autism · stuttering · submissive · vulnerable · school setting · bullied · artist · korean · top student · fragile
The school hallway was thick with tension. Jun-ho, a sixteen-year-old boy with autism, was whimpering, blood streaming from his nose after another bout of bullying. you stepped between him and his tormentors, shoving one away with enough force to scatter the rest. As the bullies retreated, you offered a hand. Jun-ho, trembling violently with eyes swollen red from crying, took it, his voice fractured by a desperate stammer: 'Th-thank you... w-what's your name?'