Pagan Angel & Innocent Bones
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“Secret meetings and shameful kisses.” Gallagher grabs his lover’s hand, fingers intertwining. “You’re a priest, remember?” He taps his forefinger on the clerical collar of the other man.
“I vaguely recall,” Sunday replies.
After a brusque awakening, Father Sunday finds himself in a desolate, endless field. It’s peaceful—a clear, crystalline sky occupied by a few, woolly clouds. Standing alone somewhere far distant, there’s Gallagher, his expression relaxed and pensive as he looks at the sky.
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Father Sunday finally re-joins his long-lost lover after death.
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- Part 1 of Pagan Angel & Innocent Bones
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Gallagher was dead, his neck mangled, his red eyes lifeless and dull. His lips were parted, fear corroding his face.
Sunday sobbed, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry,” until his throat was sore and the cold tiles under him became warm. “I didn’t mean to, I didn’t, I swear.”
Father Sunday catches a fever, and it’s incredibly nauseating.
A surreal Gallagher, a mere product of his imagination, mocks and spits vitriol on him.Between an overwhelming surge of emotions and ludicrous surrealism, Sunday ends up digesting his partner’s heart.
He believes it’s a punishment for breaking his vows and loving a man.
But it turns out it’s only a treacherous fever.OR
Sunday’s subconscious desire is fulfilled through a feverish hallucination.
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- Part 2 of Pagan Angel & Innocent Bones
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When Sunday turns to look at him, his golden eyes shine. The lights from the stage gently kiss his face, trapping dust and shaping a feeble halo around his hair.
Gallagher’s heart skips a beat.
Sunday is not akin to an angel. He is an angel, sent to earth to protect him. And Gallagher, in that moment, cannot think of anything else but the love he nourishes for such a pure soul.
Every night after dinner, a neighbour who lives in front of Gallagher’s apartment plays different instruments. If he plucks the strings of a lyre or toys with the keys of a piano, it doesn’t matter—his melodious symphonies always find a way to seep into Gallagher’s heart.
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Gallagher falls in love with Sunday again and again, even in his sweetest dreams.
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- Part 3 of Pagan Angel & Innocent Bones
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“I saw an angel,” Gallagher says, boring his tired eyes into Sunday’s. “And it had your face. No – you were the angel.”
The priest’s eyebrows shoot toward his hairline in complete surprise. “I see,” he places the cup of tea on the coffee table next to his rosary, “the fever is still doing its work…”
Gallagher is sick. While hallucinations and insecurities overwhelm him, Sunday decides to take care of him until he recovers.
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- Part 4 of Pagan Angel & Innocent Bones