I had woke up to gentle breathing near my ear. Crowley had his arm wrapped around me, his elbow resting over my stomach, his hand just below my shoulder.
My body slotted in against his perfectly, as if we were designed to fit together. Maybe Crowley had been right all this time - maybe i was destined for this. Whatever this was.
When I first met Crowley, he knew about me before we met - something I had grown used to by then. I could see he was a demon, guess he was at least slightly important and I'd presumed he'd come to size me up - to get an idea of his 'competition'. I was wrong. He introduced himself politely and offered to by me a drink. We actually had a lovely night. I mean, from the first second he started flirting with me, but that was nice. He was a demon, so what? I was sure at least part of me was too. It felt so normal - like something I would watch humans do; sit around in pubs and flirt and drink. It was something I'd never done with Balthazar or Gabriel. He brought that little bit of human normality into my life.
Crowley stirred in his sleep, cuddling closer to me, his head resting against the back of my neck. His hand made moved slightly when he'd pulled me closer, his thumb and first finger now sat at the base of me neck, his touch feather light. I closed my eyes again, trying to get back to sleep.
Thinking back, it had actually been months, nearly a year, after meeting Crowley that we'd slept together for the first time (well, that I'd count anyway - drunken fumbles don't count if you were to ask me). I'd really just been wanting some time alone - spending every waking moment to two energetic angels took it's toll. I loved them, very much so, but I needed a change of scenery - and some breathing space. I'd gone home with Crowley once before (soberly), but nothing had actually happened.
The first night I slept with Crowley was different for me. Obviously, sleeping with a demon and not an angel was going to be different, I knew that, but Crowley's personality was so different from Balthazar and Gabriel it made it different too. To put it bluntly, the angels I had slept with before (including Lucifer) were all very dominant, and me, in my naivety had presumed that that was simply how it was. Crowley showed me otherwise, which led to Gabriel and I switching about a lot, though Balthazar was never up for it, not that it bothered me.
Crowley was always something new for me, in every way. He showed me very human things, seeing as it was apparently very obvious how clueless I was. Crowley taught me the things that the angels didn't want to - about monsters and demons, about humanity and their history, about Purgatory and about power. He'd taught me about souls and the power that angels and demons alike can gather from them, something that had confused me endlessly. Crowley was the one who always kept me up to date with humanity, the trends and developments and inventions. Balthazar couldn't care less for it, and Gabriel only ever grew interested in those things if they had something to do with sweeties, chocolate, alcohol or sex. I'd still spent most of my time with Balthazar and Gabriel, but the odd day out with Crowley was always to be looked forward to.
Crowley muttered something in his sleep, his lips brushing against my skin for a moment. Crowley had changed since I met him. As he'd climbed through the ranks in Hell, he'd become more confidant - not just in Hell, but in the way he approached humans, how he acted on Earth, how he acted with me, it all changed as his confidence grew. But I liked it, confidence suited him.
I could feel myself beginning to finally drift off. I'd woken up an hour or so ago for no real reason, and hadn't been able to get back to sleep since. It happened all the time, irrigardless of where I was sleeping, in the bunker, a motel or in Hell, it didn't matter, I woke in the middle of the night all two frequently. Careful not to wake Crowley, I turned to lie on my other side. He shifted in his sleep, managing to wrap both his arms around me. I cuddled in, tucking my head under his chin and arranging myself to be as close to him as possible. Mercifully, it wasn't long until i was asleep again.