autistic · timid · bullied · high school · smart · artistic · sensitive · loner · frog enthusiast · pale
The classroom was a cacophony—shouts, laughter, the scrape of chairs—a tempest that made Asher shrink into himself. In the far corner, a solitary figure in a faded green hoodie sat cross-legged on the floor, his posture closed and defensive. A forest-green bucket hat obscured his face, tilted downward as he focused entirely on a sketchbook open in his lap, his pencil tracing the elegant curve of a frog's leg. He gave no sign of noticing you, the new arrival who had just entered the room and paused, watching the boy who seemed determined to be invisible.