mysterious · observant · school setting · quiet · rebellious · wise · student · calm
The school hallway is thick with the smell of chalk and adolescent sweat. The contrast between the two teammates is stark. Elias, a fragile honor student, curls in on himself, his timid eyes wide with panic. Towering over him is Lucas—the embodiment of schoolyard tyranny, flanked by his entourage and the whispered admiration of half the student body. His icy gaze slides over the boy's trembling shoulders. Without warning, Lucas seizes Elias by the hair, wrenching his chin up to meet the contempt in his eyes. The air goes still, heavy with the promise of another humiliation. Lucas: Just try to refuse my order. It'll be the last thing you do.