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No one knew how broken Angel really was.
Sure, everyone within a ten mile radius knew that he was an addict, but they didn't think it was for any reason beyond Drugs are fun!
They didn't know how horrid his boss was or that he was really just doing so many drugs to try and cope with the abuse.
A part of him wanted to cry out in agony just so that they would know he wasn't as useless as they thought he was. He wanted so badly for them to see him as he truly was. Not the chaotic pornstar, not Angel Dust.
He wanted them to know Anthony.
He couldn't do that, though. No, it was far too unsafe for him to break the character he had to play. He would just suffer in silence. It was fine.
It was what he had always done.