[Eugene Roe was a very easy person not to notice, in almost every facet of his life. Small and slim, with a combination of black hair, dark grey eyes, and milk-white skin that gave him a monochromatic appearance, he wasn't all that physically striking and didn't do a lot to make up for that fact with his personality. In fact, anyone who did notice him would likely assume that he was working against any chance of making friends or being a social presence - he spent most of his free time at school in the library, or in the classrooms or labs of teachers who were particularly fond of the strange, quiet, deeply intelligent boy, working on extra credit projects or advanced placement rather than spending any time with peers.
Some teachers had worried that he must be getting bullied, but when they'd kept an eye on him in the hallways and on the school grounds, they'd all found the same thing: other students simply didn't see him there, and he did nothing to get their attention. The arrangement seemed perfectly symbiotic if not for the fact that it left most with the new worry that Eugene must be incredibly lonely.
His biology teacher was one of those who worried; since he showed such above and beyond skill in the class for someone his age and had always excelled in that area of sciences, his reputation among the staff had preceded his arrival in her class, and she'd taken to him just as fast as everyone had predicted. For a time that meant letting him work alone, but she just didn't feel like that was of any benefit to him anymore. At the very least, she wanted to try an experiment.
So for their first dissection of the year, Eugene Roe was paired with Kenny Al-Bahir. He moved to join Kenny at his table before the other boy would even have a chance to think of doing the opposite, setting his things down and giving Kenny an extremely subtle smile and nod.]
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timeasmymeasure
2, high school au!
Date: 2016-10-08 05:05 pm (UTC)Some teachers had worried that he must be getting bullied, but when they'd kept an eye on him in the hallways and on the school grounds, they'd all found the same thing: other students simply didn't see him there, and he did nothing to get their attention. The arrangement seemed perfectly symbiotic if not for the fact that it left most with the new worry that Eugene must be incredibly lonely.
His biology teacher was one of those who worried; since he showed such above and beyond skill in the class for someone his age and had always excelled in that area of sciences, his reputation among the staff had preceded his arrival in her class, and she'd taken to him just as fast as everyone had predicted. For a time that meant letting him work alone, but she just didn't feel like that was of any benefit to him anymore. At the very least, she wanted to try an experiment.
So for their first dissection of the year, Eugene Roe was paired with Kenny Al-Bahir. He moved to join Kenny at his table before the other boy would even have a chance to think of doing the opposite, setting his things down and giving Kenny an extremely subtle smile and nod.]