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[a26blackbentley]

Blast. Blast, blast, blast. Blast, blast, blast, blast, blast, blast, blast. Why do these things always happen to him?

He returns to Azi's bookshop, desperately trying to keep from bursting into song in the middle of the street, although truth be told, since this is Soho, he's pretty likely to go unnoticed. Daleks. See if he ever goes back to

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[allteaandbooks]

Crowley's left in suspense for a few minutes, because Azi's busy with something very important: making tea. It'd be a while before he emerges from the back room with the tea tray and sets it on the counter.

"Well! You're in a good mood today. Would you like some tea?" Quick on the uptake, isn't he?

[a26blackbentley]

Crowley eyes the tea tray gratefully, and still whistling, nods. The expression on his face should be enough to tell Azi that something's happened.

[allteaandbooks]

Azi notices the expression, but pours the tea before asking anything. "So what happened?"

[a26blackbentley]

Crowley's brow furrows and he makes the letters "L" "O" "L" with his fingers, then takes a cup of tea and takes a long drink, not waiting for it to cool. He sighs and slumps against the counter, trying to relax. Of course, that means the LOL can grab ahold of him now.

"This could be heaven
This could be heaven
This could be heaven for everyone
In these days of cool reflection
You come to me and everything seems alright
In these days of cold affections
You sit by me - and everything's fine..."

He makes a strangled sound in the back of his throat and goes back to his tea.

[allteaandbooks]

"That's very kind of you to say," is the best Azi can manage after a long silent moment of confusion. "Are you not feeling well?"

[a26blackbentley]

Crowley facepalms. What part of LOL did Aziraphale not understand?

"I'm going slightly mad
I'm going slightly mad
It finally happened - happened
It finally happened - ooh oh
It finally happened - I'm slightly mad."

Oh, for someone's sake. He sets the teacup down carefully and then proceeds to try and spell out "I've been LOLed". Since he doesn't know sign language, it's rather interesting and slightly confusing to watch.

[allteaandbooks]

The sign language shows no signs of having helped.

"...would you like to lay down a while?"

[a26blackbentley]

Oh, hell.

"These are the days it rains but it never pours," he sing-sighs. What's it going to take to make Azirpahale understand that he's been LOLed? He shoves his hand in Azirphale's face and makes an L, then curls his fingers into an O, then makes an L again.

[allteaandbooks]

He frowns at having a hand stuck in his face like that, but also pays attention. "...oh."

[a26blackbentley]

He nods and picks his teacup up again, taking another long drink, wondering precisely how he's going to explain what happened.

"Too much heaven on their minds," he muses, speaking of the Daleks, but that's not going to make much sense to Aziraphale.

[allteaandbooks]

"I'm sure there was," he offers in an attempt to comfort, despite having no idea what Crowley's going on about or if such a thing is possible.

[a26blackbentley]

Crowley grits his teeth and shuts up. How is he supposed to explain Daleks without being able to talk?

"There was a parade of Daleks," he tries to say. What comes out instead is:

"When the parade passes by
Pardon me if my old spirit is showing
All of those lights over there
Seem to be telling me where I'm going."

He throws his hands up in the air, his frustration clear in his expression. Unfortunately, he's forgotten that he's holding a teacup, so he showers himself with tea and then throws the teacup down. It shatters, he looks embarrassed, and then he fixes it with a glance.

[allteaandbooks]

"There there," he soothes, before his poor shop gets destroyed again. "There there. It'll all be well in the end. Let's just be patient with each other and we'll figure it out."

[a26blackbentley]

"If I get drunk yes I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you."

It's his way of asking Aziraphale if he's got anything stronger than tea.

[allteaandbooks]

"Ah...of course." Heading into the back room, he goes in search of a bottle of wine he knows he has...somewhere...on a shelf.

[a26blackbentley]

Crowley follows after a guilty glance at the mended cup. He hadn't meant to lose his temper like that. Really, he hadn't. At all.

With a sigh, he slumps onto Aziraphale's couch and closes his eyes, trying to put his thoughts together. Oh, if only there were a song that went 'There was a parade of Daleks and they had this weird pink stuff and now I can't do anything but sing!' ...but there wasn't.

He settles for humming.