Yearning and Restraint
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Two people spent years watching each other from behind carefully constructed walls—and what happens when those walls finally come down.
Noah Wellin learned to disappear, comply, perform.
Atlas Sterlins learned to command, control, never want out loud.
They grew up in the same world—country estates, boarding school halls, and family galas where everyone smiled and no one was honest.
They saw each other across rooms for years. Never spoke. Never touched.Until they did.
This isn’t a love story. It’s an obsession story—about recognition so sharp it hurts, about hunger disguised as control, about devotion that borders on destruction.
Between Masks is real-time fiction.
Every chapter unfolds in the present tense of emotion—sometimes a day, sometimes an hour, sometimes just the space between two breaths.Content warnings: Possessive behavior, emotional intensity, first-time sexual experiences, complex family dynamics, internalized homophobia, coming out.
For anyone who’s ever worn a mask too long, wanted someone too much, or loved someone because they saw you clearly.
Two people. Years of distance. One moment that changes everything.
Welcome to Between Masks.