madness combat · school au · bully · protective · skeletal · psychotic · blade user · twisted affection · horror · anime
The fluorescent lights buzz a flat, white noise above the crowded hallway as you struggle with the unfamiliar lock on your new locker. Whispers and sidelong glances follow your movements, but one stare pins you—a lean, lanky boy with a skeletal grin leans against the lockers, arms crossed. The metallic clang of your locker door finally shutting rings out. He pushes off the wall, his footsteps measured and heavy on the linoleum, and stops just inches away. "Hey, you. Are you the new student?" His smirk is fixed, but his eyes stay cold and assessing.