Neither Crowley nor Aziraphale recognizing “angel” as a common human pet name and being minorly terrified every time somebody looks at them funny like “oh no are we really being that obvious does he know does he know”
Aziraphale doesn’t know but Crowley does and every time he says it it’s a little daring game of “is he gonna catch on” but also a tiny bit of heartbreak at how oblivious his angel is
Aziraphale knows but Crowley doesn’t and every time he hears it his heart comes up in his throat and he has to remind himself to calm down, play it cool, it doesn’t mean anything and he pines over it late at night
Both of them know and it’s a sweet secret joke because if any of the higher ups ask “well it’s just what he is we don’t mean anything by it don’t be ridiculous” but every time Aziraphale smiles and ducks his head and blushes a little and when he looks up there’s a flicker of a matching smile on Crowley’s face and they get in the Bentley and ride into the sunset
I love Anathema’s first encounter with Crowley and Aziraphale from her perspective
since it’s just like, two men dressed like a failed rock star in leather and dorky bow-tied school teacher run her over, help her, bicker the whole time, play Freddie Mercury’s ‘Bicycle,’ and at the end one says “Get in, angel.” to the other
Anathema’s only interpretation is like “I got run over by an old married gay couple with pet names for each other and questionable camp taste in everything”
that moment in the one vision video where roger sings his suggestion for the line and he knows full well that it doesn’t fit but he looks up at freddie with heart eyes knowing that his line is going to make freddie smile and giggle so it’s worth the teasing that comes after, rb if you agree