After the finale (Angelhusk)

I'll be your armor

"Huuuskk"

Oh my god, you must be joking

"Vaggie, this is not a good time."

"I thought so, but honestly I don't give a shit" - she said, reaching me on the flight of stairs

I was finally going to my room after a whole evening spent at the bar.

"I'm not in the mood Vaggie."- I insisted

"Bla bla bla..do you want to tell me what happened between you and Angel?"

"Nothing that concerns you" - I replied with an annoyed tone, I wasn't in the right conditions to be psychoanalyzed by that slut

"Charlie and I talked to Angel first and he told us everything.."

I made a face at her: I just couldn't listen to her at that moment

"When Charlie called him on the phone he seemed to be better" - she continued - "But when you returned to the hotel he seemed very shy and sad; what happened?"

"I'll tell you again, it's none of your business."

"Did you break up?"- she continued to interrogate me

"No...I don't think so...I don't know" - I couldn't understand anything anymore, why did Angel have to be so fucking complicated?

Vaggie looked at me with a raised eyebrow and folded arms: "I'll get some beers and come to your room!"

I didn't even have time to tell her that she had to stay out of my fucking room before she had already rushed to the counter to get what she needed for her "therapeutic evening"

"Are you coming?"- she said passing me and rushing into my room

I sighed: what a shitty day!

"What do you want?"- I asked her annoyed, closing the bedroom door behind me

"I want to know what happened!" - she almost screamed due to the tension that was being created - "What did Angel tell you when he found you? What happened??"

I sighed again, but decided to speak as I knew she wouldn't leave without answers: "He apologized to me, he explained to me what really happened at the studio, I accepted his apology and that's the end of the story. Goodnight!"- I said in a sarcastic tone, pointing to the exit

She looked at me annoyed: "If you had solved it, why was he so strange when you returned to the hotel?"

"I don't know Vaggie...he wanted to make it official, like tell everyone, including Alastor, I didn't agree and apparently he took it out on me. It's not a big deal!"- I told her, trying to convince myself

"Mmmm why don't you want him to know?"- she asked

"Do you think the sadistic asshole would keep it to himself? Do you know what would happen to Angel if Valentino found out??"- I was starting to get angry

"Uhm no?"

"ME NEITHER BUT DEFINITELY NOTHING NICE!"- I shouted at her

"If Angel wants to take this risk you have to respect his choice"

"Sure! And if he asks me to take out a gun and shoot him straight in the heart, I'll do that too!" - I told her ironically - "HAVE YOU DRINKED YOUR BRAIN?!"

"Husk, Angel is tired of being treated like an idiot, I can see it, how is it possible that you can't?"- she scolded me

"Look who's talking! You can't blame me when you're the first one to hide the truth from Charlie  to not hurt her...I don't want Anthon—ANGEL to suffer!"-shit.

"Who?"

I remained silent.

"Husk who the fuck is Anthony? Are you cheating on Angel? If you break his heart and cause him to relapse I swear...."

"NO NO NO" - I interrupted her - "It's nobody, I just got confused, I would never make Angel suffer on purpose, didn't you hear me before?"

She looked at me judgmentally, was unconvinced by my words, demanded explanations.

"Fuck you. ALL RIGHT! Anthony is Angel's name, I don't know if it was when he was alive or something." - I paused briefly, sighing - "He asked me to call him that, I have to get used to it... it's all so strange"

"Did you and Angel talk about your life?"

"No."- I replied impulsively without thinking

"Mmm and why did he ask you to call him that?"- she seemed suspicious

"Vaggie, I don't know, I.."

"Husk?"- she interrupted me, calling me back

I sighed, I was losing patience: "What?" I asked annoyed

"Can't you just admit that you guys fucked?"

I looked at her shocked, how the fuck did she know?

"Your trousers are creased and Angel's jacket was buttoned incorrectly, even though it was perfectly in order before leaving the hotel"

"You...you knew this from the beginning?" – I was quite shocked – "And you asked me this stupid questions anyway?"

"Well I had to know what the problem was!"- she giggled -"How was it?"

"Fuck Vaggie, I'm not going to tell you shit...God! What are we? Fucking hot high school girls talking about their first time!?"- I was so embarrassed..

"Okay, okay..calm down!"- she put her hands forward -"Anyway, I told you: we should all stop treating Angel like a child, he's not! He knows how to look after himself; we saw it during the last extermination!"

My mood was low, I was mortified that Angel thought I considered him a defenseless child

"Hey Husk" - Vaggie said to me, getting up from my bed, on which she had been sitting throughout the conversation - "I know it's not easy to see the ones you love fall, but it makes them stronger" - she sighed - "Those like us they would like to be able to take all the evil in the world for them, but by doing so we make them feel useless and defenseless; let Angel fight his battles"

She concluded by patting me on the shoulder and leaving my room, closing the door behind her and leaving me to navigate, lost in a flood of thoughts.