#listen i don't know what this is but i wrote like 9k in 2 days with no sign of stopping

[revolutionsoftheheart]

celestial games, a Ted Lasso fic;

Ted Lasso x Rebecca Welton A retelling of the events of Ted Lasso season 1, where the future of humanity is at stake and some characters are angels or demons; or the Angels vs Demons / Good Omens AU no one asked for.

It was a nice day.

In London, England, the sun was shining. While a crisp wind blew through the city, the weather was comfortable enough for one to wear only a light jacket. It was Spring. Flowers were blooming all over town, their scent floating in the air as though you were stepping through a garden. It was the kind of day that motivated you to leave your house. A day to cherish, for it felt like nothing bad could happen.

In Hell, the fires burned so hot the demons were sweating their eternity away. Chaos reigned in all its horrifying glory for a thwarted end of the world meant a reshuffling of the hierarchy. Battles of all kinds would be waged for the foreseeable future. Deals would be made, too—and broken. The most mischievous would emerge victorious. It was the perfect day to stab someone in the back, figuratively and literally.

In Heaven, everything was orderly and silent. The soft glow of righteousness permeated the place and everyone returned to their ordained conduct. While the day did not go as planned, Hell didn’t win and all were content with that conclusion.

(That Heaven didn’t win either is a technicality they didn’t care to expound.)

In the office of a football club owner, an angel and a demon toasted to life on Earth.

Before we understand what happened here, at the end of the world—or what should have been the end of the world if everything had gone according to the Great Plan—we must go back to what happened five months ago.

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