Aziracrow, Probably...

Aziracrow, probably...

Crowley: Look Angel, we're standing under a mistletoe! You know what that means... Aziraphale: (oblivious) Crowley, this isn't a mistletoe- Crowley: *hectically miracles the branch into a mistletoe* Whatcha saying? Couldn't hear you

The thought just hit me that while Azi has done the apology dance several times before, Crowley never has. This is the first time Crowley has to do it. This is the first time Azi gets to see him dance it. And Crowley surely felt a little humiliated (ofc that doesn't matter if it's for his angel), since he doesn't do that sort of stuff. Apologising and being nice is Azi's stuff (supposedly; it's not like I buy it). Azi does this all the time. But now, Azi saw Crowley temporarily drop his cool, confident, protective appearance to do something nice. For him.

Wait- I thought this was normal???

When you're autistic, it's impossible to miss how much society normalizes child abuse.

I could dedicate my entire life to studying how to interact with people and I'd still never master the social skills that young children are expected to have on command.

Say the wrong thing? That's disrespectful and you're punished. And you don't even have to actually say anything wrong. Pretty much anything you say can be considered "giving lip" if your parent wants some excuse to punish you. But if you say nothing, then you get punished for ignoring. You also have to calculate your response to their mind game quickly because taking too long to respond is considered ignoring. Also, if you're being wrongly accused of something, saying nothing is considered a confession. And even if you somehow manage to say exactly what your parent wants in exactly the correct tone, they'll still punish you for "sarcasm" or "not really meaning it".

"Your password is weak."

Thanks, I know. So is my memory.

Just now realised that since "This is a new jacket, and I'd hate to ruin it. Do you mind if I take it off?" wasn't Crowley speaking, it means Azi wants to save the jacket because he loves how it looks on Crowley. And that he knows Crowley's whole wardrobe by heart. And that he wants to undress Crowley since he's most likely never seen him even remotely naked.