"Yeah, but you wouldn't have me any other way," he says, tossing Aziraphale a smile.

He takes a sip of the wine. This is what he thought forever would be like, really. Just living out life on Earth with Aziraphale. He didn't need anything else. Freedom to just be and let them be together, in whatever way that was. Now, moments like this seem like a luxury, and one he's not going to let go any time soon.

"Did you read any of those books?" he asks. "I didn't----tempted people into it, of course, but never did."