My Pretty Face Hides a Deadly Secret
Against the FlowFeel-Good StoryPlot TwistsMind-BendingMale POVDetectiveKarma
Do you have any dark secrets?
I do.
No matter how hot it gets, Mom never allows me to look unkempt in front of other people. Even after I start college, she still makes me wear undershirts when I go swimming.
A classmate who can't stand me steals my undershirt and mocks me, saying I look like some pretty boy, all flimsy and effeminate.
I refuse to take that lying down and want to duke it out with him. But when he looks at me, it's like he sees something terrifying. He whirls around and bolts.
Later, he applies for a leave of absence. My dorm mates plan to visit him and ask me to go along. But the moment I reach the doorway, he grabs a broom and drives me away.
"Get out, you freak! You'