DISCLAIMER: This story contains an inaccurate depiction of mental illness. At the time I wrote my part in this story I was uneducated about these issues. I have since grown and learned, and realise now that my inexperienced portrayal of a person with a mental illness in this story could propagate the false - and damaging - notion that people suffering from mental illness are dangerous and should be feared. This is wrong, and I apologise for this. Out of respect for my partnering author(s) in this story I have not requested for it to be taken down, but I would like to state that I no longer stand by the way I wrote my character, and I encourage anyone reading this to learn more about mental health and mental illness, and the harmful stigma surrounding it. Thank you.
"Check," Thomas murmured a little boredly as he swiped right on yet another girl's profile. TindR sure was a handy app, he had found. He had met many interesting girls over the past few years. Of course, 'interesting' was an overpaid compliment here. Hardly anything was interesting to Thomas. It had been that way for as long as he could remember. His life was dull most of the time. Most of the time.
He went through a couple more girls, only 'liking' the ones that fit his type. Of course. That was a necessity. Then he checked his own account settings. 'Louis, 23', the name read. He rearranged the pictures. None of them were of him. He yawned and covered his mouth with his hand. He locked his phone and dropped back onto his bed, sighing. He felt restless. His hands were itching, all right. He laid them under his head to distract himself. He wondered how long this could go on. So far he had been pleasantly surprised. Although, was he really? Hadn't he always known he was the smartest guy in town?
He looked over at his desk. He had some homework to do, but it didn't appeal to him. He sighed and got up. He had appearances to keep up, after all. He made himself a cup of tea and dissolved two small pills in the hot beverage before taking it to his desk and sitting down. He grabbed his books and got to work.
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