TITLE: Origami

AUTHOR: Gwyn Courtenay

E-MAIL: lilac_girl @ comcast.net

AUTHOR WEBSITE: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/godawfulstories/

PAIRING: Angel/Wesley

RATING: PG-13

DISCLAIMER: Characters from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" are the property of Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Kuzui, Warner Brothers, UPN, FOX, and TPTB. This story is for entertainment purposes only.

SYNOPSIS: Angel’s keepsakes

Angel slowly slipped from the bed were his lover slept soundly and went to his bureau. Under some shirts was a cigar box he took with him out into the living room, closing the doors behind him.

Sitting down on the sofa, he opened the box and delicately touched the treasures inside. Small origami animals Wesley spent hours folding. He took out his favorite, a yellow bird and set it on the coffee table. The poor thing leaned severely to one side. The deformity was the reason why Wesley threw it into the trash. A failed attempt and he immediately started on another.

Angel still isn’t sure why he rescued it. Why he collects strange things. Locks of Darla’s hair. Classic love letters Spike written Dru. Those where also kept in cigar boxes. Now he has tiny misshapen animals, memories of a man not sleeping more than twenty feet away in his bed.

He picked the bird up and placed back into its home. Maybe he was nothing more than a fool in love.

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