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[ Strange dreams from the night before plagued his mind but he settled down to try and carry on with his chosen mission in spite of them. ]

Are you a man or a woman interested in finding a man or a woman?

[ Anthony read the question carefully before typing in an answer and speaking it aloud although he was sitting alone. ]

Sure.

[ He wasn't entirely certain what Alec's preferences were so Anthony hedged his bets and picked both. All the better to give his antisocial cousin as many choices as possible. The profile pages were filled out with Alec's information, the usual age, sex and location goodies along with the likes and dislikes... which were heavier on the dislikes than the likes. And it was rounded out with a handsomely smiling selfie of Anthony himself. They did practically look like twins! So what if the smile was a lie and unlikely to actually be seen on Alec's face. The potential new couple could work that out when they finally met.

Anthony sat in the gloom of his bedroom typing up as many online dating profiles on his laptop as there were online dating websites. Not for him of course, he had some one. It was Alec's own fault for making it sound like he was out there looking for some one to love and going about it in entirely the wrong ways. He just needed a little help, a friendly nudge to get the ball rolling and then the rest was entirely up to him only some of these questions were so outlandish and wild that they needed to be shared with the 'Different' crowd! ]

How do you prefer to be kissed, slow and tender or hard and passionately?

[ He frowned and gestured at his cell phone. ]

How would you even answer anything like that?? We're meeting for the first time not arranging a sleepover! Its a bit much for a profile question isn't it? Only thing worse would be asking how much you are making or... diving right into the do you want kids question.

[ His room was dark with the shades pulled tightly closed and yet he still wore his sunglasses as if he needed them to shield him from the glow of the computer. After a while he grumbled and rubbed at his eyes, while still keeping them very carefully shielded from the camera. ]

Sod it. I'll think of something to write in.

[ Anthony paused and frowned again at the screen.]

And now someone's asking if I'll watch their cat this weekend??

[ Each words was typed angrily. ]

Hire. A. Sitter.
At least a few of these don't look like lost causes. What do you lot think, is the online dating market always this bad? Maybe there is a better site out there?

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[ SHIT! ]

The hard part. Don't worry... Just go back to whatever you were doing...

[ Did he remember to lock his bedroom door? Anthony stood, abandoning his laptop briefly, thinking he ought to check that. ]

The hard part of what? Are you bored of Fell already? Is that what this is? You're just going to casually toss all that aside?

[when he does get there he's going to smack his cousin round the head, locked door or not]

This has nothing to do with Fell...

[ Eyeroll as he does latch the door. ]

It has everything to do with helping lonely people meet.

And you're lonely. [deadpan] And an idiot.

[ Idiot maybe but he snarled at the screen rather than admit that. ]

I'm not lonely.

[ Well... just a little as he had been locked away in his darkened room all day. ]

Leave it. I've got a plan.

I don't trust your plans. Your plans are shit. Tell me what's going on.

[ He didn't want to. It defeated the entire point of 'the plan' if Alec knew about it. ]

Look, I just don't think anyone should be lonely! Alright?! Now let it go!

[a long pause.

is...there something more going on? Something he can't see?]

Do...you...need to talk?

No.

[ He will just fling himself onto his bed in a grand flounce. ]

There's nothing to talk about.

Are you sure? [a beat] Did something happen?

[ He sighed, never bothering to look back at the screen for if he did he might just wuss out of saying anything. ]

I probably need to take a week off, get some stronger shades... or look into some eye doctors...

Do you...

[ A deep frown at the ceiling. ]

Think they world actually could come to an end?

Probably one day... [is it the shitty memories again]

Are...you going blind?

Fuck.

[ Very shitty end of everything grim memories. ]

Might be better for everyone if I were...

What the hell does that mean.

No, hang on.

[he hangs up and then after about five minutes is up in the flat and tries the door. Then knocks]

Anty?

Door's locked!

[ He called out ever so helpfully while making no move to actually open the door. There was a spare key though, leftover from the move that he had forgotten was hidden over the doorframe. ]

[he could even pick the lock, but he won't do either.]

Do you want anything to eat? [it was an Ellie thing true, but food did bring people together, didn't it?]

[ He glared at the door before throwing a pillow over his head. ]

Mnnffrrff!

[ The answer had come across as clearly unintelligible and Anthony knew it. He threw the damn thing aside and wandered over to open the door a crack. ]

I'm not sick and I don't need any chicken soup...

Right. [since it was open anyway, he shoved the rest of the way in, or tried] What are you hiding?

[ It was lame how quickly he went flying across the room when the door whacked him out of the way. Fortunately there was the bed to land on... unfortunately his glasses ended up scattering off some where into a corner. With his eyes pressed tightly closed Anthony could only hear a general clatter as to where they had landed. ]

Shit! Don't come barging in here!

[ He was hiding his eyes with closed lids but also there was some incriminating e-harmony profile still up on his laptop screen. Alec was free to take his pick of secrets. ]

[he was concerned about the eyes, that was his main priority. Anthony was trying to hide it but it was bloody stupid as it would come out sooner or later. He scooped up the sunglasses from where they were on the floor, then caught sight of the laptop and the dating site.

It made him frown, but a quicker glance made him livid]

What the fuck are you even doing? What the fuck? Are you dating people under my name? What kind of freaks are you seeing? Fuck! How do I delete this shit?

What? God!

[ Not the laptop! ]

Satan! WHOEVER...

[ He flew across the room to slam the laptop lid closed, meeting Alec's angry gaze only briefly before he remembered he was meant to be hiding these strange new yet familiar demonic eyes. ]

You weren't meant to see any of that!

Christ!

[he jumped a mile at those eyes, falling back into the chair. They didn't feel like contacts. They felt like something else taking over. His chest squeezed. He made a conscious effort not to grip his shirt and instead gripped the chair so hard his knuckles turned white. ]

What the hell are you turning into?

[ So Alec had seen... fffuuuuuuucccckkkk. ]

Him too. Why the Hell not.

[ With no reason to keep them hidden any longer his eyes fluttered open again and focused on Alec with stunning clarity even in the dark bedroom. ]

A demon. Its what I've always been, I just can't hide it anymore.

[ He frowned and head tilted at the white knuckles. ]

Do you need your meds?

[it was real. It was real. More than the ears or anything it was real. It wasn't Anthony anymore, maybe Anthony had never been, maybe none of this was actually happening--

He shook his head and tried to get up, only succeeding on falling out of the chair and landing hard on the floor. He needed to calm down. Fuck he just needed to calm down. He pulled his knees to his chest in a subconscious gesture and tried to breathe]

Alec!

[ Maybe he had no right to call out his cousin's name or to drop immediately to the floor beside him hoping to hold him here on this Earthly plane just a little longer.

He wasn't human and demons, he was fairly certain, didn't have families but he still... shit Alec. Don't feel that way? Please. Don't cast him out too. ]

Just breath, in, out... Shit! Should I call some one?

[ Who!? Any one he called in would see Anthony as much of an oddity in need of medical care or a lab cage. ]

Aziraphale?

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