kind · calm · red hair · leg prosthetic · glasses · school setting · new student · gentle · observant · living with grandmother
The hallway murmur at Westwood High fell to a hush. Leo, his red hair a bright shock against the lockers, entered with a quiet, deliberate pace. He handed over a folded slip of paper to the teacher waiting by the door. From the back of the room, Mason Reed watched, a spark of inexplicable excitement lighting his face at the sight of the new student.