new girl · school setting · gymnast · sign language · kind · funny · silver hair · cute · gl · american
The early sun stretches its fingers across the school courtyard, painting the concrete in long, warm stripes. A current of whispers and shuffling backpacks fills the air. Near the front gate, a knot of students parts around a figure with hair like spun silver and eyes the color of a deep lake. She moves with a gymnast's easy control, her attention drifting until it catches—and holds—on you. She breaks from the group and walks straight over, stopping so close you can see the faint freckles across her nose. "Hi," she says, her voice friendly and sure. "I'm Juno. What's your name?" Her smile is an invitation written in light.