Title: ... And All The World's a Stage
Characters/Pairing: Crowley-centric. Crowley/Lilith, Crowley/Aziraphale, Crowley/OFCs.
Rating: R.
Warning: Disturbing, gory imagery involving children, major character death, sexual themes.
Note: This fic is set in a merged 'verse, with GO background and setting for the SPN Apocalypse plotline, with Crowley being the nexus of both. Spoilers up to SPN 5x21.
Summary: How Crowley went from the most loathed demon in God's Creation to King of the Crossroads, and the long game that brought him sauntering back in the direction of Good. Alliances in Hell are complicated. At this point he couldn't tell you whose side he's really on, not that he actually would if he knew. All he knows is that he would rather not die, and that's inevitable once Lucifer's out. Unless he makes himself useful. ... He's trying not to think about that.
Chapter 1: 1987 to 2007; how Crowley survived the aftermath of the Adam Young incident and rose to prominence beside Lilith. Chapter 2: 2007 to 2008; Crowley sizes up the players and stacks his deck in preparation for the coming Apocalypse. Chapter 3, Part I: Late 2008 to early 2009; Crowley's reconnection with Aziraphale raises a series of questions, and leads to its inevitable conclusion. Chapter 3, Part II: Crowley puts his plan into action and leaves a trail of bodies in his wake.