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Growing Pains
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Complete, First published Dec 22, 2014
In the day-to-day trenches of high school, it is almost the default-setting to believe we are the main character of our own coming-of-age story. 

This is not wrong. It's just ours isn't the only story there is. 

The jocks, the nerds, the cheerleaders, the losers, the stoners, the fangirls, the skaters. Everyone's the realest most important person in existence, all of them, at the same time, first-person narrators to their own stories, stumbling into each other's plot lines, defying the status-quo, catalysts to ups and downs.

A deconstruction of all the high school tropes and cliches written over the years, a deep-dive into the psyche of students trying to finish high school while going through irrevocable self-discovery, the most improbable of connections, and the insufferable pains of growing up.
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Samuel always has been fortunate enough to enjoy a seamless and comfortable life. He had it all. Good grades, aspirations to become a doctor like his dad and the company of the coolest stoner friend group. However, his good fortune came to an abrupt halt when his family moved to a new town where he has to finish his last year at a new school. In addition to his challenges of finding new friends as an introvert, befriending the wrong kinds of people, living up to his parents' expectations, staying away from drugs and fighting anxiety and guilt, Samuel finds himself questioning his sexuality upon meeting Austin, the infamous loner from his class. ⚠️ Content warning ⚠️ Please be aware that this story contains a lot of heavy topics that might be triggering.