Relationship: Aziraphale/Crowley | Category: M/M | Rated: M | Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 4,358  

Happy birthday, u/backsails! From u/Spectral-1962 and u/scullyphile. Have the best day, sweetie. We collabed on this just for you! 🩵 Yeah, it was linked in your birthday post, too, but I wanted to show off my cover art 😆  

Summary:  

It’s the end of the school year, and the teachers head to the pub, science teacher Anthony Crowley and literature teacher Aziraphale East among them.  

The next day, a flurry of text messages ensues.  

Excerpt:  

19 July 2026  
9:07 a.m.  

Crowley: Didn’t get your number last night. Didn’t think I would need to. Good thing I could get it from the school database thing, seeing as you’re not here.  

Crowley: Why are you not here?  

Aziraphale: I apologise for not leaving a note. I thought I heard someone else in the flat. Do you have a flatmate?  

Crowley: A what now? I have a cat. Does she count?  

Aziraphale: I suppose that could explain the noises I heard emanating from the kitchen. I’m afraid I may have overreacted…  

Crowley: You left a warm bed and did what? Slipped on your trousers and shirt, then tiptoed out to the landing carrying your shoes, somehow avoiding my imaginary flatmate? Is that it? Or maybe there’s something else going on.  

Aziraphale: What are you implying? What else could be going on?  

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