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The Art of Breathing Underwater

DavidEAnderson100

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Reads 49,811
Votes 4,426
Parts 33
Time 5h 28m

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DavidEAnderson100

𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐘 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐘𝐀 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏  For bipolar fifteen-year-old Aaron, growing up in '90s Dublin, being gay is a choice. It is a choice between risking alienation from his conservative Catholic family and close-minded friends or drowning under the weight of his secrets. So discovering he is falling in love with his witty, bi-racial best friend, Robbie, an aspiring actor, plunges Aaron into a sea of confusion. Swimming against the tide of expectations, the young men set a course through sex, drugs and Bowie concerts, an outlet from a world that doesn't understand them.  

But weighted under the pressure of maintaining a double life, Aaron sinks into a deep depression. When a shocking incident puts his life in perspective, Aaron must decide whether staying silent and invisible is worth losing the only love he has ever known for. 
𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗽𝗮𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀:
@nonfiction (Memoirs/Sex, love and relationships/ Mental Health and Awareness/ Self-discovery)
@DangerousLove (Hot Nerds, Rockstars & Musicians)
@AmbassadorsUK (Very British Teens)
@Romance (Young Love)
@YA (Love, Actually)
@beauty (Feel Good Stories)
@GeneralFiction (Freestyle Fiction-Miscellaneous/ Finding Love-Romance)
@PsychologicalNovel (Triggering Romance)
@ProfileMentalHealth (Self Love)
@NA (Let Me Share The Truth)
@YARomance (A Diary of Everything)
@TeenFiction (Teen Featured)
@HistoricalFiction (Decade Fiction)
@BullyingPrevention (LGBTQIAP+ Pride)
@ComeSitWithUs (LGBTQIAP+ I Am Who I Am)
@wattpadfriendsandfamily (Always with you)
@FreeTheLGBT (Coming of Age)All Rights Reserved

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