[It ends up being about forty minutes before he turns up to Archer's, apparently having taken a cab (that way he can all Aziraphale to come pick him up if he gets too drunk) and with a mid range bottle of wine in hand.
[archer looks pretty happy to see crowley! he's not good at and doesn't really like making new friends, but crowley has really slotted into his tiny little circle. he's also not blindingly drunk for once, which says enough for how he finds the demon's company.
he reaches out to take the bottle of wine with a pleased hum.]
Not that he's thinking much beyond ouch, as he goes down to his knees with a wheezing sort of groan, thoroughly distracted by a wave of pain and nausea. There's a flicker of something in the air behind him, a dark shadow visible before he pulls it back in, operating on instinct to keep his wings safe.]
You prick.
[The words are gasped out, he'll need a second to properly catch his breath.]
[He's not exactly steady on his feet - he's used to pain, but being winded is a new and unpleasant experience - but he let's Archer push him about, rolling his eyes at the question.]
A bottle of wine is perfectly acceptable, not my fault you're an alcoholic.
[archer doesn't even have the biology that crowley usually has and he needs more than that. that's a lifetime of emotional dependence on drinking.]
Really? Mine's gone up. Everything is weak here. [probably because he can't get the good shit on the money he's pulling in and this entire town is... puritan compared to new york.] Maybe it's the mountain air.
[He just assumes that's the case, and that Archer has been buying cheap shit purely to get drunk. Now that his own tolerance has significantly dropped, Crowley finds himself more inclined to buy higher quality, since he's only having a glass or two.
Also, he can afford it, because he has a good job, unlike some people.]
Anyway, think I might just be getting old. Awful as that is.
You should be more careful around here. You never know who might shoot you again.
[or stab. funny how many people got stabby when he broke into their houses. wonder if they're all armed by now. probably, because archer managed to get a gun relatively quickly. as shitty and poorly made as it is. ugh. he misses his walther.]
God, because I need more holes drilled into my head and injected with Russian mind-control chips like I need more holes in my head and-- you get the idea.
Just once. It's complicated. [his dad might've been the leader of the KGB who wanted to mind control him into coming to russia for a paternity test... who then intended to kill him if archer wasn't his son. naturally, archer doesn't say any of this.] Jesus, go outside for once in your life. You barely know shit.
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