i am here like there is sky and there is air, by Lauren (a.k.a. notalwaysweak) (R)

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Fandom: WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE
Pairing: Erika/Old Woman Josie
Length: 3,283 words
Author on LJ: notalwaysweak
Author Website: works on AO3; notalwaysweak on Tumblr
Warnings: Slight spoilers for “Yellow Helicopters”
Why this must be read:

Why are the Erikas in Night Vale? No one knows, not even Old Woman Josie, though they have shared some things with her: housework, paintings, extracts from books, radio shows, skywatching, and...

It seems like a base, human thing for angels to do, with fingers made for strumming harps and mouths made for singing holy words, but Josie comes to realize that this too is sacred, and that her voice joined with theirs is an unmatchable hymn.

The angels will answer her questions, “Why me? Why here? Why now?” when it is safe — or at least, when “asking others may be even less safe.” In the meantime, there are the simple pleasures of a settled life in a small town, like bowls of invisible Cajun popcorn from John Peters the farmer, and mugs of chili hot chocolate in the kitchenette of Night Vale Community Radio (“if Josie were a little younger and Cecil a little less infatuated with his Carlos, she thinks she would invite him home. She thinks she and the Erikas could show him a few things.”)

“i am here like there is sky and there is air” on AO3