The first time, though of course he doesn't know it's the first time, everything went exactly according to plan. Crowley got the baby, right on time. He took it to the nunnery, and didn't stop to talk to the man waiting outside. He observed the whole thing, and made sure no funny business happened. At the end of the night, the Antichrist went home with the Dowlings.
It takes 600 more tries to get it going exactly according to the right plan.
In Gaul, Antony makes a lucky escape; Caesar comes to his bedside to offer a commendation.
And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
Peter gives Phil a bath.
Will Graham is very, very tired.
Peter loses, and Ego patches him up afterward. Okay, this is only going to suck a lot.
Caleb wakes up on the floor.
When Ed Lee realizes he's in love, and when Ed Lee realizes he's fucked.
Cornelius Hickey has no respect for God nor man nor the poor dude who has to run the Taco Bell drive-through.
Written for #BangMasFest 2k23.
Richie finds himself in an undesirable situation. Or: bloodsucking Geckos in bondage.
Tang Fan is susceptible to long jaunts into his own self-preoccupation at the very best of times, as is needless to say, but waiting brings out the worst of his whiling.