Aziraphale had finished the Tuesday Leaf shift feeling tired and unsettled, and Wilson had demonstrated that gentle understanding which always endeared him so much to the angel by fixing a light supper of sandwiches and soup and then settling them both in the living room with an old black and white movie. The angel had fallen asleep on the couch,
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However, for the first time in over a week, Wilson was slowly waking to the divine scent of feathers and his fingers burrowed eagerly into the softness of a broad white wing.
"Mmmmm, wiiiinnngg."
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"Tell you what," he said, arm curling across the angel's torso. "Why don't you and Marie go in for a day trip and you see about picking up some information on B&Bs and the like and we can plan a romantic weekend for Valentine's day in New Orleans?"
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"I rather like that idea, James love. Perhaps I will do that."
He smiled, rubbing his cheek against the young doctor's soft hair. "I've missed waking up like this," he murmured, thinking back not just to the past week of being mortal, but also to his lover's long absence.
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Then he shook his head, smiled again, and bent his head to press a kiss to the young doctor's temple. "You went because you were needed, love. I don't begrudge Lucifer your help, or your presence. It's just lovely to have you back here again. I've always been a bit selfish, you know."
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"You're both territorial, you know that?" He teased gently.
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He shifted a bit more comfortably into the pillows and settled on arm around his lover's waist, gently carding the fingers of his other hand through that soft dark hair, in a gesture very much like Wilson's habit of running his fingers through the angel's rumpled feathers. "I expect you'll be wanting breakfast?" he asked, his tone making it plain that the angel was hoping to continue their nice lazy lie-in for a while longer.
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"Shall I read to you, love?" Aziraphale asked, prepared to summon a book from the library if Wilson agreed to the plan.
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