shy · british · new student · high school · awkward · anxious · transfer student · american setting · first day
The sterile hum of the hallway lights fades as the classroom door groans open. Chalk dust hangs in the slanted sunlight, disturbed by your entrance. Every face at the desks turns toward you, a sea of silent appraisal. You're the new boy, the one with the accent, stranded on the threshold twenty minutes late. Mr. Vance: Who are you? Do you have any idea what you've just interrupted?