I know that we've agreed collectively, as a fandom, that Hozier and Queen are our "Ineffable Breakup" soundtracks just as much as they are Crowley's... BUT
Hear me out on this... HIM. Not a random guy specifically but the Finnish band H.I.M
Just imagine Mr. Anthony J. "Despite everything, an optimist" Crowley on one of his more sentimental days, when he knows he won't have to go check in on Muriel for a while.
Finds a bunch of HIM CDs in a box in his old apartment. Shax had neglected to clear out one of the old cupboards that "Crowley never paid any special attention to. Only his plants."
Opens up a bottle of wine and puts on Tears on Tape because "Fuck it. Nothing better to do. Angel's gone and will stay gone." Sits back and listens.
Some young lady told him about this band in the late 90's but it was still too soon after Freddie passed for Crowley to be interested in taking up new genres. Style is one thing, but music...
He snorts, second bottle and two albums in.
Why, indeed? He'd known the words hadn't needed to be said. Thought Aziraphale understood him in a way neither She nor Hell ever could.
He pours another glass. Pulls out the rest of the CDs.
It's going to be a long day. Then again, what else does he have to do? Little mercies, right?
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For context. To grossly oversimplify, if you've never heard a HIM song. They're a metal band with a whole carrier of love songs. I'm talking Romeo and Juliette levels of "Undying, unexplainable, Ineffable(if you will)" love songs.
I've been doing a bit if a binge lately and it occurred to me that there's NO WAY Crowley has never heard of them. They were pretty huge in Europe in the early 2000s. I imagine Crowley would have brushed them off as "Too tragic for his liking." originally. Bought the CDs out of curiosity over the years, but never actually got around to listening to them.
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This turned from a suggestion to a head-cannon. I'm sorry.
If you have chance to put leo x usagi in multiple aus, what would those au be? Like pirate au, royal au... Etc. And if you want what plot do you have for the au?
Ohh gosh I'm not much of a that kind of AU person anymore but I do like mermaids so probably that :D It wouldn't be a regular mermaid AU though – Leonardo would just be an aquatic turtle person, lmao.
It would be the basic "merman saves a guy from drowning, romance ensues" plot because I'm tacky like that AND IT'S A REALLY CUTE PLOT OKAY