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    Aziraphale heard the footsteps and scrape of the lock, which gave him a split second of warning before the door swung open. It was not enough time to prepare him. Perhaps no time would’ve been enough to prepare him. He’d thought to see Crowley as he always was, impeccably dressed, polished and impenetrable. Maybe even a little slurred with drink or sleep, if things had been really bad in the last month.

    The Crowley in front of him was—there was no other word for it—soft. His hair was mussed in places, sticking up on one side. He wore no glasses, and there were wrinkles from bedsheets across the side of his face. His feet were bare, and he wore a silky black robe loosely tied across his hips, exposing a long V of skin that started above his navel and traveled tantalizingly up to his clavicles. Aziraphale was so transfixed by the sharp jut of that collarbone that he completely missed the dumbfounded expression on Crowley’s face.

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    A month after Aziraphale follows the Metatron into Heaven, he's gotten himself reassigned to earth. He's finally free to express his love...but Crowley isn't ready. Aziraphale comes up with a Plan.

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    01 Jun 2026

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    Zee slipped back into his flat and closed the door quietly.

    This had been a mistake. He could feel the edges of his carefully pasted-together life starting to curl, exposing the raw undersides. It was a good thing he was near the end of his current manuscript, because he needed to be as shut-in as possible. Allow some distance between the conversation tonight and the next time he spoke with Crowley. Let the spark of this connection fizzle out before it took root.

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    Zee (Aziraphale) Marsh is a widowed hermit who secretly writes bestselling romance novels under the pseudonym Bella Swansea. His life is rigorously controlled until his new downstairs neighbor arrives. Anthony Crowley causes something to come alive in Zee that he hasn't seen in over twenty years, but Crowley brings with him some of his own very dark secrets.

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    01 Jun 2026

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    “It’s good, thank you,” Zira said curtly, then fixed him with another glare. “And my name is Zira, not Angel.”

    He shouldn’t speak, he shouldn’t speak, he shouldn’t speak— “S’not what the A stands for? Cos it seems like it could be, with, y’know, y’lookin’ all—ngh—angelic and—nhmmm—cherubic an’ stuff y’know.”

    Crowley was going to cut out his own tongue.

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    Zira loathes Crowley from the first time they crash into each other. The cool, confident, brash man is the opposite in every way to his anonymous online paramour, Rose. Crowley is attracted to Zira, but the man is supercilious and overbearing. Besides, he’s only flirting with Zira because he doesn’t think he’s worthy of his anonymous online partner, Flower. Now, Zira and Crowley are trapped on a ship together, assigned to the same dinner table for the next two weeks, while online, Flower and Rose are planning to meet in person for the first time…

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    01 Jun 2026

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    Anthony Crowley would be Item No. 1 on his personal Regret List, if he accepted the challenge. His childhood best friend, his first crush, his first kiss. The one he let get away.

    No. Not really. The one he pushed away. Talk about regret.

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    Aziraphale’s life is perfectly fine, thank you. Sure, he’s divorced and almost fifty, and his family is as challenging as ever, but he loves his job, his home, his friends. There’s nothing more could he want.

    So why does it feel like danger when he’s asked to reevaluate those choices?

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    25 May 2026

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    The Second Coming is imminent. Aziraphale and Crowley, naturally, spend four days and three nights at a motel in Palm Springs dealing with their own issues.

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    25 May 2026