oh yeah absolutely. roland is protective on principle because that’s just the way he is as a person, but My God its even worse when it comes to angela. i’ve talked about it before, but angela just has that eternal sense of something…. fleeting. something that’s not meant to stay around. roland holds onto her when they lay down together and she shuts off for the night like she’s going to disappear in a fluttering rush of golden pages and feathers if he lets go or looks away for even a second. also definitely not helped by the fact that he views both angela and angelica as angels; something “higher”, something greater, less a person and more a concept of good. THAT ONE FIC…. mann that does so many things to me. just like he has nightmares of angelica’s death, soon they’re only aided by ones of angela’s last final smile before she disappears into the light, and roland’s hand grasping nothing but fading light when he tries to pull her back out. in any case, angela, even if she doesn’t properly understand nightmares and dreams in her own experience, is happy to hold him anyway, or let him hold her in return.