Cracking the Mask
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Last published Fri, Sep 24, 2021
A random story I wrote in 2012/2013 and forgot about after I took it down and stopped going on Wattpad. I'm going to revive/rewrite it a bit.
Damien wasn't sure he bothered counting the number of schools he'd been in and he certainly didn't bother counting the personas he'd put on while there. If he wasn't totally aware of what he was doing he'd assume it was a disorder, jock, nerd, goth, whatever stereotypical high school archetype he found he'd done, the only thing he hadn't been was himself, whoever that was.
When Damien smashes into her class and somehow smashes into her life Liz decides she wants to see what he's really like underneath it all. She's sure there's more to him than the jerk he tries to act like.
Damien knew he should avoid Liz, she seemed desperate to figure him out to crack the mask he'd built up, but he couldn't. So piece by piece it was falling apart and they were coming together.
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