Angels Before Man

by Rafael Nicolás

don’t know how— how to respond to your kindness.” “Will you respond to it with friendship?”

“Let me tuck you in, and then I’ll let you sleep.” “No. Stay. There are those chairs on the rooftop. Let’s go up there and count how many ripples there are in the water.” “We would never finish.” “That’s alright. We have all eternity.”

nowhere easier can pleasantness be found than in loving one another,

“Simply my beloved.”

Let’s stand before a mirror together. I want you to see how we’re two halves of a single sun.’

‘You do not desire me.’ A pleased smile on Lucifer’s lips, as he lifted a tender gaze to his beloved, stern archangel’s face. ‘Because you know I am already yours.’

Haven’t you ever wondered why Father is so strict about our subservience? It’s because disobedience is creation,” a shivering breath, “create with me, Michael, and let’s call it sin.”