Chapter 2: The second lie

Chapters: 2/3
Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Human, lying, But not malicious lying, snowballing lies, Humor, Banter, Light-Hearted, fluff & smut, Sexual Tension, Pining, Romance, Happily Ever After, Fandom Trumps Hate, Aziraphale is “just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing” (Good Omens), Crowley’s Love Language is Acts of Service (Good Omens), Midwesterner moves to the West Coast, Clever Aziraphale, Fandom Trumps Hate 2023
Series: Part 16 of Dannye’s Good Omens Human AUs
Summary:

Aziraphale Fell did not mean for any of it to happen. Not that it wasn’t his fault— it was, completely. His one tiny lie, offered in the heat of the moment, seemed like swimming out just a few feet too far in the ocean and suddenly getting caught in the rip tide, with no way to control where you were going and when (if) you’d ever get back to solid ground. He never expected that one minor falsehood could change his life completely.

But this is a love story, after all.

It began with a house, a car, a flat tire, and the most beautiful man Aziraphale had ever seen.

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The final chapter of Honeysuckle and White Jasmine has posted!

 A Good Omens human AU, by Dannye Chase (HolyCatsAndRabbits)

While on a bad blind date at a coffee shop, bookshop owner Aziraphale meets a gorgeous red-haired barista. Also Aziraphale knows flower language and he’s not afraid to use it. ~Rated E~

In any case, Crowley didn’t like being a barista. It was boring and annoying, because most people who wanted coffee seemed to be in great need of that coffee before they could be pleasant to other people. So Crowley wasn’t entirely pleasant back. (Anathema could hardly expect miracles from him.)

But today— an angel had come to the counter. He was stunning to look at: soft blond curls, an upturned nose, pretty blue eyes. So pretty. And it must have been his first time ordering in a coffee shop, because he didn’t have a whole “vanilla latte, soy milk, half-caf” bit ready. He just wanted tea, and he was kind of flustered about it.

Also he was staring at Crowley. Crowley didn’t often get stared at, especially behind the counter. People looked at the chalkboard, their wallets, and sometimes the dessert case, but hardly ever at Crowley. This man looked, and seemed to very much like what he was looking at.

Written as part of Fandom Trumps Hate, as a gift in honor of a friend’s donation to charity.

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Chapter 2 of Honeysuckle and White Jasmine has posted!

 A Good Omens human AU, by Dannye Chase (HolyCatsAndRabbits)

While on a bad blind date at a coffee shop, bookshop owner Aziraphale meets a gorgeous red-haired barista. Also Aziraphale knows flower language and he’s not afraid to use it. ~Rated E~

In any case, Crowley didn’t like being a barista. It was boring and annoying, because most people who wanted coffee seemed to be in great need of that coffee before they could be pleasant to other people. So Crowley wasn’t entirely pleasant back. (Anathema could hardly expect miracles from him.)

But today— an angel had come to the counter. He was stunning to look at: soft blond curls, an upturned nose, pretty blue eyes. So pretty. And it must have been his first time ordering in a coffee shop, because he didn’t have a whole “vanilla latte, soy milk, half-caf” bit ready. He just wanted tea, and he was kind of flustered about it.

Also he was staring at Crowley. Crowley didn’t often get stared at, especially behind the counter. People looked at the chalkboard, their wallets, and sometimes the dessert case, but hardly ever at Crowley. This man looked, and seemed to very much like what he was looking at.

Written as part of Fandom Trumps Hate, as a gift in honor of a friend’s donation to charity.

Posting schedule:

Chapter 3: July 23

Chapter 4 (final chapter): July 25

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The final chapter of The Innocent has posted!

 A modern AU of The Terror, by Dannye Chase

Francis Crozier, third in command of a company searching for a 175-year-old lost Arctic ship, must battle his reckless superiors while concealing the fact that he’s fallen in love with his assistant, Thomas Jopson. ~Rated E~

Please note: since this is an AU, you don’t have to have seen The Terror to follow it! Just think of it as an original romance with an odd number of references to the Northwest Passage. XD

Thomas was always there in Francis’s spaces, and what drew Francis in wasn’t just that Thomas was organized and could always pull up whatever reports or resources that Francis needed to see. It was that Thomas was brilliant, and wickedly funny if he ever spoke his mind. Thomas was kind, and gentle, and reassuring in a way that no one ever really had been to Francis. It was clear that Thomas cared about him.

