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Deprogramming by Amarielle (doric_column)
Fandoms: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
28 Mar 2025
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When Crowley unexpectedly reappears in his life after the Second Coming, Aziraphale thinks it might be his longed-for chance to amend for leaving him over two years earlier. There's only one problem: Crowley's now his slave, required to endure daily pain quotas and to submit sexually to his master or risk further torture in Heaven. Aziraphale devotes himself to alternative ways of meeting the contract terms with minimal harm to Crowley. At the same time, they gradually formulate a plan to abolish the slavery programme Upstairs and liberate abused demons. But as the weeks go on, the physical act of sex once meant only to keep Crowley safe in his placement with Aziraphale becomes increasingly intimate and fraught with unspoken feelings each is sure the other cannot return. Will they last long enough to dismantle the programme and return to a semblance of life before? Or will the anguish of a broken heart drive them apart--possibly forever?
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Strangers Again (patria sine memoria) by doric_column
Fandoms: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
21 Sep 2023
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Months after Armageddon failed, Crowley stops by the bookshop to find its owner a stranger with no memory of him. The history is all there, from the garden to Tadfield, but Crowley isn't. He will have to start over with the angel while carefully sifting the past for clues as to what happened to his friend, and how it might be undone.
Meanwhile, Aziraphale is ordered to get close to the demon who sauntered into his bookshop, to find out what he can about Hell's plans to restart Armageddon. That task is made all the more difficult as London falls under strict lockdown procedures. When Crowley defends him against a reconstituted Duke Ligur, Aziraphale begins to question the narrative he's been told.
Now, as uneasy allies, they face whatever Heaven and Hell conjure for them. But will Crowley survive their future together, one where he remembers what Aziraphale cannot?
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Thunder in Our Hearts by Amarielle (doric_column)
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
19 Oct 2022
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Crowley is abducted and tortured by a Count of Hell who wants to know how he became immune to Holy Water--and who rapes Aziraphale in an effort to force a confession. Their escape is fraught with complication. Only after fleeing to Crowley's flat does the full extent of Aziraphale's injuries become clear. That's where their recovery journey begins. Crowley can tend the angel's corporeal wounds following abuse, but can he tend to Aziraphale's trauma and grief?
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Prêt à Connaître (or Ready to Know, as with Intimate Familiarity) by doric_column
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
06 May 2022
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Aziraphale invites Crowley for a "bite to eat" at a French restaurant in Mayfair. Which proves to be a multi-course exercise in fine dining and social restraint. Will either take the chance to express what's been on his heart since the day the Earth didn't go up in flame?
"You've had an emotional reaction to something in that dish, my dear. Maybe the conflicting textures of the marshmallow and the Turkish delight startled you at first. Or was it the pureness of the vanilla flavor that smothered your palate? Did you find the tiny bursts of poppy seed jarring, perhaps, or arresting? Or did all of these in harmony trigger some memory, replicate some feeling?" Of joy, or love. Or Heaven. "No, dear boy," Aziraphale continued, "you don't have to answer any of that. I can tell by the tremor of your right hand that I've hit upon something. Forgive me if I have overstepped. I meant only to say that I understand."
Or. A revelation in six courses, shared by a Fallen Angel and an Angel, retired.
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Prince Loki of Asgard just happens to be present when she is led, chained, into the Allfather's throne room. He is captivated by the ambitious flicker in her blue eyes, and by her wolflike sneer as she tosses bleached hair that darkens toward the roots. Murder, her captors accuse; execution, they demand. When Loki begs for her life, his earnestness is mistaken for lust. Odin spares the stranger known as Laufeydottir on the condition she makes herself useful in the royal palace by day...and in his son's chambers by night. As she warms to him in the intervening days, Sylvie reveals the binding nature of the inky black runes encircling her wrists. She eventually invites him to share her bed, but she isn't ready to share her heart. Or her plans to escape. Loki would follow her anywhere--even to the end of all things--if only he can free her from her bonds before she destroys herself.
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Too Wise to Woo Peaceably by Ventriloki (Feral_but_Fluffy)
Fandoms: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
18 Oct 2023
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The season 2 finale was gutting so I'm taking these two ineffable idiots and patching things up between them. Slowly. With angst. And Muriel. And ultimately, a happy ending.
This kicks off from the end of season 2. First fanfic so hopefully someone enjoys reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
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- Part 1 of Too Wise to Woo Peaceably
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Will She or Won't She? by DevineMandate
Fandoms: Cormoran Strike Series - Robert Galbraith
01 Nov 2023
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Strike knows what he wants. Does Robin?
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- Part 1 of Take the Long(-ish) Way Home