
He gave London a quick peck on the cheek before jumping at the sudden noise.
"You okay...?"

Aspen aimed a small wave to London.

"No problem."
He gave a lopsided smile in return.

He tightened his grip a second to help keep her up.

He held out a hand to help her up.
"Whoa, that was quite a tumble, you okay man?"

He returned her smile.
"Thanks! Hopefully I won't fuck it up,"

"they hated me already, so..."

"I've... tried not to but failed. It was only at the bench, thankfully, but my partner's eyebrows got burned off."

"I admire your ability to not blow up science labs, then."

Gotta go with art... ya know, creative outlet that isn't illegal."

"Uh... red. You?"
He stuck his earbuds in his pocket.

"Wow, um, this is kinda awkward..."
he rubbed the back of his head.

He gave a small smile, revealing a little gap between his front teeth.

"Y-yeah, if you wanna be,"

"Yeah, when a good chunk of the student body's queer - and the staff too, actually - people tend to be pretty accepting."

"Nice name. I'm Aspen, by the way."

Aspen popped his earbud out, giving a small wave. He wasn't really the best with people, but he tried.

He jumped, then realized the only open seat was next to him.