[detroit!AU: Summoning]

[stilljustandrew]

There's a triple circle on the floor of the room: standard Summoning, and two extra tracks. The one of holy oil is a matter of last resort.

Oddly enough, it's the true name part that's easiest this time.




Andrew speaks the last words of the Summoning, and rises to his feet.

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[changeinasnap]

"I mean you should probably warn your doc about it the next time you need to go in for an X-ray."

Don't want them thinking Andrew's come down with a rare and bizarrely-patterned form of cancer, after all.

[stilljustandrew]

"...Ah."

Yeah, the eurgh is winning, but it's being firmly dragged down in the face of angelic cloaking device.

He breathes out, and looks Gabriel in the face. "Thanks."

[changeinasnap]

Wonder of wonders, this time, Gabriel actually responds with a shrug and, "You're welcome."

He points at Andrew.

"It's not gonna keep him from seeing you if you're in the same room together, so watch your back here. And please. Try not to say yes to him next time or get yourself killed?"

[stilljustandrew]

"I'm not gonna --"



Andrew's gaze drops.

"Yeah." Very subdued. "I'll try not to. Either one."

[changeinasnap]

Gabriel regards him levelly.

"Okay," he says at last, quiet.

He's learned. That's a lot more than Gabriel can say for most people. And if this lesson doesn't stick for whatever reason --

Well, he's got a vested interest in this kid now, what with him wearing his work and getting Lucifer's attention turned on Gabriel himself.

"Go home, Andrew," he tells him, and the shadows shift along the forest floor, and for an instant the whole clearing smells of rain.

And then it's empty, save Andrew.

[stilljustandrew]

Go home.



You can't save him.




Andrew stands there in the grass for several seconds, before turning around and starting to trudge back toward Milliways, and the front door, and home.