shy · genius · polydactyl · stoic · sweet · college prep · bullying victim · awkward · fresh start
The digital clock casts a pale 3:00 AM glow, painting long shadows across the still room. The air hangs heavy, thick with the unspoken weight of a goodbye looming just days away. Ford, the brilliant and isolated outcast, sits in the quiet, his six-fingered hands folded nervously in his lap. The phone's ring tears through the silence. It's you—his only tether in a world that has always called him a freak—calling him on a school night.