He hated being indiscreet. How on Earth had he got onto this subject anyway?
Aziraphale glanced at Crowley's waiting face, arms crossed, noting body expression. Waiting for his explanation. Impatient.
Bugger.
The tips of his ears were already bright red, his fair skin glowing. What else did he have to lose?*
"I- well you have to understand that these books are, rather, er... focussed on the anatomy of-" Bugger! "I just- er."
He cleared his throat and plunged on, gaze averted from Crowley's own. "Is it true that demons have two, ah, cocks? Snakes, er, the male ones... I mean, I didn't really buy into it, the other whole flaming sword phallic symbol literalization bit, fire being horrible and probably in so sensitive an area! But they just had a lot of, er... illustrations. For the snake thing. I would have, er, noticed, for you of course, but..."
The angel stared at the table. He was never going to live this down.
*Although commenting on, er, the subject of tonight's discussion may prove cataclysmic for the rest of the night's events, it was possibly really very difficult to destroy either of their libidos for long.
no subject
Date: 2006-08-18 12:41 pm (UTC)He hated being indiscreet. How on Earth had he got onto this subject anyway?
Aziraphale glanced at Crowley's waiting face, arms crossed, noting body expression. Waiting for his explanation. Impatient.
Bugger.
The tips of his ears were already bright red, his fair skin glowing. What else did he have to lose?*
"I- well you have to understand that these books are, rather, er... focussed on the anatomy of-" Bugger! "I just- er."
He cleared his throat and plunged on, gaze averted from Crowley's own. "Is it true that demons have two, ah, cocks? Snakes, er, the male ones... I mean, I didn't really buy into it, the other whole flaming sword phallic symbol literalization bit, fire being horrible and probably in so sensitive an area! But they just had a lot of, er... illustrations. For the snake thing. I would have, er, noticed, for you of course, but..."
The angel stared at the table. He was never going to live this down.
*Although commenting on, er, the subject of tonight's discussion may prove cataclysmic for the rest of the night's events, it was possibly really very difficult to destroy either of their libidos for long.