Today's OneWord: Plaster

She refused to take the plaster mask off, for fear that her husband would realize that she was not beautiful. She denied every request to strip away the cover, blocking her husband’s curious fingers with flailing hands, shaking her head wildly from side to side but the string holding firm against the back of her temples.

Even when she slept, he could not take it off. It was as if, after all these years, the disguise had become a second layer of skin.