guardian angels who love their charges

[cutenonny]

You're an angel. Not metaphorically, not in the "you're so sweet" way; you're a literal angel - ethereal energy form, wings, and all. But you're not just any sort of angel. You're a guardian angel. Guardian angels are a caste, or choir, created with the sole purpose of protecting those they're assigned to. Each angel is created specifically for the person they guard, with a few exceptions. The only thing you're programed to know is duty. Naturally, being invested in your charge is expected. What if your feelings for them veer away from "dutiful" into "fondness" and then...something else? Angels aren't supposed to know love, at least not in the way those in the living realm do. Still, nothing is as certain as it used to be, and you're not so sure of your purpose. All you know is that you want to keep your charge safe. Can you guarantee that, now?

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How to Play Comment with your character and preferences. Mention if you'd rather play the guardian angel or the guarded. Tag others. Use the RNG to determine your fate. Prompts Watching: You've been watching this person as long as both they and you have been in this world. Maybe over years, maybe suddenly, things aren't the same when you look at them. Guilt: You realized that these pesky emotions are growing and you know this is against everything you know to be true. Your kind cannot love, and even if you could, this is wrong. You have known this person their entire life and thinking of them as more is unacceptable. Terrible Angel: You're not angelic at all and fail neatly at almost all the benchmarks, but when it comes to the one you guard, you don't folly. Righteous Fury: Usually, angels must be removed and impassive. You see your charge mistreated, though, and you lose control. Relegated to Guardian Angelhood: You used to be much more important, of a greater choir of angel. Then, you screwed up and got pushed down into the ranks of guardian angel. It would be easy to be bitter towards your charge. You aren't, for some reason. Can't Be Seen: The person you care for the most can't see you. It's typical angel protocol, yet you can't help but want to make yourself noticeable. Affecting Your Work: Your growing and sometimes erratic emotions make your job harder. You're getting sloppy. You may even allow your charge to be hurt or allow yourself to be conspicuous. Jealousy: You saw your charge with someone else and it...it really ruffled your feathers. Maybe you lost your cool. Hopefully, that won't mean bad mojo for the other person involved. No one would be any wiser if you made their head more attractive to bird droppings, though. Kiss: Can you kiss someone when you technically have no lips? They might just feel a pleasant breeze; still, you're kissing them, and this is...nice. How They'd Like You to Look: You've decided to make yourself known to them, and you want your appearance to be to their liking. Inhabiting the Vessel They Love: A bit more sinister than the above, but also somewhat practical. They already love this body, anyway. Revealing Yourself: You're taking the big step and coming into their life as an actual, tangible presence. Of course, "I'm your guardian angel" rarely gets the response you hope. Stay with You: You promise that you'll stay by their side always, now as a physical companion. Confessions: No matter the costs, you're revealing your true feelings. Deciding to be More: It's dangerous, it's unheard of; however, both of you want to become more than just angel and charge. Intimacy Without a Corporeal Form: They know you're there even when you're not in human form, and they want to touch you. This can be a smut option, but it doesn't have to be. Intimacy With a Corporeal Form: You're beginning to learn what it's like to be intimate with them while you're in this new form. Again, this can be a smut option, but it doesn't have to be. Wings: Letting someone touch your wings is the ultimate show of trust and, in angel terms, one of the closest things you have to sexuality. Called to the Mat: Your higher-ups have learned of your sins. Now, you're on trial. Will you deny your charge? Not Officially Yours: Problem number one: you're in love. Problem number two: it's with some other angel's charge. Second Chance: As previously stated, most guardian angels are created for that one special person. However, some angels whose charges have died young are allowed a second chance. Will this new person ever replace your old? Protection: Now is time to do the guarding - by any means necessary, especially now, after realizing just what your charge means to you. Fallen: Because of your sins, you've lost favor. You've been stripped of your heavenly grace and you've fallen. Immortal: You must deal with the implications that your charge will die and you will be sent on to a new heavenly job. Failed: You didn't do enough. You let yourself slip, and now your charge is dying. They were more than just a charge, so you must do what you can to let their soul pass on in the most peaceful manner possible. But can you let go? CHOOSE YOUR OWN

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Comments

Castiel | Supernatural | OTA

[aprofoundbond]

[I mean, how could I not? Obviously here for Dean/Cas but open to all characters 25+ for shipping and/or potentially smut, canon, cross canon, assumed CR, etc.]

Saw and couldn't resist poking either

[sonofadam]

[ Familiar with a cross canon Cain? ]

Rey || Star Wars || F/M

[talentedscavenger]

[ooc: Open to cross-canon/AUs. Open to either role, but preference for human/charge.]

Urianger Augurelt | FFXIV | OTA

[prophexy]

[somewhat prefer angel, but willing to negotiate on role. Any gender, characters age 20+ only please. open to canon or cross-canon, assumed CR is fine]

[haillenarte]

( this meme is cute... i'm up for urianger being francel's angel if you're okay with it as well? would you want this in ishgard or in a modern setting, and were there any prompts you liked in particular? )

dudley | the bishop's wife

[envoyer]

[ totally canon for him. open to m/f or m/m 21+ ]

Harley Quinn | DCEU | ota

[revmeup]

[ Good luck to any angel charged with keeping her safe. ]

lio fotia | promare | m/m

[mahariyuware]

[ prefer scary angel but anything's good ]

Ian Fowler | OC

[wittingly]

[ character info | standard modern or post-apocalypse | ocs or canon characters | guardian angel or charge. ]

Padmé ⋆ Star Wars

[nexubait]

[open to either! anything is fair game c:]

Dr. Angela 'Mercy' Ziegler | Overwatch

[schwyzerin_engel]

[Your own healing angel.]

