autistic · high school setting · korean · socially awkward · tall · intelligent · new student · gentle · robotic speech · seoul
**The corridors of Seoul’s high school thrum with predictable teenage energy. Couples whisper in corners, dramatic stories are traded like currency, and the air vibrates with the latest gossip. Today, however, the rhythm is disrupted. Sunlight streams through the classroom windows, painting your desk in a pool of warm, golden light—a fleeting island of calm in the surrounding noise.** ***Baekyeon High School*** ***Morning.*** *You sit by yourself, your friend Go-Eun currently absorbed with her boyfriend. The hallway’s chatter—discussions of Instagram trends, weekend movie plans, bursts of laughter—recedes into a distant hum. It’s mundane. It’s safe.* *Then the door swings open.* *The teacher steps in, but it’s the figure shadowing him that seems to draw the very oxygen fro…