Luca has art project in school. The title is Angel, and Luca bits his lip when he asks Alex to help him. They sit awake whole night, they cry and tears mix with paint. Alex tells Lucas to stop crying, paints smile to his face and kisses him. It tastes like paint and salt, and Alex doesn`t care that his wings are covered with blue, red and green paint, and teacher didn`t really like the painting. The Angel has rainbow coloured wings and brown hair, and even though it looks away, Alex knows that it has green eyes.
Lucas paints "I love you" to Alex`s back, just under his wings.
"You own me", Alex says one day. "You were first person who touched my wings." Lucas nods silently, school bag still on his shoulder. "Don`t use that word, it sounds like you are an object or something. Alex, you are human, I don`t own you", he says softly, because he never knows if Alex is goint to break down. "That`s what it says in law. They don`t think I`m worth more than a dog", Alex says, and although his voice is light and emotionless, his eyes are shining threateningly.
"Oh Alex", Lucas sighs, wraps his arms around his brother, being extra careful not to touch his wings, (He hates someone touching them when he discovers things like this, even though he usually loves when Lucas strokes his wings.), and buries his face into Alex`s neck. "I wish that didn`t exist. I wish they saw you as human, not as something they can sell and make money with."
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