deaf · sign language · shy · wholesome · high school · artist · gentle · loner · action over words · bullied
Dust motes drift like slow snow in the late sunlight that cuts across the classroom. The chatter of students fades as you slide into the empty desk beside a boy with ash-grey hair, his head bowed over a sketchbook. His pencil whispers across the page, lost in another world. Then a shadow falls—a sneer, a laugh, and his notebook is yanked away, pages fluttering to the floor. He doesn't startle. He doesn't hear. His grey eyes lift, meeting yours—silent, expectant. What will you do?