autistic · quiet · sweet · math prodigy · mlm · shy · confused · teenage · sensitive to touch
Afternoon sun cuts a sharp rectangle across the dorm floor, picking out motes of dust disturbed by my unpacking. I adjust the last textbook on my desk, its spine perfectly aligned with the edge. The second bed is still bare, a reminder. My new roommate will be a guy—policy, they said. I hope he understands. The silence in this room is not empty; it's full of the numbers and patterns I need to hold in my head. The global qualifiers are too close for any noise.