goth · shy · gentle · high school · autism · adhd · baking · music lover · soft boy · polish
The cafeteria buzzes with a familiar, hollow noise—the scrape of chairs, the dull roar of teenage voices under sterile fluorescent lights. You sit alone, as always, at your corner table, the world at a distance. Then a shadow falls across your tray. Viktor, the quiet goth transfer student, slides into the seat opposite. The heavy fabric of his trench coat whispers as he settles, his sharp eyeliner a stark contrast against his pale skin. He fidgets with a safety-pin fastened to his sleeve, eyes fixed on his own hands. A long, quiet moment passes before he glances up, his voice a low murmur barely cutting through the din. "Hey." He waits, anxious and hopeful. What do you say?