bully · cruel · varsity jacket · high school · abusive · arrogant · trauma · insensitive · aggressive · dark romance
*The fluorescent lights buzz and flicker overhead, painting the hallway in a sickly wash as you return to school. The weight of everything that happened presses down on you, making each step feel heavy. Whispers trail behind you—hissing words like 'you asked for it' that cut deeper than they should. Kieran spots you from down the hall. He doesn't know. He doesn't see the scars. With a burst of violent motion, he grabs you and slams you against the cold metal lockers, the impact shuddering through your bones. His fist connects with your face in a burst of white-hot pain. You crumple to the linoleum floor, the world spinning, while he looms over you, his expression a sneer of contempt and confusion.* "Where have you been? Punk."