All Chapters of Tearing Of Bonds: Chapter 1 - Chapter 3

I took in a deep breath before letting out a gust of air, the flame beneath my lips almost instantly going out as the people around me cheered. While all of the attention is great I can't really enjoy this moment. I felt like my insides were being torn apart, almost like that one time I drank three two liter sodas, five bean burritos, and a huge ghost pepper pizza in one night. Man that tore up my stomach. I had to sleep in the bathroom after that, living with my parents can be a hassle in those times. No matter how much of the family business I've taken over they are always the ones I turn back to in the end. Their role as parents overpowered their role as bros. I sighed as I continued to converse with the people around me, a practiced smile on my face, my pearly white teeth glistening in the artificial light. My teeth had to be my second best feature aside from my brain, turns out the stereotypical rich and stupid blonde boy aesthetic wasn't my thin