Smaller Acts

"𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆..."

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Young teenager Eris Owens always finds herself in a never-ending battle with her mental health. It appears that she can never catch a break. Anxiety, ADHD, depression and OCD seem to run her life. She's doing everything she can to be "normal", but it just isn't enough. Until one day, she meets up with an old family friend. Their son, Tony O'Neil catches her eye and she's instantly crushing on him. He's perfect: handsome features, sweet, a musician, a nature enthusiast and has an amazing sense of humor. What more could she ask for? But she believes he would never be interested in her. It isn't until she digs a little deeper to realize they have quite a bit in common...

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Tony O'Neil seems perfect from the outside, but in reality, he isn't. Too afraid to open up to others, he stores up his emotions, in hopes to gain approval from others. He always feels as though he doesn't quite belong to the people that surround him. That is, until he meets Eris Owens...

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𝓐𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓻 𝓝𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼:

This heartwarming story about the teenager's struggle with mental health and discovering young love is completely fictional, but was inspired by true events. I decided to write this story in order to spread awareness about mental health struggles that real people (including myself) deal with today. I hope that this story will bring people hope, showing that no one is alone in this fight. Stay strong. - 𝓜𝓸𝓬𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓳𝓪𝔂

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This story is recommended for ages 13+ for themes of mental health issues, family issues, mentions of eating disorders, mentions of blood and vomit, mentions of needles, mentions of suicide, and a few minor romance scenes.

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