had felt a deep sadness that she knew was not her own. After the third intrusion, felling well and truly annoyed, she reached out to Madame Tracy who explained that it was Aziraphale's grief and she had felt it as well.
With the looming knowledge that the book of prophecy she burned would likely have already clued her into what's actually happening, Anathema decided to confront the angel who was disrupting her retirement from world saving. She was well prepared to give him a piece of her mind and she refused to feel guilty about the bridges (and book) that she had already burned...
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- Part 6 of Till the Hurting is Done
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After seven years of searching, the last place that Warlock Dowling expected to finally find his missing nanny was in a bookshop in Soho.
Anthony Crowley might have been a man, but he had Nanny Ashtoreth’s aesthetic, preferred color palette, and penchant to wear sunglasses at all times. He also shared her personality quirks and turn of phrase, if not her accent. Warlock was almost positive they were the same person, even if Anthony showed absolutely no signs of recognition when references to their past were brought up in conversation.
Warlock has been offered a place among the Whickber Street regulars as he attempts to break free from his overbearing parents, but the mystery of why he was abandoned by Nanny Ashtoreth weighs heavily on him. Almost as much as the notable absence of Brother Francis.
In all of the years that Warlock mourned their leaving, he had always assumed Ashtoreth and Francis had run away in order to be together. He never imagined he would discover one living without the other…
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- Part 7 of Till the Hurting is Done
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When Aziraphale left, Muriel was there. When Crowley became overwhelmed by the loss and chose to forfeit every memory of the angel he loved, Muriel was watching. And when he changed his name to Anthony and the things he had forgotten nearly destroyed him, Muriel picked up the pieces and helped him recover.
Every step of the way, Muriel tried to be a good guardian even when she felt uncertain and unprepared. She became the compassionate heart at the center of the bookshop. This is her story…
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Please Note - this entry is part of a series and it does build upon and add depth to everything that came before it. However, it was also written with the intent that it would contain all of the information necessary to fully understand what’s happening and what came before it. Previous entries are not required reading.
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- Part 8 of Till the Hurting is Done