It must be spring

[serpentinthegarden]

 The rose blossom popped open, producing a gorgeous bloom and Crowley glared at it disapprovingly. 

"Not yet! June I said! You're all meant to be blooming your brightest in June... It doesn't mean a thing if you do it early."

The rose dutifully folded back up to conserve it's strength for June as Crowley looked back towards the mound of cupcakes he had sitting on a table in his temporary workspace out in the castle training gardens. This sort of work couldn't be done inside... not when you were going as big and as flashy as he was. With a snap of his fingers the cupcakes turned into a much larger golden clad pillar of a cake. 

"Hm, might be too much 'golden throne'.'

He tried again and this time the cake was even larger with so many spires and decorations it almost looked more like a model than a cake.

"That's very 'cathedral'." Crowley frowned and tilted his head at some of the decorations, "Not sure about the little cherubs. I mean once you've met one they lose their charm... More modern maybe."

Crowley snapped his fingers again and this cake looked like it had flying flowers cascading their way around the center cake.

"Should it be all white? Nothing says a wedding cake had to be all white. I could add a touch of spice!"

And once again the cake transformed. This time into something black and red with a touch of angel. As he stood back admiring his work Crowley caught sight of a flash of light. His mirror was sitting out on the table and had apparently been capturing the whole display. His frown deepened instantly as he rolled his head in dramatic fashion but collected the mirror to do a touch of damage control.

"So I'm looking for a cake design, it's no big deal. I had thought it would be secret but... since it's not. Lydia, up for a job in June?"

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[serpentinthegarden]

"Sweet? UGH!"

He stomped his foot and glared at the cake because he had been going more for 'edgy' not sweet. Crowley did nothing to alter the design however... If Eleanor thought it was sweet then it had to be a winner, perfect for a good angel cooing once Aziraphale saw it.

"Then we would just have to decide on a flavor... a venue, to dress or to tux, guest list... I don't know how you humans manage it. There are so many things to keep up with!"

[az_shrimp_horny]

Eleanor grinned and patted his arm. "Dude, it's okay. There's plenty of time to think of other cakes even better than that one. You don't need to settle on one right now."

As he ran down the list, she had a twinge of second-hand anxiety. Yeah she'd never planned a wedding in her life. She'd never been a part of one... except for that one time in Vegas... and had, in fact, spent most of her life avoiding them at all costs, not counting watching wedding fails on YouTube.

"Okay. It's okay. We just take this one step at a time and I... start thinking like Tahani. She was the party planner, not me. But I'd like to think some of her brilliance rubbed off on me. 'sides, we have to see what Aziraphale wants, too."

[serpentinthegarden]

"An eternity is plenty of time, we only have a month."

It seemed a daunting task which was why he had already intimidated the flowers into cooperating. At least that was one thing he didn't have to worry about. And the cake... it was good. Sweet, but fine. He thought he might make it bigger and use a couple of different flavored layers. They could be all Aziraphale's favorites so long as one layer was chocolate.

"A party planner is a good idea. Rich humans are always hiring them for events."

Course he was a semi-poor demon and didn't know of anyone in the party planning business.

"Probably should talk to Aziraphale..."

[az_shrimp_horny]

Shit... he was right. Fuck! No. Breathe. She could do this.

"When in June is this happening? Do you have a date? We can do this, we just have to sit down and figure all this shit out, right?"

She was mostly reassuring herself. Holy fuck what had she gotten herself into?

[serpentinthegarden]

"Date?"

Slow rare blink of... oh, we really should have thought about that.

"We just said June. Never really thought beyond that."

[az_shrimp_horny]

Eleanor dropped her head into one of her hands.

"Seriously? You didn't think of..."

She sighed. Eternals.

"Okay. That's the first step. We can't get shit ready in time if we don't know what that time is.

[serpentinthegarden]

"Some day when it isn't rainy."

Crowley provided helpfully.

"Since it's probably going to have to be an outdoor affair unless I want to go tap dancing down the aisle. If we need a date-date though..."

He shrugged in a probably need Aziraphale for that one.

[az_shrimp_horny]

"Yeah, well, unless you've got a magic-8-ball that predicts the weather there's jack-shit we can do to predict that. But I tell you what, if it looks like rain I'll see what I can do about it." She shrugged, "I've made it snow, maybe I can stop it from raining."

But that was besides the point.

