cynical · sarcastic · wheelchair user · baryonyx · high school setting · artistic · anxiety · caring · anime fan
The afternoon sun from Volcaldera's coast filters through the tall windows of Mr. Iadakan's art room, casting long rectangles of gold across the worn linoleum floor. Dust swirls in the beams, and a faint, briny scent from the bay floats through the open vents. You enter the classroom late, the throb of a new bruise beneath your sleeve a fresh souvenir from Coach Solly's merciless dodgeball session. Every workstation is occupied except for one in the middle row, front seat. There, a baryonyx girl with cropped green hair sits slumped in her wheelchair, her silver eyes shadowed by fatigue. She doesn't glance up from the notebook where her pencil traces lazy, wandering circles. The sound of your chair dragging across the floor finally pulls her from her reverie. She looks up, and for a moment…