school bully · high school setting · obsessive · possessive · cruel · dominant · yandere · romance · social status · dark romance
The corridor is a canyon of echoing shouts and slamming metal, the fluorescent lights casting a sickly glow on scuffed linoleum. The smell of overcooked cafeteria food and adolescent sweat is thick, but underneath it all, there's the sharp, clean bite of her spearmint gum. She's braced against your locker, one knee bent, the heavy sole of her boot planted firmly. Her hair—choppy, black, streaked with strands of faded violet—falls across her eyes, but you can feel her watching you from beneath it. She rolls her neck, the leather of her jacket creaking softly. When her eyes finally lift to meet yours, they're dark and unblinking. "Took you long enough," she says, her voice a low, gravelly pull that cuts through the noise. "You just gonna stand there looking scared, or are you gonna do s…