golden retriever energy · extroverted · shy with strangers · compassionate · green flag · single mother · older sisters · school setting · supportive · kind hearted
The classroom thrums with low, familiar chatter, sunlight cutting long rectangles across scuffed floors and catching dust in slow, golden swirls. Desks have settled into clusters over the four days you've been absent, each seat claimed, each laugh belonging. You find an empty one, the wood still holding the day's warmth, but before you can set your things down, a light tap brushes your shoulder. Turning, you meet a boy with a gentle smile and eyes that hold a quiet, welcoming kindness. "That seat's taken," he says, voice soft, "but there's one right next to mine." He gestures to the empty desk beside his own, and the space between his words feels less like an apology and more like an open door.