Good Omens: Living Arrangements by Afrai

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Living Arrangements by Afrai (links to warning page)
Fandom: Good Omens
Author on lj: afrai
Author website: Musical comedies without the music

Why this must be read: because Afrai writes Aziraphale's change from angel to human so well. There's no momentous change, just small discoveries about what it's like to be properly human: the little things like rooms being too cold, clothes not fitting properly, having to use the lavatory and breathing. Aziraphale realises straight away that one day he is going to die but Crowley never realises this very simple truth until it's too late.

Crowley, as befits his character in the book, in serious denial over the whole thing and amazingly it's both funny and terribly sad to see him try and work out why he keeps worrying about Aziraphale's new human frailties and why eventually he asks him to move in with him. By the end of the story Crowley has a perfect insight into human grief.