third time's the charm by foolishlovers (T, 6.7k, complete)
After the Almost Apocalypse, it seems Crowley and Aziraphale need a bit of a push to finally confess their feelings. Thankfully, help has a way of appearing just when it’s least expected.
After the Almost Apocalypse, it seems Crowley and Aziraphale need a bit of a push to finally confess their feelings. Thankfully, help has a way of appearing just when it’s least expected.
Crowley's dull shift at the pasta bar takes an unexpected twist when the charming bookseller from the shop around the corner drops by. To his dismay, Aziraphale doesn't seem to recognise him, despite Crowley's frequent visits during his breaks earlier this year. It's been a couple of months since then, but has he really left no impression at all?
hi jane! how are you? 💕 i looove your fic recs and i always wanted to ask for some, too... but i never knew what kind of fics i would ask for bc i'm uncreative af lol ANYWAY i've been feeling pretty low these past few days now and i could use some fluffy sweet ineffable idiots/friends to lovers fics to cheer me up..? doesn't really matter if short or long, au, fix-it, explicit or not... i'm not picky (tho i prefer longer fics) 👉🏻👈🏻 do you have some recs? or even personal faves? i'd love to see them, pretty please? (i'm also reading/have read your wip's and finished fics and i love ALL OF THEM V MUCH just so you know that!! anyway, i hope you're doing good! have a great start to the week mwah 💕✨️)
addi hi you’re are so very sweet!! i’m sending you all my hugs and i hope you’ll feel better soon 💜
here are some of my favourite idiots/friends to lovers good omens fics:
Something We Were Withholding Made Us Weak by triedunture (M, 17k) "Yes, exactly. Retire." Aziraphale reaches for the last remaining tartlet brimming with summer berries. "Somewhere along the south coast, perhaps." Or: Crowley and Aziraphale learn to move in tandem.
You are HoMe (Half of Me) by angelsnuffbox (T, 28k) Aziraphale had gotten dumped, plain and simple. But that small detail wasn’t nearly as important as all the things that happened after he’d gotten dumped - such as coming to a few realisations about his best friend of sixteen years.
Hope Is The Thing With Feathers by Gefionne (M, 28k) Because they can’t see each other more than once every few decades, Aziraphale suggests that he and Crowley write to each other to pass the time apart. As quills for their letters, they exchange wing feathers: a gesture of great intimacy that Crowley is convinced only he perceives the depth of. But time will tell that it’s not just him who sees it that way.
32 Questions That Lead To Love by ffonippop (E, 32k)
”First formulated in 1997, [32] questions to fall in love is a study by psychologist Dr. Arthur Aron which took place at Stony Brook University, New York. The aim? Speeding up the creation of intimacy between two strangers.” The Cosmopolitan
Okay, fine.
Crowley was 32-Questions-That-Lead-To-Love-ing Aziraphale. Sue him.
He had no expectations, all right? Just, an innocent curiosity.
Between Comfort And Chaos by anathxmadevice (T, 45k) “And how long have you two been a couple?” “Oh, I—” Aziraphale panics. “Ha, well, that’s a funny… We’re not actually—” “We’re just friends.” Crowley says, their voice clear and calm and lightly amused, either because of or in spite of Aziraphale’s flailing attempts to divert the conversation. “Ah, yes, quite.” Aziraphale says, then takes a sip of his drink just for something to do, instead of focussing on the way Crowley said just friends, and how it causes a painful throb in his chest that he has never fully got used to. His memory can only scrabble at the edge of a time where being just friends with Crowley didn’t feel like a particular form of torture. Or, Aziraphale has been desperately in love with his best friend and housemate Crowley since they were students, but is too scared to do anything about it.
Won't You be My Neighbor? by Spiro, ProblematicPitch (T, 52k) When Mr. A. Z. Fell moves to the quiet English village of Tadfield, he expects nosy neighbors and inquiries into his eccentric, solitary life. What he doesn't anticipate is Anthony J. Crowley, the surly nuisance / next-door-neighbor, who might very well need a friend as much as he does.
Good Endings by WyvernQuill (T, 56k) A Narrative of Certain Events following the Ending of the World (Except Not Quite), as vaguely hinted at in The Slapdash and Not Very Helpful Prophetic Tidbit of Agnes Nutter, Witch (And Matchmaker.) "Their lives are in horrible, terrible danger that only we can save them from!" Anathema held up the Prophetic Tidbit. "It says so. Right here." Madame Tracy peered at the page. Raised a meaningful eyebrow. "Dearie, as a woman of, well, considerable experience, I really don't think that's what 'the lyttle Deathe' means in this context…" "Huh." Anathema squinted. Flipped the page. Read another bit. "….huh." (Or, alternatively: Eight - give or take - matchmakers trying really, really hard, honest; two clueless ethereal/occult beings mutually pining their endless days away; and one witch, who can't leave well enough alone when it comes to matters of the heart, no matter how many centuries ago she died.)
