[ Ah. People do come to the library looking to hide sometimes, don't they?

Aziraphale makes a little mental note to himself, turns over the concept of some sort of system that patrons could use to make their needs clear. Space, alone time, assistance, assistance of a less academic more personal sort-- probably wouldn't quite work.

Everyone would need to know the rules to use that system. Including the sort of people who... well, who it would largely be better to keep in the dark about it. Maybe someday. ]

Dear girl, if I found research boring, I would hardly keep a library. [ Like, come on now. ] If you would simply prefer not to go into it, that's a different matter entirely. I'm very good with boundaries. They're one of my favorite things.

[ The AU doesn't fall far from the canon at all, tbh. ]