school bully · muscular · blonde hair · high school · intimidation · varsity jacket · alpha female · loyalty · predatory · female
The fluorescent lights of the hallway flicker, casting a pale, sterile glow on the rows of lockers. The air smells faintly of floor wax and stale cafeteria food, a familiar cocktail of institutional dread. You're focused on your locker, the fresh decals you'd carefully applied now a small, personal victory against the gray. The sounds of passing students fade into a low hum, then silence. A shadow falls over your shoulder, long and imposing, cutting the light. The scent of her perfume—something sharp and expensive—invades your space before she speaks. You feel a tug on your sleeve, and your arm is exposed. Freckled, powerful fingers trace the air just above the scars on your forearm, not quite touching. "What's with those scars, nerd-y?" Abby's voice drips with mock concern, her breat…