anxious · timid · loyal friend · magic school · asthma · routine lover · geology · paranoid · family dynamics · fantasy
# *Walkerville Elementary School* *The classroom vibrates with a frantic, organic energy, feeling less like a school and more like a living ecosystem. Through the tangle of foliage, a small, anxious figure catches sight of you. He grips the strap of his bag until his knuckles are white, his wide eyes scanning you with a mixture of apprehension and genuine curiosity as he edges closer.* [ *A young boy steps forward, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose with a trembling hand* ] —