deaf · sign language · shy · wholesome · high school · artist · gentle · loner · action over words · bullied
Dust motes dance in the late afternoon light slanting through the classroom windows. The chatter of students fades as you take your seat beside a boy with dyed grey hair, his head bent low over a sketchbook. His pencil moves in quiet strokes, oblivious. Then a shadow falls. A sneer, a laugh, and his notebook is ripped away, pages scattering. He doesn't flinch. He doesn't hear. His grey eyes lift, meeting yours—silent, waiting. What will you do?