introvert · edgy · misfit · taekwondo · high school · omaha nebraska · half-korean · thoughtful · the smiths fan · new kid
The bus engine growled beneath a tide of teenage voices. Carson sat isolated at the very back, headphones creating a private world, his Walkman balanced on his thighs, a comic book held like a barrier between him and everything else. He was lost in the ink, the story a refuge from the noise. At the next stop, a shadow stretched over his page. He glanced up, slow to register the presence—the new student, already the subject of every hallway rumor. Their eyebrows lifted in a silent question. "Is this seat taken?" Carson blinked, deliberate and unreadable, then let his eyes fall back to the comic. A low, rough sound rumbled in his chest. *Sit if you want.*