Checkin On Cherubs - Tumblr Posts
for @helluvasins continued from here, because it was too damn precious not to reply to. but no worries if you don't want to make it into a thread, of course!
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Blitz had gotten a good laugh out of sending that cherub a kind note, even though he knew he shouldn't laugh. It really shouldn't be funny--but shit, whenever cherubs were angsty? The imp couldn't help but grin. Yes, Maximus Decimus Meridius, he was entertained. It was nice to know that even angels--if cherubs really counted as angels--were at least emotionally complex enough to get upset...
Although that thought wiped the smile off his face. Yeah, actually, fuck. Fuck. It really wasn't funny that they could be upset. And what if Cletus did ever feel alone down here? Angel meat was delicious--not that Blitz made a habit of trying it, but when he'd gotten an invitation to a cookout over in Cannibal Town, of course he'd gone. It was really just doing one's duty, to help with the cleanup post that whole hotel fiasco. But, angel meat was delicious and there had to be a crap ton of demons in Hell who would love to sprinkle some fucking rosemary on that cherub and slow roast him over a nice lava lake, so... shit. Shit.
"Blitz?" Loona asked, when her adoptive father got up and started pacing in their living room. "Is everything like... okay?"
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine, Loonie, I just--you know, those fucking cherubs got kicked out of Heaven because of us, and maybe it was all funny shit at the time, nice to see them getting their comeuppance for the shit they pulled, but... I kind of feel responsible."
Loona turned her ears back, expression softening, and shook her head. "You're not, dad. They decided to achieve their goals by any means necessary."
"Yeah. Yeah, the little fartjars did get pretty fuckin violent, but... You good for the evening?" He grabbed his coat and turned to look at her. "I just--now that I know he's actually fucking stuck down here, I want to go see if Cletus is okay."
"Do you... know where he is?"
"Oh yeah, I paid a homeless guy to stalk him all day."
Loona somehow managed not to roll her eyes. "I'll be fine. Have fun with... whatever you're doing." She grunted when he hugged her, but didn't try to pull away.
So, before long, Blitz was in the area Cletus had last been spotted, hunting around for the little fucker. "I'll just see him, smile, wave, then go home. Cause everything's gonna be real fuckin' hunky-dory with that little fucker, I bet. He's a cherub. Why wouldn't everything be fine?"
Blissfully unaware that he was talking to himself out loud, Blitz tipped his sunglasses up and scoured the scene.