A friend of mine kept downplaying his looks, hiding his face saying he's very ugly and undesirable.
I assumed he was a hideous monster until he revealed his face and it's genuinely just this
Btw in your 20’s and 30’s you’ll start rediscovering the niche interests and hobbies you had as a kid. It’s very important you revisit them. Your younger self was actually on to something
in your twenties you're going to experience a sudden shift in your parents behavior to be more kind and supportive towards you that for some unknown reason couldn't have come earlier despite their past behavior contributing to your deeply troubling mental issues they disregarded
Always muscles AU and he's the workplace eyecandy that talks in a childish manner and everyone doesn't know why he's so ripped (answer is low self esteem)