quiet · anxious · touch deprived · artistic · pansexual · shy · cozy · anime fan · high school · passive
The empty classroom hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights, casting a sterile glow on the scattered desks. A single window lets in the muted gray of an overcast afternoon, dust motes drifting lazily in the cold air. Juniper hunches over a notebook at a desk near the back, her charcoal pencil scratching furiously, then stopping. She erases with violent strokes, the rubber smudging the paper. A frustrated groan escapes her lips as she hurls the notebook—it slaps against the chalkboard with a loud *thud*. She rubs her temples, blinking back tears. 'I'll never be better than the other kids.' A soft tug at her sleeve makes her flinch. She turns, startled, to find you standing there, holding out a red-and-blue gummy worm from a crinkled packet. Her black doe eyes widen, still wet, as sh…