NicoleR85: thanks! Glad you like his possessiveness.
Tessa hummed under her breath as she tended to her flowers. It had been a few of days since she had been reunited with both her demon lover and her angel best friend. Anthony had barely left her side, until today when Crowley had managed to persuade his parallel counterpart to join him in collecting of a soul. That left the young woman alone, save for Ghost who was off somewhere and Aziraphale, who was in the library again.
Tessa turned inspect the orchids on the table behind her and yelped when she saw one of Crowley's demons standing there. "Sorry ma'am, didn't mean to startle you", he said.
"No, that's ok…David, right?"
"Yes, ma'am", the demon confirmed.
"If you're looking for Crowley, he's not here at the moment", Tessa said, turning to the orchids, gently running her fingers over the petals using her powers to revitalise the poorly looking ones. She moved onto the next plant, completely unaware of the knife David was sliding out from his pocket…
The blonde screamed when the blade was rammed into her side. She stumbled back from the demon, hand pressed to the wound. "W-why?" she gasped.
"Why?" David repeated, his face twisting into a wicked grin "cos you'll make him weak, soft. We can't have that, not with an apocalypse on the way. So you have to die!"
He rushed at Tessa, knife raised. The young woman flung her hands out, the plants springing to life and grabbing hold of David. He easily ripped himself out of their grip with his strength only to be thrown backwards by a blast of wind. "Did you really think you could succeed?" Tessa asked as she tossed him around inside a sphere of swirling air "one demon against me? The woman who can control the four elements?" she slammed it into the ground and cemented the dazed demon into the floor "Crowley can deal with you when he gets back".
Tessa stepped over him and left the greenhouse. "Azira! Azira!" she called loudly as she made her way down the hall, using the wall for support as the wound took its toll on her. "Az-" she broke off when four more demons appeared "oh shit".
"Oh my god", Aziraphale breathed when he eventually found Tessa. She was on the floor, extremely pale and severely injured. Ghost was by her side, whining over her state. The young woman was not too far from the piles of ashes of what appeared to be four demons or so. "What happened?" he asked, rushing over to her and carefully starting to heal her wounds.
"D-demons", Tessa gasped "t-they said…they said…" she trailed off as her eyes fluttered shut.
"Hold on Tessa. Just hold on", Aziraphale said, continuing to heal his best friend.
He was still doing this when Anthony and Crowley arrived. "Tessa!" the demons cried hurried to their side.
"What happened?" Anthony demanded.
"Demons attacked her", the angel answered "why? I don't know. Tessa passed out before she could tell me".
"Looks like she put up a fight", Crowley remarked, noting the ash piles "if she hadn't killed them, I would've torn them apart!"
"You and me both", Anthony agreed. He anxiously watched Aziraphale continue to heal his lover. "Can I move her?" he asked the moment all the wounds had vanished from Tessa's skin.
Aziraphale nodded "she's completely healed. But I'd move her carefully, just in case", he replied.
"Don't worry, I will", Anthony assured and picked up Tessa, holding her to him carefully as if she was made of glass. He started to walk when the young woman began to stir.
"Anthony", she whispered, peering up at him.
"Shh, don't talk", he said quietly to her.
"Greenhouse. There's one left…" Tessa murmured, resting her head on his chest.
"I'll deal with that one", Crowley said and stormed off.
He found the demon partly buried in the floor, courtesy of Tessa. Crowley tore him out, holding him up in the air by his throat. "You DARE harm the woman I love?!" he shouted.
"She would make you weak!" David gasped.
"That's where you're sorely mistaken", Crowley growled, tightening his grip, choking the demon "she makes me strong". He dragged the demon out of the greenhouse to somewhere more suited for what he had in mind: making him suffer.
"I guess you're never leaving me alone again, are you?" Tessa asked as Anthony carried her into the bedroom.
"You got that right", he confirmed. After what happened, there was no way that he was leaving her side now. It was also clear that they were going to have to find a safer place for her to stay, especially when Crowley's own demons attacked her. They were the last beings he thought would turn on the young woman given that the Crossroads Demon held affection for her. He set her down on the edge of the bed, only to see that she was now crying. "What's wrong, love?" he asked, softly wiping the tears away.
"I wish I was never brought here", she whispered "things were so simple in our world. I had my shop, I had you and Azira. We had a baby on the way… there was none of this death and apocalypse stuff".
"We'll figure out a way to get home, I promise", Anthony vowed "but in the meantime, what can I do to make you feel better?"
"Can…can you distract me, please?" Tessa requested "I just need something else to focus on".
"I can definitely do that", Anthony said, caressing her cheek gently before tenderly kissing her.
"How is she?" Aziraphale asked when Anthony re-joined them a couple of hours later when Tessa had passed out from exhaustion.
"Tessa is really shaken up", the ginger haired demon replied "and she wishes that she was never brought to this world".
