[Whether it takes five minutes or five hours, Crowley remains exactly where he is, doing the absolute best he can to be a source of comfort while Aziraphale exhausts the font of emotions that's risen up. It's reassuring when the metaphysical maelstrom settles; that was the part he wasn't entirely sure how to handle if it got too bad.
When his grip loosens, Crowley makes the executive decision not to let go, keeping a steady hold on him out of a suspicion that Aziraphale doesn't actually want to leave and instead just feels like he ought to, out of some sense that Crowley might have grown tired of this. If Aziraphale presses it, he'll let go, but until that point he has no intention of going anywhere.]
What did I say about apologizing?
[It might make him a hypocrite. He knows he'd be apologizing out of sheer mortification if the roles were reversed, but that hasn't happened yet, so he can by a hypocrite in peace for as long as he can keep his own emotions handled.
He presses a kiss to Aziraphale's hair, for the simple sake of affection.]
We can just sit here for a bit, if you'd like.
[They don't have to talk about it, or worry about what happens next. Aziraphale can just stay here and be held until he feels ready to face the world again.]
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When his grip loosens, Crowley makes the executive decision not to let go, keeping a steady hold on him out of a suspicion that Aziraphale doesn't actually want to leave and instead just feels like he ought to, out of some sense that Crowley might have grown tired of this. If Aziraphale presses it, he'll let go, but until that point he has no intention of going anywhere.]
What did I say about apologizing?
[It might make him a hypocrite. He knows he'd be apologizing out of sheer mortification if the roles were reversed, but that hasn't happened yet, so he can by a hypocrite in peace for as long as he can keep his own emotions handled.
He presses a kiss to Aziraphale's hair, for the simple sake of affection.]
We can just sit here for a bit, if you'd like.
[They don't have to talk about it, or worry about what happens next. Aziraphale can just stay here and be held until he feels ready to face the world again.]