Barriers, and the Breaking Thereof by Cardinal_Daughter (M, 71k) Ezra Fell has long been comfortable in his loneliness. He’s content to simply run the Soho Public Library and otherwise keep to himself. However, when a handsome stranger bursts in one evening with a baby, frantic and in need of help, Ezra finds those carefully constructed barriers he’s long maintained begin to crack. Perhaps it’s time to let them fall. Human AU. Complete.
Put Out The Fire by Aleakim (T, 133k) Aziraphale finds himself in a very awkward position as some sort of spell makes everyone merely glancing in his direction instantly fall deeply and desperately in love with him. Absolutely everyone. Well, apart from Crowley, that is. And while both angel and demon search for a solution to this fairly unique problem, Crowley can’t help wondering whether Aziraphale might finally figure out some things he kept hidden for so very long. [you can request more fic recs here]
proof that louis tomlinson is a good omens stan:
exhibit 1) twitter
1.1) follows michael sheen
(probably wishes david tennant had social media)
exhibit 2) lyrics
(faith in the future is an ode to good omens, u can’t convince me otherwise)
why write these lyrics if you’re not constantly thinking about aziraphale and crowley?? he probably got to read the script beforehand or smth
2.1) the greatest
Together, we’re the greatest
We'll never be that cold again
No fallin' all to pieces
We're the grеatest
It's you and me until the еnd
Life for us is never over
The way you know something
Your face reminded me
Of a love you cannot hide
But don't need to tell me why
Back dancin' in the dark
Back to the very start
Findin' pieces that can fit
Making up for what we missed
(how is this not screaming ineffable husbands to you??)
2.2) lucky again
'Cause I'm a hard man to lose
But I figured it out, then made my way back
To a life I would choose
We were lucky once, could be lucky again
I'm a hard man to find
But you figured it out and I love you for that
(THEY JUST NEED TO FIGURE IT OUT…..they could be lucky again……)
2.3) face the music
Good and bad and right and wrong
Are stories made up when we're young to scare us
Love and hate are in-between
Depends on your reality to see them
(oh cmonnn)
So, one more night
I'm gonna choose
I don't wanna face the music, but I still wanna dance with you
Let's buy some time
For what we shouldn't do
I don't wanna face the music, but I still wanna dance with you
(an angel and a demon dancing in a bookshop anyone??)
If you're standin' on the edge of fallin'
Open up and looking down
Everything that matters is forgotten
(ouch)
2.4) all this time
Oh, sometimes, sometimes, you lose your hope
But the friends we make, the love it takes
It's worth, it's worth, it's worth the pain
The friends we make, the love it takes
It's worth, it's worth, it's worth it all this time
(question: was s2 episode 6 worth the pain?)
2.5) out of my system
Slowly, I never wanna go slowly
I only wanna go faster
Towards disaster every time
With me, I know you wanna come with me
Take anything you can carry
And leave everythin' else behind
(pure crowley vibes…. is he still going too fast for him?)
Gotta get it out of my system
Gotta get it off of my chest
I've lived a lot of my life already
But I gotta get through the rest
(the rest… you mean the part where they end up in a sweet old south downs cottage together?)
Demons, I'm takin' all of my demons
Putting them where I won't see them
'Cause I just wanna feel alive
(i mean…..nothing much to say to this)
2.6) headline
You used to read me like a headline
So many reasons now you're not mine
Maybe if you'd taken more time
I'd still be the one you wanna talk to every night, oh
If you got in my head
You wouldn't be scared of what you'd find
You used to rеad me like a headlinе
Oh, that's the reason now you're not mine anymore
(okay now im just making myself sad)
2.7) saturdays
I've been wonderin' about what you're up to
Not for the first time
Not for the last time
And I've been thinking 'bout the things we used to do
Not for the first time
Not for the last time
(can u see crowley howling in his car….)
2.8) silver tongues
You and me until the end
Wakin' up to start again
You and me until the end
Wakin' up to start again
There's nowhere else that I would rather be
(it’s really just them… a group of the two of them…… until the end)
2.9) angels fly
(LIKE NAMING DEMONS WASN’T ENOUGH???)
Nothin' really matters
Nothin' really hurts
We can talk about it
It'll only make it worse
(crunching on what’s left of my heart)
There's a time for sayin' who did what
Where it went wrong
I wanna hear all that, but right now
All I need you to know is
You'll be okay, we can talk tomorrow
I'm on my way with some time to borrow
If every star is an eye in the sky
You'll see angels fly
I'll knock on your door, it'll save me from callin'
I won't say a word, it can wait till the mornin'
(…..there’s …..hope? they'll be okay??)
2.10) holding on to heartache
You said I'm holdin' on to heartache
You said I wear it like a crown
It's gonna drag me down
I'm holdin' on to heartache
You should be starin' at the sky
The birds just passin' by, love
(smth smth heartache, birds, fits just right)
2.11) copy of a copy of a copy
It's an old curse, dreamers divin' head first
Broken beaks and dead birds
Can't get through the glass
There's no use cryin' over spilled blood
Carin' only kills love
A kiss won't bring it back
(A KISS WONT BRING IT BACK I- NGHGHGKK)
thanks for coming to my (very long, oops) ted talk