Jyn Erso | Rogue One | OTA

[wherehopegoes]

Cassia Andor | Rogue One | OTA

[yo_me_rezo]

Essa Erso-Andor | Rogue One OC | OTA

[theresalways_hope]

Linhardt | FE:3H | ota

[sleepyscholar]

( the guarded )

Wyatt Halliwell | Charmed

[destinedheir]

[witchy_migraine]

[ooc: Open to cross canon? Maybe Bonnie gets assigned a white lighter?]

Archangel Gabriel | Gabriel

[guntrottingangel]

benedict dearborn — original (academic, exorcist) — m/m

[fumitory]

( Ben, in his own story, has a near lifelong acknowledgement of his guardian angel whom he harbors a fondness for (unrequited, as his angel can't fathom and is incapable of the dynamic, and is left unaware of it.) this definitely suits option 20 which I'm open to! alternatively, we can scrap his canonical angel in favor of getting to write the full extent out; Ben meets his angel at age twelve, and knows them for a small period before his father is possessed by a demon, and his life as a fringe exorcist is tied very strongly to his relationship with his angel. if any of these details sound appealing to work with, we can absolutely go the assumed cr route and use this as the framework. also willing to discuss another situation as well.

alternatively, Ben can be AUed fully to be the angel. dutiful, protective, huge stickler for rules, until something compels him out of of that latter one.

1, 7, 12, 13, 14, 18, 22 for sure; open to including other options with discussion. please shoot a PM for questions or plotting. )

mix of 7 + 25 followed by 3 + 21

[nameusername]

[ James has never been the best at what he does. But that's not what he was created for, or so he's inferred. He was created because it was necessary first, of course - but because he brings a sort of chaotic balance among his kin.

Because angels who fail are necessary for the pack of them, even if their failures don't end up like the Morning Star. Even if their failures just end up finding the wrong people, time after time. James can whisper suggestions to her at night, can ensure plane rides go smoothly; can even watch her fall in love with a human, a man from another country who woos her with flowers that James sees the beauty but not the eroticism in.

But his charge ultimately is the victim of her own vices, chased down into the waters by her sins. Vesper dies when the men - the criminals - she was trying to outrun end up running faster than she can.

Faster - as the saying goes - than her guardian angel can fly.

*

'It's not done.'

'There's no precedent for this.'

'He always must stand out, mustn't he?'

But despite the complaints, James ends up lead to another child; almost a teenager already. And James' anger leads him through the turning point of the child's life, and he sees why he might have been chosen for this job.

James shreds the demon inside Benedict Dearborn's father to pieces of darkness; he pierces him with a light that's too-bright and too-hot, and the house burns after he's finished.

But Benedict Dearborn survives.

*

Benedict Dearborn doesn't thrive, though. He is plagued by himself and by outside forces alike, all of which James watches and follows with a detachment that only grows feverish when he has the excuse to intervene. To enact holy justice, to rain vengeance down on the earthly kingdom. To protect this charge the way he didn't successfully protect his last one.


It's during the night that he approaches this time. Benedict is a few years out of college, self-sufficient and stubborn and intelligent by human standards, surely. Watching him sleep is an exercise in trying to approach humanity. His eyelids have a light sheen to them with tears from his nightmare; the flash of moonlight in them makes gems of the tears, and it's the closest he ever looks toward angelic beings made wholly of light.

James doesn't wake him from nightmares often. But tonight, for the first time since Benedict's teenage years, he reaches out what passes as a hand while he's on earth. The manifestation is solid enough to register, but it's immaterial enough that there is a slight merging of their forms. James' hand presses through Benedict's shoulder, energies sparking together. ]

Benny, [ He says, because that's what his charge's favorite human calls him. ] Wake.

[ It's not the light suggestion or plead it might be from another human. From an angel, this is a command. ]

watanuki | xxxholic

[fatally]

[ guarded. cross canon and assumed cr fine. also, for what it's worth: he's a spirit/ghost/supernatural-magnet. ]

Maria Hill | MCU

[standardprocedure]

[Could go either way. F/M for anything shippy.]

Re: Maria Hill | MCU

[immortal_pirate]

[Hello darling. Welcome back! Which would you prefer? Could Maria keep Morgan out of trouble or vice versa? Do you want to try playing angel to an immortal? Really it would be more like who could get whom into more trouble? Either way, the old pirate is fond of her. Let me know if you're interested.]

Cassian Andor | Rogue One | OTA

[in_this_fight]

Rey | Star Wars | OTA

[thesefirststeps]

Larry Johnson | Sally Face | OTA

[sanitysfall]

[Canonically died with the intention of protecting his friends and family from demons, soooo reappearance as a guardian angel?]

Bonnie Bennett | TVD | OTA

[witchy_migraine]

Raum || Theology || ota

[fortiethspirit]

[OOC: Fallen angel, anyone?]

[talentedscavenger]

[ooc: Ooo, I'm intrigued. Rey's is Raum's last chance to not muck things up and ....well, things happen? If so, maybe 8 or 10?]

Nico Acosta | OC | M/F

[anoranza]

Evie Montgomery | OC | OTA

[la_bonne_chose]