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“You are my angel. 
Come from way above. 
To bring me love. 
His eyes, he’s on the dark side. 
To neutralize, every man in sight. 
To love you, love you, love you, love you, love you…”
-Angel- Massive Attack (Modified lyrics) 


Chapter Nineteen:      … AND GIVE YOU MINE.


Bright white light shines on very surface of the room. They’re both lying on their stomach in the empty bed beside each other. Brian slowly opens his eyes and looks at Justin sleeping. He smiles as he sees Justin’s angelic face before him. He gently takes Justin’s hand and intertwines his fingers with his. Everything is so beautiful to him, the white light has a pale blue glow, and the ambience of the room is dim and mystical. 

Justin feels cold and is shaking slightly as he wakes up. He feels Brian’s hand holding his and feels reassured. But there’s something bothering him. He yanks open his eyes and sees Brian. Without a word, he sits up and looks around the room, frowning with his mouth closed. Brian looks at him strangely.

“What?” Brian whispers.

Justin quickly leans forward and grabs his sweatpants, he slips them on, one leg at a time and stands up. Brian stands up after him, wearing his gray sweats still but stays shirtless. 

Justin looks bothered and slightly panicked. He keeps on blinking and roughly scratching his forehead. 

“Justin? Are you okay?” Brian walks closer to him.

“Yeah, I…” He pauses, touches Brian’s chest as a comfort and to relieve the feeling. He rubs his forehead again and looks around the room panicked. 

“Justin, what are you doing to your scar?” Brian tries to stop him from scraping his forehead. 

“There’s a….” He stops talking again. And walks to the window. He looks outside, it’s morning and the lake is dark blue. He walks back to Brian.

“What’s wrong?” Brian asks worried. 

“Uh… I don’t know.” He rubs his forehead again with his palm.

“Calm down, what are you doing?” Brian has a serious tone. “Look at me.” Brian attempts to tell Justin. Justin breathing becomes heavier. 

“Bri, I feel hot…” He lets out a sharp breathe and feels his neck, but his skin is perfectly normal.

Justin quickly walks into the bathroom and turns on the tap, he washes his face with cold water. Brian comes up behind him, wrapping his hand around Justin’s waist. Justin looks at the reflection in the mirror. 

“Justin everything’s fine. Come lay down.” Brian says close to his ear. Justin feels softened by Brian’s touch but he can’t help the feelings of panic and fright. It’s not quite a feeling but more like a sense hurting him from the inside. 

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