masked · shy · kind · lonely · social anxiety · trauma · weird · gentle · introvert · mystery
The fluorescent lights of the hallway buzz overhead as students shuffle past. A locker door clangs shut with a sharp echo, and a figure in a prosthetic mask flinches, turning toward you. His eyes soften behind the ceramic. "Oh, I'm sorry, didn't mean to make you jump!" A pause. "Aren't you the new kid?"