#4 Mauvaise Chance, and Killer Tomatoes
True to his word, Aziraphale had agreed to spend Saturday afternoon necking on the couch watching bad B horror flicks. Thanks to Abby's comment, Wilson had insisted on starting out with Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Having gotten the desired reaction of confusion over the plot and horror at the production values in general from the angel, he'd
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Soon the apartment was filled with the scents of a roasting chicken, mac and cheese some green beans, the young doctor picking foods that would allow him to get them started, then come back for more necking to sit and enjoy time with Aziraphale.
"You'll love this next one, Raphale. It's got just the best line at the end."
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"There's probably no chance of just watching the end, I suppose," he murmured teasingly, pressing a kiss to Wilson's ear. "What I just don't understand is why people are so afraid of tomatoes."
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"They're killer tomatos, Aziraphale. Besides, truly the 'plot' if you will is the idea that the government is doing dangerous experiments without the public's knowledge and what would happen if one of these government coverups was to get loose and attack the populace."
Turning to kiss Phale's jaw, Wilson settled down on is angelic pillow.
"It's a protest against the secretive nature of the government."
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Aziraphale mused on this a bit as they watched the opening credits, absently caressing his fingers along Wilson's arm.
"Do people actually believe the government is doing secret experiments resulting in killer vegetables?"
Yes, sometimes he did take things a bit too literally.
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"It's more the idea that the government...okay, let me back up a little."
And so, Wilson launched into a verbal essay of how the movies were a product of the time in which they were produced. After the Vietnam war and during the height of the Cold War when people were paranoid about what the government was doing under wraps, perhaps experimenting on innocent people, agent orange anyone and how it was that theme of attack from a trusted source under the guise of secrecy that gave the movies their appeal.
"And...well... come on, killer tomatoes. Just makes me want to run out and find some salad dressing."
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"So...you like the movies because they make you think paranoid, mistrusting things about the government, and also because they make you hungry for salad." He quietly stared at Wilson for a moment. "All right."
Then he turned back toward the television, pulling the other man maybe just a little bit closer. Just in case, you know, his lover might be worried about these secret government experiments.
And also because, if anything like what was in the movie could ever happen, Fandom would be the place for it.
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"It's not really about making your paranoid. It's the more wanting to feel like you're not the only one. Watching the movies gives you a sense that others are aware and that if we say we're aware the... oh dear LORD, Aziraphale..."
Wilson whined and nudged the angel in the ribs...hard.
"You're making me get deep and philosophical about really badly produced killer tomatoes movies. It's a movie, it's a bad movie, we point and snicker, it's fun."
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"But I thought you said..." He stopped himself, and backed up a bit in his thought process. Wilson was right, there was a reason they were called "B" movies, and the point wasn't to boggle at their amazing cinematography. It was, as the young doctor had said, to point and make fun. And to have a good time.
"Quite, my dear. So then...how is this movie supposed to be different from the one we just watched?"
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Maybe that's what was going to happen with the tomatoes. They were 'revenging' because of tickling.
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Wasn't saving the angel this time and after a couple of beats, when Phale might have felt he was safe, Wilson spun in the angel's arms and attacked.
Tickle, tickle, tickle!!
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Aziraphale tried to fend Wilson off, which wasn't as easy as it might have been considering that his role as 'pillow' meant he was pinned underneath the young doctor to begin with. Certainly he could have just made himself not ticklish, or 'miracled' Wilson off of him. But what would be the fun in that?
"It was self defense!" the angel protested, laughing as he changed tactics and gave back as good as he was getting. "You jabbed me!"
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It...touched him that Phale didn't just miracle himself away or make himself unticklish because it was one of those small things that told him that the angel was trying to be *with* him in these small but important ways.
"You were...trying to find meaning on Revenge of the killer tomatoes for silly sake! I was saving you from yourself!!"
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"I was trying to understand modern culture," he laughed, trying to defend his actions in between tickles. "To...to appreciate the movie on...er...the level of..."
Oh, bugger that! He was so not going to let Wilson win this. Hooking one knee over his lover's hip, the angel used a little bit of divine power to flip them around so their positions were reversed. Then, instead of tickling, he stole a kiss.
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"Cheater." He accused the angel but it was obvious from the expression in his dark eyes, he meant the highly distracting kiss, rather than the 'miracling' and the flipping of their positions.
He gave a good natured little wriggle beneath the angel and ran his hand down along Raphale's chest.
"We're missing the movie." He pointed out softly.
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Bracing himself up on one arm, Aziraphale carded his fingers through Wilson's hair, working his way along the young doctor's jaw with light kisses.
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