Their Little Human

Backstory: Raziel

** disclaimer: everything in this story about angels is partly made up and not fully based off any real research or such. Don't take what I say as factual**

Ethan wakes in his room at Raziel's place. His eyes slowly blinkiing as he looks around the room to spot Raziel up and reading an old book.

"What's that?" Ethan asks, patting the bed beside him as a welcome to Raziel.

Raziel lays beside the human, opening the book back up as Ethan cuddles into him.

"A book about me."

Ethan tilts his head at that. "Oh? You have books written about you?"

Raziel smiles. "I have lived a hundred lives, Ethan. Of course."

Ethan frowns at that. He didn't understand angels much. Not many books came his way about them.

"That's not possible."

"Well, no, angels do not die. They are not born either. We are created. By what, we are not sure; humans called it God. We know it is a bit more complicated than that. Of course angels can have children just not with other angels. Only hybrid children of angels exist."

"Why can't angels have children together?"

Raziel hums softly, playing with Ethan's hair softly.

"Angels are infertile to each other. Similar to vampires and demons. The body of the recipient rejects all forms of liquid from the giver."

"So women can't have babies?"

"Oh no, they definitely can. So can men. I can get you pregnant just the same as an angel woman can get a human woman pregnant. A human man can get an angel woman pregnant as well. In all fairness, angels do not really care for gender either way too. Some do not even identify as women or men. They are just angels."

"Ohh, I've met a few beings like that. They're pretty cool."

"Yeah, they are." Raziel chuckles as he watches Ethan's face grow more curious.

"What do you identify with?"

"Oh, I identify with as a man presenting angel. It has been my favorite."

"You've tried the others?"

"For a few decades here and there."

Ethan nods, glancing back at the book.

"So, angels are created. Then what?"

"Angels are created to present about 10 years old. From there, they are trained in a certain magic to give to humans."

"Magic?"

"Yes, humans are not just born with their curiosity and understanding of things, you know. It is from years of work from angels giving humans these thoughts and ideas."

"What do you mean?"

Raziel pause for a second. "Well, lets take me for example. I am an angel of mystery. I was created millenniums ago. After humans were made, granted but right as they were forming actual thoughts. I was created to give them mystery. To want to explode something and help curiosity form and develop."

"That's really cool! So whenever I find something mysterious, it's from you?"

"Yes, basically. I grow and adapt as new eras come and go. Every era has it's own mysteries."

Ethan thinks about this. "Have you always lived among humans?"

"Of course, all angels have. Although we have never been this open about it. This is a new era for us and everyone else as well."

"The time when humans were..." Ethan bites his lap, looking down.

"Yes, most of our lives, humans had dominated the earth."

"What was it like before? What happened?"

Raziel stiffens at Ethan's questions. "Henry and Jack never told you?"

"Nobody has ever wanted to tell me about it. I can't even find much information on it either."

Raziel hums. "We can speak about the War later. It is a sensitive topic to most angels who lived through it."

"I thought angels couldn't die."

"They can not. However, they can fall."

"Fall from?"

"Fall from Grace, Ethan, Angels' powers come from somewhere and we call it Grace. Angels have to stay relatively good, per say. Do their jobs. Do not change humans fates, stay out of human wars. The issue is, the War was more than just humans. So angels started picking sides." Raziel frowns, looking at Ethan with a distant look. "When you fall, there is no getting your Grace back. Depending on how bad your crime was, you could end up human or demon."

"So Seth was an angel?"

"Now you are getting ahead of yourself, Little One. Seth has never been an angel, he was created a demon. How do you suppose he's such a high rank within demons? They don't give those to fallen angels."

Ethan nods, processing a lot of information. "What did you mean by lives?"

"As you can tell, the world is always changing and I have to change with it. So each new era, new century, decades, whatever, I change to match. I have lived numerous times as different people. I never age, I never die, I just live and disappear into a new person. Many angels do this."

"Have you ever had a Soul Bound before?" Ethan asks softly.

"Angels call them Imprintees, and no, I have not. Angels get one just like everyone else. You are my one and only." 

Ethan smiles at that, looking at the book in wonder. 

"Can I read the stories about your previous lives?"'

"Of course, I don't hide anything. Although, I would love to read them to you. My memory fades with every new era. So these are good reminders of what happened." 

Ethan tenses at that, looking at Raziel with a frown. "Will you ever forget me?"

"No, never love, I can't lose you." 

"I'm not going to live forever like you and Seth.." 

Raziel pauses, staying quiet for a minute as he looks over the worn book. He gives Ethan a soft smile. "We will cross that bridge when we get to it, okay? Come on, cuddle up to me. Your date with Seon is this afternoon."

"What is this Era?"

"I thought I would read the era where I first met Seon, although I don't exactly remember which era it was but I know when he was created so I'm starting an Era after that."

Ethan nods, cuddling closer to Raziel as the older starts reading. 

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