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Angel of God Chaining The Demon of Lust. Jan Steen

“Blarlarlarlblar,” said the Demon of Lust, nearly dislocating its own legs as it fought like a baby evading a diaper change.

“Could you stop! Eating! Garbage! For! One! Minute! STOP WIGGLING.”

The Demon of Lust, in a simultaneously guilty but reproachful way, stopped wiggling. Instead, it held still but stretched itself slowly but relentlessly backwards. Its eyes fixed on a new object of desire. The heap of steaming hot garbage throbbed in its vision. Upside-down, just out of reach - or was it? Carefully not wiggling, it stretched its neck backwards, extending its tongue. It could practically taste it.

“Don’t think I don’t see - no! That’s literally burning garbage!”

“Blarlarlar!”

“No! It’s burning your actual face!”

“Blarlarlar.”

“That’s it. Kennel. KENNEL.”

“Blar,” said the saddest demon in the world, staring fixedly at the hot mess.

“Lust CAN help itself around trash fires,” the angel said sternly, handling the demon in a method popularized by people trying to administer pills to struggling cats. “You can’t fix it. You’ll hurt yourself making it worse.”

“Blar.”

They’re not out here to break hearts and take names.

They love being soft with people they trust. It’s an easy masculinity that is content to gently sit in a chair, minding its own business, until they sense something is amiss. It’s a gentle hand around your shoulders when things seem too crowded. They take up space in ways that feel solid but never obnoxiously about needing to be the center of things.

It’s also the way they allow themselves to be taken care of and protected too. We’re a team in each other’s care and keeping. We know this is mutual affection and care. No one has to prove themselves.

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