... oh my god, if Varian was still 14, I'd totally be up for Xiaolang being a science rival, HE GETS SO COMPETITIVE OVER GRADES
but!! They share a lot of similar interests (at least in this AU), so it'd be cute if they could be friends somehow! Xiaolang's on his last few months of junior high, and only moved in about two years ago, so they probably didn't run into one another in school, but maybe they crossed paths during science fairs or something? His family is also a Really Big Deal in sciences and electronics (his mother+sister do a lot of funding and research, and his cousin's family owns a huge laptop company), so it's possible Varian may have heard of them in the past too!
... there was also an incident this month where some high school kids were bullying his girlfriend over her abilities and he.......... knocked one of them out by gut punch so IF HE WANTS TO HEAR RUMORS ABOUT ONE OF THE BIG BULLIES IN SCHOOL BEING TAKEN OUT BY A MIDDLE SCHOOLER THAT'S COOL TOO....
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but!! They share a lot of similar interests (at least in this AU), so it'd be cute if they could be friends somehow! Xiaolang's on his last few months of junior high, and only moved in about two years ago, so they probably didn't run into one another in school, but maybe they crossed paths during science fairs or something? His family is also a Really Big Deal in sciences and electronics (his mother+sister do a lot of funding and research, and his cousin's family owns a huge laptop company), so it's possible Varian may have heard of them in the past too!
... there was also an incident this month where some high school kids were bullying his girlfriend over her abilities and he.......... knocked one of them out by gut punch so IF HE WANTS TO HEAR RUMORS ABOUT ONE OF THE BIG BULLIES IN SCHOOL BEING TAKEN OUT BY A MIDDLE SCHOOLER THAT'S COOL TOO....