It was very, very nice! I really liked Azazel standing up for Riptide and helping him through the punishment. It's such a nice thing to do and seriously, it's so easy to picture Azazel doing this for Riptide. Or I'm just such a sap that I can actually imagine it in my head XD I really liked the development of the whole situation and wow, this is the first time I actually didn't hate Shaw as much as I usually hate him XD Aww, seriously, not my post-Shaw head!canon is kind of extanded thanks to this story...
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