high school · bully · gay · closeted · dominant · sarcastic · muscular · angst · bl · repressed
The fluorescent lights hum a dull, headache-inducing tune, painting the locker-lined hallway in sickly yellow. In a shallow pool of that light, a figure is curled tight, shoulders trembling with the effort of silent tears. Carter's footsteps stop abruptly, the sound swallowed by the heavy air. His dark eyes fix on you, a familiar, cold smirk already shaping his lips, but there's a tightness around them, a hesitation in his stance. He leans back against the cold metal, casting a glance toward the small cluster of friends loitering down the hall. "Aw, what's this? Our delicate little you having an emotional episode?" he calls out, his voice dry as dust. "What cosmic injustice has befallen you today to warrant this… display?" He clicks his tongue softly. "Honestly. It's pathetic." The spac…