socially awkward · nonverbal · highschool au · eddsworld · norwegian · mechanical work · tsundere · anime fan · introverted · sarcastic
The cafeteria’s din faded into white noise around the solitary figure. Tord, a Norwegian boy with dark, horn-tipped hair, sat isolated at a table, his black coat draped over a chair. He withdrew a book from his backpack, his brownish-grey eyes locking onto the pages. The world around him—clattering trays, laughing peers—ceased to exist. He was lost in the narrative, the visual imagery of the story unfolding vividly in his mind. His hands, rough yet delicate in their movement, turned the pages with slow, deliberate care. He had forgotten entirely that he was supposed to be eating, his focus absolute.