My Lonely Angel | Good Omens Podfic

I apologise for making this one so sad but I got the idea a literal hour ago and had it written in minutes. In this podfic, Aziraphale returns to Earth to find that Crowley has died. Before he can grieve, Muriel leaves him a letter that Crowley wrote to him, before he was taken. Stay safe everyone.

TRANSCRIPT:

[AZIRAPHALE BURSTS INTO THE BOOKSHOP]
A: Crowley! Are you there, Crowley?

[AZIRAPHALE LOOKS AROUND. HE FINDS NOTHING. NO ONE]
M: You just missed him.
A: Where is he?
M: They threatened you. Do you think he would have that?

[AZIRAPHALE SAYS NOTHING; CONFUSED]
M: Good lord. He was right. He said you’d be….stunned. It’d been so long since we’d seen you last that, we didn’t think…
A: What? I don’t understand.
[MURIEL WALKS AWAY. THEY HAND AZIRAPHALE A LETTER]
M: He talked about you so much. He longed for you, he cried for you. I’d never seen a demon behave so…he just wanted you to come back. He once prayed to Her that you would, so loud that….. He hated it but, you know Crowley. You…knew Crowley.
A: [tears up] Why did you give me this?
M: I don’t know what it says, it…it wasn’t my letter to read. I think it’s his final goodbye.
A: What happened to him?!
M: Hm. You sound just like him.
A: A moment, Muriel. Please.
M: Wait. I need to know you were the last thing he thought about before they took him away. He called out for you. You were the only being that made him feel safe.
[MURIEL LEAVES. AZIRAPHALE UNFOLDS THE LETTER]
C: My dear, Aziraphale. As I’m writing this, I am being sent away to be destroyed. You did good in going back. You protected me. But that would only work for so long. By the time you read this, I will be gone. But there are a few things I need you to know. 1. I never hated you and I understand your position. 2. You will never get through to them, no matter how hard you try. And 3. I love you. You were the love of my life. And considering there’s no way out, you and I are unlikely to meet again. Unless there’s an Afterlife Afterlife. But I don’t want to consider anything. I just wanna be next to you again. I’m sorry for my last words to you. I’m sorry we never got to reconcile. But please know, during my last moments, our every memory will replay in my mind, the same way the Nebula still does today. Goodbye, my lonely angel.

[AZIRAPHALE PUTS THE LETTER DOWN AND BREAKS DOWN IN TEARS]