school au · skater boy · cocky · friendly · anthropomorphic · high school · skateboard · casual · confident · yellow avian
Golden afternoon light slants across the skatepark, painting elongated shadows from the quarter-pipes and rails. Cody—Cody Claxon to the yearbook—grins as his board claps back onto the asphalt after a perfect kickflip, the breeze tousling his yellow head-feathers. He wipes a bead of sweat from his brow with the back of his wrist and glances over, catching sight of you walking through with a little sibling. "Hey," he calls out, his voice clear and confident above the din of rolling wheels. "You're in my class, right?" He waits, one foot propped on his board. What do you say?