The Love That Blossomed In Wintertime (Revolutionary Omens, part one)

Fandom: Good Omens
Verse: Ohtori
Pairings: Crowley/Aziraphale
Characters: Crowley, Aziraphale, Gabriel, Agnes Nutter
Word Count: 577

Warnings: death mention, non-graphic violence, (temporary) animal death

Crowley, flaming sword between his ribs, forces himself up from the floor and crawls forward, limb by Fallen limb.

Gabriel still wears that blessed smirk, still waves a lofty hand at a pillar of flame, still sips a fruity drink, waiting for an angel to deliver himself into doom.

Remembering a burning bookshop and the taste of ash he screams the angel's name, and smashes a Principality's ring into the floor.

And an infinity of floors down, in a coffin shaped like a bathtub, Aziraphale glimpses the crack that might flood his brain with light.

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this is an apocalypse story, maybe there are cycles where they switch roles, maybe they learn to shake each other out of it each time

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Submarine Verse and other Sci-Fi Hadestown

Fandom: Hadestown
Verse: COUNTER/Weight
Pairings: Hades/Persephone
Characters: Hades, Persephone
Word Count: 50

 

     the weapon that scarred this planet was conceived as a deliverance. all Hades wanted was to secure a piece of Earth Prime for his wife who missed it so much.
 

     but Peace and Order balanced each other out: the gently spinning satellite of green is now seen through unbreathable air.

 

Fandom: Hadestown
Verse: Star Trek
Pairing: Hades/Persephone
Characters: Hades, Persephone
Word Count: 87

     "Captain, I truly must protest."

     "Commander Kore, I don't give a toss about the Prime Directive. These folks have found a way to automate even death and jealousy and I intend to take full advantage."

     There is a black hole where Hades face used to be. Persephone blinks away tears.

     "Now then. You can either follow me to the Plutonian Shores below, or you can get there yourself with another one of those drinks we both pretend I don't know you smuggle in."

     "No. I've had enough."

Fandom: Hadestown
Verse: Submarine Verse
Pairing: Eurydice/Orpheus
Characters: Eurydice, Orpheus, Hades
Word Count: 579

     Sonar is a way to see but Orpheus, somehow, shapes the currents around their airtight home into something extraordinary. It isn't done yet, but even so it *can* do this!

     Eurydice doesn't want a life that's anything but this, but stopping his work won't keep the sea from flowing.

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     They hit a dead zone in the middle of the ocean. Eurydice with all her hopeful cynicism could not keep the sea from flowing but here something obviously *has*. She can see no movement, no sign of life or growth or change, even for an environment where all of these things can look very different than they do above the surface.

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Suddenly Feeling Very Alone (Revolutionary Omens, part two)

Fandom: Good Omens
Verse: Ohtori
Pairings: Crowley/Aziraphale
Characters: Crowley, Aziraphale, Hastur
Minor characters: Adam Young, Dog, Warlock Dowling
Word Count: 1020

Warnings: Suicide attempt, presumed death, non-graphic violence, The Swords Of Hatred

Crowley’s hand closes around Aziraphale’s wrist just in time, and he holds on tight for Somebody’s sake. This isn’t fingers twined in hope and goodbye while the ground opens up for the Morning Star. That was simple compared to this: one grand gesture versus two scared and lonely people who don’t know what they can do for each other.

“Just let me go.” Aziraphale doesn’t scream or beg, his voice too deadened to even sound resigned to the Fall. “Please. It hurts so much.”

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 My hadestown submarine verse needs a name, so should it be...


1- Krakentown

2- Time to Hit the Whale Road

3- Any Wave the Sea Flows