Barachiel

Angel of Blessings. Best Bounty you'll ever see. Invoke me for Blessings for prosperity, protection, plentiful harvest, and success. #GoodOmens AU RP 21+

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent said the wrong thing.

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent

I look up at the club's sign and sigh. Avarice.

It brings to mind memories I do my best to keep buried. A blonde-haired Demon in a dark bar flirting with me and... and things that I've never told anyone about. A time I secretly miss.

I shake my head as if to +

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent I swallow and look away. "Of course it was. At least for me." I force myself to take a step back, two steps, three. "I– I'll get out of your space. Thank you again for not stopping me from helping him. I owe you one." As soon as the last words slip out, I know I've +

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent I blink slowly and speak softly, "I have never settled. Why do you think it's only ever been you?"

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent before leaning back toward her. Blessed heaven, I had forgotten just how magnetic her gaze is.

"I– I– ah– n-no. Not since...." I swallow thickly before pushing the word out, "you."

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent I start to say yes, that we can be professional as she exhales that dramatic long pull..... when she throws a very personal question at me and my head whips back to find her staring at me. It's like being caught in the sight of a hungry wolf...

I take a half step back +

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent from her. Too close. That's far too close to speaking of the past. I know I should go. That I should want to go. But the pull to be greedy and stay near her is a strong one and one I've resisted largely by being distant.... not so easy now with her beside me.

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent I blink at the unclear response and feel a flutter of something deep in the pit of my stomach. "Then thank you. In case I should be thanking you. Though... I'm not sure why you would be kind to me. If you would. It's been a long time since...."

I straighten and look away +

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent "So which is it for him? Do I need to thank you for letting him go so easily or was he too pure to be worth the trouble?" I don't know why it feels like I'm asking about more than the man I granted Bounty to.

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent the desk.

"I gather I have you to thank for no one trying to stop him from getting away from the table with that much?" There's no way they don't have undercover players that step in with a little... coercion.

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent much so fast. It isn't a long pause though. He announces his departure and my eyes tighten as I wait for anyone to try to bully him into staying to have a chance to win it back.

Thankfully, no one objects and he's able to peacefully gather his chips and cash out at +

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent bar. A snappy game with clothes as the wagers... that had led to a bliss that still haunts me.

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent "We both know how likely I am to beat you right out of your clothes." The words are out of my mouth before I can realize what, exactly, I'm saying. What I'm referencing. An early morning after the drunks had finally stumbled out, leaving us with too much drink in a closed +

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent altogether altruistic since it gives him what he wants... what he wants is the safety of his son so it's a worthy prayer."

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent I jerk at the mention of ass.

"I... I... I am able to pass on a great deal of them. The more... petty prayers that deal in beating out others, for example. Others aren't altruistic but also aren't petty so I consider them. And then there are ones like him... while not +

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent since... oh, you know when that was."

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent Instead, I look back to the human I'm helping.

"I frequently have to visit places like this. The humans... they sorted out that I'm an Angel of Bounty so I get invoked often. I have to come down and if the need is just, help them. I haven't seen you at any of them in... +

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent I straighten and swallow. Memories flash in my mind of certain 'fun' we used to have.

"I'm sure your memory is fine," I say softly.

[Barachiel @AngelOfBounty]

@DownwardBent "Not this one. He's getting his son out. They'll be in it together. And no. I don't want you to stop me."

At least she hasn't asked for 'payment' from me in exchange for this man and his son.