The demon takes a deep breath against him as he hears those words, as he feels Aziraphale's reassuring touch he melts just a little, but he still can't help but hold him tight and keep his face buried against him.
Right before he'd happened upon the fire he'd had a run in with Hastur, another demon with a nasty habit of setting fires, he had done so to the birthing hospital after all, it wasn't a huge jump for Crowley to assume he'd been to blame for Aziraphale's disappearance. But even worse was that the last they'd spoke, he and Aziraphale had a huge disagreement, and Crowley was worried those were the last words he would have ever had with the angel.
Beyond all of that, since their departure from Earth the angel's life had been risked plenty of times. Crowley could only take so much more. He'd give his own life before watching Aziraphale succumb to another near-death experience again, that much he knew for sure.
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Right before he'd happened upon the fire he'd had a run in with Hastur, another demon with a nasty habit of setting fires, he had done so to the birthing hospital after all, it wasn't a huge jump for Crowley to assume he'd been to blame for Aziraphale's disappearance. But even worse was that the last they'd spoke, he and Aziraphale had a huge disagreement, and Crowley was worried those were the last words he would have ever had with the angel.
Beyond all of that, since their departure from Earth the angel's life had been risked plenty of times. Crowley could only take so much more. He'd give his own life before watching Aziraphale succumb to another near-death experience again, that much he knew for sure.