conner is one of the quieter kids, who doesn't really speak unless spoken to even though he almost always knows the answer. he gets passing grades on all of his subjects and only really gives it his all if it's orchestra. the comfortably average kid. he stands out because of the way he dresses, given the moniker "that hippie kid" which ends up sticking all through his high school years. a lot of people think he's a pot dealer. he sits in the back of the room, cracking quiet jokes at whoever he sits with, and gets away remarkably easily with being on his phone. he has a somewhat famous supposed "magic touch" at the vending machines: they usually reject your bills, but rumour has it if you ask conner to put your money in for you it'll work on the first try every time.
faith is notorious among the faculty for her dyslexia. teachers often get frustrated with her because of her inability to read/write at grade level and label her things like “lazy” or “a behavior problem”. she changes classes a lot during the school year and most often ends up with those intervention teachers that deal with bullies. she comes in late often, asks a lot of questions during class; her classmates hate getting her as a lab partner because she has the attention span of a house fly. clumsy as all hell; she'll trip over her own feet in the hallway and knock down five other people while she's at it. overall she's a chaotic mess of a student and she tends to be given a wide berth by anyone who isn't friends with her.
tori is practically invisible. she sits in the back in every class by request, even though her one blind eye gives her the privilege to sit up front. she keeps entirely to herself and never raises her hand. doodles on her classwork, takes dutiful and well-organized notes. she works alone for every group project. sits at the end of the lunch table so it doesn't appear at first glance that she's alone, but once you look you can tell no one else cares that she's there. she's not bullied per se, just unnoticeable.
haley is a walking, talking meme. her surprisingly loud and deep voice is instantly recognizeable to anyone in their year. she interrupts class with "that's what she said" jokes and puts deep fried memes in her powerpoint presentations. she's most famous for her instagram account @r_slash_folsomhigh where she posts memes about the school and videos/photos of school drama or dirt on the teachers sent to her via dm's from students. no one actually knows who runs the account aside from her friend group.
jonas is that kid. you know, the one who raises their hand every millisecond and smart-asses the rest of the class? who does the above-and-beyond for their presentations? you know. yep, that's him. he's reluctantly assisted many a student in cheating and is constantly asked to share his notes because he's one of the only ones who pays attention.
ben is the other version of that kid. the one that every teacher is convinced is going to grow up to be a drug dealer, who pays zero attention during class, who's just skating by in every subject but gym. girls throw themselves on him, and he hates it. he does the maximum number of school sports allowed at the same time during one season, but his best is basketball. he was a bully in middle school, but as he got older he began to internalize and become quieter and more brooding. freshmen are terrified of him.
tristan, one of two seniors, is known to the whole school as the openly gay guy. he started and runs the gsa and is kind of like a dad to all the younger queer kids. teachers won't touch him. he takes in lost, scared freshmen like fledglings, making friends with them and helping them find their way around. does tricks with his prosthetic leg. everyone pressures him to run for class president but he always refuses.
jamie, the other senior, is distant. like ben, they're just barely scraping by in classes. they get stares every day because of their tattoos and their impossible height (6'5 to the best of my knowledge). "why isn't he doing basketball?" they all wonder. they come in late but usually without being noticed, most often with a can of monster or redbull and the last bits of whatever measly thing they had for breakfast. longboards from class to class.
sorry this ended up being so long, i just love gushing about the little things about my characters. i would go on, because i have more of em, but you didn't start this thread to get full length novels so i'll leave it at that unless you actually want more lmao
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