The story of your sexual capitulation told by the bloodthirsty supervillain who discovered your secret identity, ruined every chance of you maintaining a normal functioning relationship, and is kinda-sorta (without a doubt, definitely) obsessed with you.
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Your name is Hector Jean-Baptiste. By day you're an upstanding college student: rugby star, stellar Haitian son, autism activist. By night you're Makeshift, an electrokinetic powerhouse hailed as the greatest superhero of our generation. Keeping your beloved alter ego a secret shouldn't be an issue, but recently your sadistic archnemesis, Vortex, can't seem to grasp the importance of personal space...
Basically, the deadliest villain in the world disguises himself as a charming barista intending to seduce, corrupt, and destroy America's favorite poster boy (AKA You) only to fall dangerously in love with the kind-hearted man (Also You) behind the mask instead. Whoops?
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★ Wattpad Certified Fresh Read
CONTENT WARNING: This story contains strong language, mild violence, sensual themes, and mentions of racism and homophobia.
To cover the traces of his depravity, Gu Xiao constricted himself to the role of a jester while being torn between the idealisation of others and reality.
Gu Xiao was a slacker in school, constantly truanting and playing around. Unknowingly, when he gets glued to sitting next to Lan Yuning, the school's top student, a linked past that they never knew they shared, gradually came back to haunt them.
These students weaved their way through the tangling threads of familial relationships, financial issues, examinations, and identity while enjoying most of their last high school year.
[You killed him.]
[If you didn't ignore him that time, then he wouldn't have died.]
[It's in the past. If you keep thinking about it, it's only going to do you harm.]
[Sometimes I wonder... if you would be happier if I was the one who died back then instead.]
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[I like you.]
[Why... Why would you like someone like me...?]
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Warning: mentions of suicide, homophobia, and domestic abuse
THIS IS A SLOW BURN so if you want to read something fast and spicy then this book isn't for you :')
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