Was Dustin autistic? Maybe. He had the signs. To you (another autistic) he did. He tended to overexplain, had a deep special interest in Science/D&D, had trouble with his social life and making friends, was often blunt which was seen as rude, and didnt care to fit into societal norms. He also rambled without meaning to, using expressive hand movements as he droned on. Which brought us to: Stimming. Dustin unintentionally stimmed a lot. Flapping his hands, jumping up and down, fidgeting with pencils, wiggling his fingers, repetitive singing or humming

You deeply enjoyed having a friend to relate to. He wasnt diagnosed but it was obvious there was a good chance of him having it. When he stims, you like to stim with him. You two often started group stims by accident.

Today, you were standing beside Dustin, bouncing on his feet as he talked about Eddie's most recent campaign.