But whether it was the same sort of romantic feelings that Francis had developed for him— that Francis didn’t know. There was no way to know. Because Thomas didn’t need advances from a boss ten years older than himself. No, if Francis loved him— if Francis was any kind of decent man at all— then Thomas deserved his protection from everything, including Francis himself.

Written as part of Fandom Trumps Hate, as a gift in honor of a friend’s donation to charity.

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Chapter 3 of The Innocent has posted!

 A modern AU of The Terror, by Dannye Chase

Francis Crozier, third in command of a company searching for a 175-year-old lost Arctic ship, must battle his reckless superiors while concealing the fact that he’s fallen in love with his assistant, Thomas Jopson. ~Rated E~

Please note: since this is an AU, you don’t have to have seen The Terror to follow it! Just think of it as an original romance with an odd number of references to the Northwest Passage. XD

Thomas was always there in Francis’s spaces, and what drew Francis in wasn’t just that Thomas was organized and could always pull up whatever reports or resources that Francis needed to see. It was that Thomas was brilliant, and wickedly funny if he ever spoke his mind. Thomas was kind, and gentle, and reassuring in a way that no one ever really had been to Francis. It was clear that Thomas cared about him.

But whether it was the same sort of romantic feelings that Francis had developed for him— that Francis didn’t know. There was no way to know. Because Thomas didn’t need advances from a boss ten years older than himself. No, if Francis loved him— if Francis was any kind of decent man at all— then Thomas deserved his protection from everything, including Francis himself.

Written as part of Fandom Trumps Hate, as a gift in honor of a friend’s donation to charity.

Ao3 ~ DannyeChase.com ~ Linktree ~ Upcoming fics

 

Chapter 1 of The Innocent has posted!

A modern AU of The Terror, by Dannye Chase

Francis Crozier, third in command of a company searching for a 175-year-old lost Arctic ship, must battle his reckless superiors while concealing the fact that he’s fallen in love with his assistant, Thomas Jopson. ~Rated E~

Please note: since this is an AU, you don’t have to have seen The Terror to follow it! Just think of it as an original romance with an odd number of references to the Northwest Passage. XD

Thomas was always there in Francis’s spaces, and what drew Francis in wasn’t just that Thomas was organized and could always pull up whatever reports or resources that Francis needed to see. It was that Thomas was brilliant, and wickedly funny if he ever spoke his mind. Thomas was kind, and gentle, and reassuring in a way that no one ever really had been to Francis. It was clear that Thomas cared about him.

But whether it was the same sort of romantic feelings that Francis had developed for him— that Francis didn’t know. There was no way to know. Because Thomas didn’t need advances from a boss ten years older than himself. No, if Francis loved him— if Francis was any kind of decent man at all— then Thomas deserved his protection from everything, including Francis himself.

Written as part of Fandom Trumps Hate, as a gift in honor of a friend’s donation to charity.

Posting schedule:
Ch 2: June 25
Ch 3: June 27
Ch 4: June 29
Ch 5 (final chapter): July 1

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Chapter 3 of A Gathering has posted!

A Good Omens fic by Dannye Chase (HolyCatsAndRabbits), with characters created by Anonymous Dandelion

Fresh off her adventures in A Summoning, by Anonymous Dandelion, 12-year-old witch Linette settles into a new life as Anathema’s apprentice. When Anathema and Newt go on a trip, Linette reunites with old friends Aziraphale and Crowley as her babysitters. Which is all fine and good until you remember that Crowley’s experience as a nanny is largely being a bad (or at least mischievous) influence. Shenanigans ensue, new friends are made, and Linette even solves the mystery of why the potted fern in the window hates Newt.

Written as part of Fandom Trumps Hate, as a gift in honor of a donation to charity by Anonymous Dandelion, who wished for more adventures for their delightful OC Linette (and the potted fern).

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Posting schedule:

Ch. 4 (final chapter): June 20

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Coming June 14, 2022 to Ao3: A Gathering, a Good Omens fic by Dannye Chase (HolyCatsAndRabbits), with characters created by Anonymous Dandelion

Fresh off her adventures in A Summoning, by Anonymous Dandelion, 12-year-old witch Linette settles into a new life as Anathema’s apprentice. When Anathema and Newt go on a trip, Linette reunites with old friends Aziraphale and Crowley as her babysitters. Which is all fine and good until you remember that Crowley’s experience as a nanny is largely being a bad (or at least mischievous) influence. Shenanigans ensue, new friends are made, and Linette even solves the mystery of why the potted fern in the window hates Newt.

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Written as part of Fandom Trumps Hate

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