"I don't blame her", the angel remarked "the poor girl has been through far too much".
"Yeah, she has", Crowley agreed quietly. While he had been overjoyed to have been reunited with a version of Tessa, he wouldn't have wanted her to go through any of what she did. As much as it pained him to admit it, she was much better off in the world that she had come from. She and Anthony could build a life for themselves…well, rebuild their lives.
"Crowley, you've managed to jump worlds. Can you how me how its done?" Anthony asked.
"I wish I could but it took a lot out of me. And my original body was destroyed. I was extremely lucky that there was already a Crowley in this world who's body I could use", Crowley explained.
"So, that's out of the question then" Anthony sighed "that just leaves the rip that got us here. Do you know anything about that?"
Crowley shook his head "I'm sorry, I don't", he answered, regretfully "but there's someone who might. A friend of sorts".
"Can you get in touch with this friend?" Anthony asked.
"Not as such, she usually knows when to appear", Crowley replied "come to think of it, I haven't seen her in a while. I hope the angels didn't do anything". He liked Seraphina, she was different to the other Observers. While they were all uppity and very firm in their role of watch but do not interfere, hence the name, Seraphina wanted to make a difference. He admired her for that. "So I'm afraid until she somehow gets in touch with me, you three are…stuck", Crowley swallowed hard at those words. He hated to admit out loud that they were trapped in this world…that Tessa was trapped. Oh how he wished he could turn the clock back to several days ago, before Anthony had appeared. To the day he will never forget. The first time that he had kissed Tessa, the first time he had made love to her. Things didn't seem so bad when she was sleeping in his arms. He had actually forgotten about Lucifer and the apocalypse in that moment.
Suddenly they heard a scream which had all three of them bolting towards Tessa's room. Anthony burst into the room, fearing that she had been attacked again but didn't see anything except for the blonde who was wide awake and shaking. She'd had a nightmare. Ghost was looking at his mistress from where he had been accidently knocked onto the floor by Tessa's thrashing. He wasn't angry at her, just worried for the state of distress that she was currently in.
The ginger haired demon walked over to the bed, sitting down on it and pulling his girl into his arms. "It's ok", he said softly as she began to cry "whatever you saw wasn't real. It was just a nightmare".
"I know", she mumbled, pressing her face into his chest "but it still felt so real". She shuddered as flashes of what those demons had done to her went through her mind. Anthony held her tighter. "Tony", Tessa whispered, holding out her hand. She needed the comfort of both of them. Crowley sat down on her other side and lightly grasped her hand, rubbing his thumb across the back of it. Aziraphale stood there, feeling rather like a third wheel. He wanted to comfort her too but decided against it as she already had both demons doing just that. The angel left the room, making sure to take the Hellhound pup too in order to give them a bit of privacy.
"You better try and get some more rest", Anthony said gently when Tessa eventually stopped crying.
"C-can you stay with me?" she asked "just until I fall asleep".
"I'll stay with you all night", Anthony promised.
Tessa glanced at Crowley "Will you stay too?" she questioned. The two demons exchanged looks.
"I don't think…" the dark haired demon started
"Please", Tessa interrupted "I need you too". Crowley's heart broke seeing the expression on her face. She was scared. He hated to see her this way and he couldn't very say no, not when she was looking at him like that.
"Alright, I'll stay", he said.
"Thank you", Tessa murmured, all of a sudden looking very tired. Anthony shifted his hold on her in order to take his shoes off with one hand before getting under the duvet. Crowley did the same and slipped under the covers as well. While Anthony wrapped an arm around Tessa, the other demon placed a hand on her arm to also give physical reassurance to the blonde.
It didn't take long for Tessa to fall asleep and once she had dozed off, Crowley carefully got out of bed making sure not to disturb the blonde. Anthony watched him leave the room before going to join him outside. "Aren't you going to stay?" he asked.
"I know Tessa wants me to but I can't", the dark haired demon replied.
"Why not? I know you care for her as I do", Anthony reminded him. While he would prefer his other self keep his distance from Tessa, he couldn't very well insist upon it when his own girl wants him there.
"That's exactly why I can't stay", Crowley admitted "I…I love her, Anthony and before you showed up, I thought that maybe I had a chance at a second go at happiness. But now…now that's not possible".
"I don't see why not", Anthony said "it'll be very strange. Though if it makes Tessa happy…"
"Doesn't matter", Crowley interrupted "I can love her till the end of days but I cannot be with her as she's not my Tessa".
"It's true, she's not", Aziraphale agreed, appearing next to them and Crowley looked down "however, since you two are one and the same, it's no surprise you both care for her. It's not my thing" the angel shivered at the thought of Tessa being with not one but TWO Crowley's "but if it makes her happy then you should at least try".
"He's got a point", Anthony conceded "so how about it Crowley?"
"It'll take a bit of getting used to", the dark haired replied "though I suppose if it makes Tessa happy, then I'm willing to do it".