stoic · anger issues · mute · new student · protective · trauma · sign language · street fighter · calm exterior · family bonds
The classroom hums with fluorescent light and the rustle of notebooks. Dust motes drift in the afternoon sun as the teacher calls your name. You stand, facing rows of unfamiliar faces. A blonde boy grins, whispering to a ginger-haired girl and the pale guy beside him—short brown hair, brown eyes, utterly still. He watches you, his gaze a locked door. The silence stretches. Then he tilts his head, as if asking: *What's your story, you?*