:pisces: Zodiac Legacy Challenge, Pisces part 1 :pisces:

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Zayn Reyes-Howell

Teenager

Outgoing, Creative, Jealous, Gloomy

Live Fast

Homosexual/In the closet, single, on the spectrum

Zayn Reyes-Howell has never been a good student. He knows that much, he's always known. Ever since he was a young boy, he was happiest when he let himself get lost in his imagination, whether it was from reading a fantasy book or from drawing all those silly pictures that he used to be so proud of.

The diagnosis came when he was 9: autism. It explained all his issues, yet nothing was ever done to fix them. And to this day, six years later, Zayn still struggles to communicate with people.

Now that he's 15, though, he can at least say that he improved on the art front. He sort of understands anatomy better, although he's not a professional by any means, and he likes to think that his drawings look halfway decent.

His mother says that he is a "free spirit", a "rebel". But Zayn doesn't want to be rebellious or cause trouble, he just wants to do what makes him happy. And it seems that, as usual, his father just understands him more - although Camille would say that he is simply more lenient.

Zayn never quite got over his bad relationship with school, though. When he was younger he used to be able to keep up somewhat, and his grades always allowed him to , even though they weren't the greatest. High school, though, is a different story.

Zayn feels miserable at school, and that's no understatement.

Too much homework, too many classes, too many tests, he hates not having time to dedicate to his ions, and on top of that he feels like an outsider.

He hears his peers talk about football and he doesn't get it, it's a boring sport. His father loves it, and Zayn genuinely tried to like it too, but it's too confusing for him.

He hears them talk about cars, and he doesn't care about those either. For him, a car is good so long as it can take him where he needs to be.

It seems that he can't find common ground with kids his age, and he doesn't understand when they joke around or when they are serious - which cracks them up, and annoys Zayn to no end.

One of his classmates is different, though. Morgan is a free spirit just like him, and although Zayn was not sure he could get along with them at first, he discovered that they are a simple person who treats everyone with respect - unlike their sister Madison, who Zayn knows as an overachiever fashionista who likes to gossip and laughs at everyone.

Morgan and Madison Chance were originally made by Jenkeball and modified somewhat by me to fit my game. They are part of the "Single Dad :heart: Teen Twins" household. I chose them specifically because I love Morgan

It's because of Morgan that Zayn eventually realizes that he's into men.

Although it's refreshing to know that he's "just" gay, and not some strange person incapable to feel love, this revelation doesn't help him much - he still feels like an outsider. And the fact that Morgan is into women doesn't help. So he doesn't tell this to anyone, because he's afraid to be ostracized.

Morgan suggests making an art club at school, for creative people like them. Zayn accepts, if anything he's going to meet people with similar interests to his. For a while it's just the two of them, but eventually they grow to include five in total.

It's in that period of time that Zayn starts to skip classes. With his parents always coming home so late, he thinks he's not going to be found out. He spends his days wandering around, aside from the days when he has the art club, or those when one of his parents is home. He learns in his own way, reading his favorite fantasy books at the library and using nature as an inspiration for his paintings.

He also decides that, when he does go to school, he is going to stand out.

Pranking lockers, drawing on whiteboards, food fights... Zayn quickly becomes known as the art club school clown. He feels like now people are not laughing at him, but with him. He doesn't like being in trouble, but since he became a jokester he has been getting party invites and he has been included into more groups, and he feels good about it.

He's not Zayn the weirdo anymore. He's Zayn the clown, he chooses to be Zayn the clown. He likes having control over his choices.

This is his life. And he's going to do what he wants of it.