[The first loop he was with Aziraphale by accident, the second; on purpose.
The third time Aziraphale decides that they have to try and help, as if that'll make a bloody difference when this has already happened twice before. Crowley gravitates toward the younger Reclaimers, his no-nonsense heels clicking on the stones as the ground begins to rumble and split.
He doesn't recognize Sayori until she grabs his arm, her grip firm through his sharp black woolen suit, and then the ground splits open beneath them and they're falling, and he makes the mistake of looking down and sees eyes like burning coals, the first time he's noticed the eyes, and there's something under there coming up and he thinks, hysterically, he has to freeze time or they're all going to die.
And then there's a flash of light and a pull just behind his navel, just like all the times before, and they're on solid ground again.
Some time while they were starting to fall, Crowley had pulled Sayori against his side, and that's how they wind up standing now, while his heart tries valiantly to resume its normal rhythm.]
loop #3
The third time Aziraphale decides that they have to try and help, as if that'll make a bloody difference when this has already happened twice before. Crowley gravitates toward the younger Reclaimers, his no-nonsense heels clicking on the stones as the ground begins to rumble and split.
He doesn't recognize Sayori until she grabs his arm, her grip firm through his sharp black woolen suit, and then the ground splits open beneath them and they're falling, and he makes the mistake of looking down and sees eyes like burning coals, the first time he's noticed the eyes, and there's something under there coming up and he thinks, hysterically, he has to freeze time or they're all going to die.
And then there's a flash of light and a pull just behind his navel, just like all the times before, and they're on solid ground again.
Some time while they were starting to fall, Crowley had pulled Sayori against his side, and that's how they wind up standing now, while his heart tries valiantly to resume its normal rhythm.]
All right, girl?
[His hand rubs her shoulder before he lets go.]