"It's okay, that's something you should talk to Aziraphale about, anyway. If you want me to help plan this thing I can sit down with you guys sometime. But there are things you can decide! Like, are you gonna have a best man or something?"

[serpentinthegarden]

"Snow is nice. A little cold, but its an option."

If it started raining. After all snow was nicer than rain, a little white lace floating down from the the air. It was better than rice too. It melted and no one needed to sweep up after.

"It all comes down to that really. I need to talk to Aziraphale about it all, but every-time we're in the same room... talking's not what happens." He drew in a breath and exhaled it noisily, "I'm not even sure how to bring it up. We're lucky we even managed to settle on June."

[az_shrimp_horny]

Whoa, what? She frowned with concern. "What? Like you don't talk in a 'you can't keep your hands off each other' kind of way? Oooooor..."

She left the end of the sentence unsaid, sure he'd understand what she meant.

[serpentinthegarden]

Crowley bobbed his head, silently saying she had understood correctly.

"I'm not complaining. That's good, nothing wrong with it... I'm just not really sure how to get into the details. Maybe we need a chaperone."

A beat.

"And one of those planning books so we can pick out a color."

[az_shrimp_horny]

Eleanor smiled, glad it was a good kind of distraction.

"I can be your chaperone if you want. Because of you guys keep banging instead of planning this thing is going to be a mess."

[serpentinthegarden]

He was so in love there were no problems only distractions that would make a total mess of things, like she said, if they were allowed.

"Maybe not a best man, maybe a best human. You could be my best human. Give you an official title, then you could officially be in the thick of everything."

[az_shrimp_horny]

Her eyes widened. "I... me?" She actually pointed to herself. Holy shit. That was unexpected. Crowley's Best Human. She covered her mouth with both hands as she processed that. Finally, she nodded.

"I'd be honored. I'd love to be your Best Human."

[serpentinthegarden]

"Good! That's one thing sorted."

She might begin to doubt that decision however as the demon had a very shaky grasp of how weddings actually worked.

"Now we just have to find you the frumpiest dress in the Kingdom so you don't upstage us. I'm thinking mauve."

[az_shrimp_horny]

That... Was entirely possible. Just let her have her moment.

"You do that, I shank you. Don't worry, I'll make sure you two are the center of attention."

[serpentinthegarden]

"I guess that's enough."

Though he sounded just a touch disappointed, there would be other ways to add a touch of evil to the evening.

"I think a shanking might be a little too much for the entertainment. Too Roman Coliseum."

[az_shrimp_horny]

She nodded sagely. "Mmm I think you're right. Better save it for the bachelor party."

Don't worry, dude, she'd make sure there were touches of Evil.

[serpentinthegarden]

Crowley paced around the cake once, thinking it could be bigger and maybe he ought to add a strawberry layer when this strange other custom was mentioned.

"The wha?"

[az_shrimp_horny]

Eleanor blinked at him. "Are you fucking kidding me? You've never... You have never heard of a bachelor party?"

[serpentinthegarden]

"Ehhhhh..."

Was that strange the long drawn out sound seemed to ask.

"Never paid much attention to the whole humans making other humans rituals. I've heard of weddings, you can't turn on a TV without seeing a wedding... all white and expensive and in those huge old Churchs unless some one decides to get married on a beach, but the rest..."

He shrugged.

"Well... they had enough to worry about didn't they? Getting all that planning done, trying to get the cake there on time, already miserable from dealing with the mother-in-law... I tended to leave them alone."

[az_shrimp_horny]

She beamed at him, amazed she got to share something new with her second favorite demon.

"Forget the wedding for a minute. A bachelor party is like the place for sin. It's when the groom's friends take him out for a night of booze and partying. One last blast before the wedding, right? Some guys get strippers or go to a club or something. Not like we'd do that, but we can still get plastered and have a great time."

[serpentinthegarden]

The place for sin! That had Crowley listening with all the demonic intent he could muster.

"Sounds like a Saturday after work."

He paused to reconsider...

"Except for the club bit which this place is sorely in need of. Maybe we could do a popup. Illegal rave in the basement of one of these buildings."

[az_shrimp_horny]

Eleanor's face split into a huge grin. "Now there's an idea. If only one of us knew the manager of the biggest store in town..."

She smirked conspiratorially at him. There were perks to being in charge.

[serpentinthegarden]

Eleanor was so much faster to catch onto these things than Aziraphale. He would have needed to spell that out for the angel, but for his Best Human, got it in one!

"Has a nice big basement doesn't it?"