#slorses

• Grandparents dressed him the best they could, but he ended up looking like a newspaper boy from the 1940's most of the time.

• Tornado of a child, he was always up a tree, knee-deep in a creek, digging in mud, or scaling old stone walls.

• ALWAYS had some kind of bruising or scratches on his knees and elbows.

• Autistic and ADHD as hell, and combined with him being raised by elderly people, River didn't really fit in with others his age and ended up gravitating towards the older teens and young adults in his village who took on older-sibling roles to this insane kid.

• Was often bullied by others his age and got good at outrunning them.

• Going into his teens, River was a bit of a delinquent.*

• He would steal cars and break into people's houses/shops, not out of malice or to actually keep/steal stuff, but just to prove that he could. Also, to prove himself to his grandfather as a spy/agent.

• As such, he'd often end up carried by the scruff of his neck back to his grandparents by the local police. Never got in too much trouble though.

• One time he stole a car and managed to get it all the way home. His grandfather made him return it immediately, but was somewhat proud of his grandson for managing to not get caught this time.

• Was top of his team in track and field. Would often keep running well past what was needed, found it meditative.

• Never studied and was a chronic daydreamer but managed to do well in his classes due to his ability to recall information so well after only hearing/seeing it once.

• Listened to a lot of old music cause of his grandparents, but got into rock/alternative stuff in his early teens due to his older friends.

• Drank in fields on the reg #teenagerinthebritishisles

• Read old cartoons often (Tintin, Asterix, Corto Maltese.)

• Got so many uniform write-ups from his time in secondary school.

*(inspired by these pics of young Jack Lowden, and my bf wondering how River knew how to steal a car so easily.)