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    Aziraphale never expected to leave the quiet Temple colony where he was born—much less train as a medic for the Assembly of Planets. Now ex-military, he drifts from port to port in search of work… and somewhere he might finally feel he belongs.

    Then, in a crowded spaceport bar, he meets Crowley. A freighter captain whose charm and swagger can’t quite hide the yearning that matches Aziraphale’s own. Crowley sweeps him into a night of laughter, grav-darts, easy conversation, and a spark so immediate it feels like destiny.

    However, morning brings separate off-planet destinations and reluctant farewells… until fate delivers Aziraphale a new assignment aboard Crowley’s starship. Between strict no-fraternizing rules, secrets that simmer beneath the surface, dangers lurking in deep space, and a captain guarded about his past, Aziraphale finds that nothing aboard the Nightingale is simple.

    Least of all the way Crowley looks at him.

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