After his parents’ passing, Mycroft Holmes is faced with a difficult decision. As stated in his parents’ will, he either has to marry or lose his brother’s custody.
Finding himself an spouse isn’t the difficult part.
Not giving his actual feelings away is a little more difficult.
When Aziraphale gets recalled back to Heaven, all he expects to find is a boring desk job. With Gabriel constantly breathing down his neck, his only recourse is to act remorseful enough he might get sent back to Earth eventually. He thinks that pissing Gabriel off might work too, but he’s a little hesitant to actually try that. Still, if push comes to shove, he just might.
But his new assignment isn’t what he’s expecting at all.
And while he does not exactly dislike working with the Archangel Raphael to bring happiness to humans through the healing power of love, it makes him question a whole lot of things.
First and foremost, his relationship with a certain ”enemy.”