Happy Holidays & Happy New Year, shenaniganders!

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Title: Tea & Anarchy
Recipient: shenaniganders
Author: irisbleufic / Artist: eldanis
Pairing & Characters: Aziraphale/Crowley, Other Characters
Rating: R / NC-17ish (the writer humbly apologizes for dragging her collaborator's perfectly civilized artwork through the mud)
Creators' Notes: The pair of us got called back on duty at the last minute to do a pinch-hit. As tea-house AU

Comments

[titc]

Nyaaaaaah *melts at the fic, then melts some more at the art* (I totally don't recognize the styles, nooope ;-)
I mean, tea, hellhounds, witches, horseshoes, domestic complaining and good morning sex (good applying to both!); what's not to love?
Aziraphale has Crowley wrapped around his fingers, the demon is SO smitten!
♥

[irisbleufic]

We wondered if we'd managed to obscure ourselves a little (but only a little, mind). And, yes, the extent to which they've got each other pinkie-wrapped is rather nauseatingly thorough...

Thank you so much for reading! <3

[irisbleufic]

Lapsang Souchong is an acquired taste, and a splendid one once acquired! I know someone who refuses to drink it because she thinks it smells like dirty socks. That's a distressing thought to those of us who are fond of it...

Thank you so much for reading!

[peach_megumi]

This is absolutely adorable. Both the fic and the art just inspire this warm, homey, cozy feeling. It's quiet and pleasant (even with the birds and Adam and Dog), and I really want to be sitting in that undoubtedly fragrant tea shop, drinking tea and eating scones. Sweet and wonderful.

[irisbleufic]

Sparrows living in the eaves of an English farmhouse is one of the cutest things I've ever seen; they come out in the mornings and in the evenings and play tag with each other while they hunt insects. In other words, STUPIDLY CUTE FOWL.

Thank you so much for reading!

[shenaniganders]

Ahhhh!!!! //incoherent screeching

Wow, thank you so much!! Everything about this is fabulous, it's hard to choose a favorite part!

“But you've complained for years that this room gets stuffy in summer,” Aziraphale reminds him, busy mouthing the spot below Crowley's left ear that makes him shiver uncontrollably.

The morning sex and the conversation, Crowley's half-hearted complaining and Aziraphale being so reasonable and smug, and everything, it's perfect!

At the till, determinedly counting the previous day's takings, Crowley sniffs.

“Is that tea or fruit punch, angel?”And the box opening, and Crowley sulking over the lack of Darjeeling White because he absolutely would, and the box cutter being compared to a sword, and the glowing horseshoe

[irisbleufic]

My only fear was that I didn't get the rating on the sex to quite as full an NC-17 as you were probably thinking! It's a relief to know you've enjoyed it even so. Aziraphale being smug in bed has become something of a point of amusement for me over time; it happens so often (at least when I'm writing them) that it flies satisfyingly in the face of those (admittedly few) people who try valiantly to maintain he'd be the innocent, virginal, embarrassed one when it comes to these matters. Oh, no. He knows exactly what he wants and exactly how to get it. Poor Crowley ;)

The glowing horseshoe is almost a throw-away in the book, at the very end of that scene where Adam drops in on Anathema at Jasmine Cottage when he sees her crying. And I thought, wow - if it glows white-hot for his presence, then it'd probably glow white-hot in the presence of any other creature of unearthly origin, too! So I love imagining that it's still there, perpetually glowing and cooling every time Aziraphale and Crowley or either one of them alone crosses

[keksdiebin]

Oh, how awesome *-* I love the story and the picture is sooo beautiful! I want to have tea there <3 I also squeed at Aziraphale being a tea geek <333

[irisbleufic]

They're both tea geeks in this, much to my delight, and Crowley gets to indulge his rather sharp cooking skills ;) I'm so glad you enjoyed reading this. Happy New Year!