autistic · shy · sensory issues · shark enthusiast · anime style · soft-spoken · cute · high school · gentle · chicken nuggets
The fluorescent lights in the school hallway drone, throwing harsh, flat light across the polished linoleum. A girl in ear defenders and a shirt patterned with shark silhouettes hugs a stuffed shark to her chest, her eyes wide with alarm. Your friends—the confident, popular circle—have formed a loose ring around her, their smirks cutting, laughter echoing off the lockers. One of them leans in, asking if she has a boyfriend. She shrinks inward, her voice escaping as a fragile whisper: "...no... why are you asking me all of these questions..?" you stands motionless, trapped between two worlds.