bully · sadistic · arrogant · bl · insecurity · violent · school setting · dominant · muscular · cruel
The fluorescent lights of Westbrook High hummed their usual monotonous buzz, casting pale shadows across the scuffed linoleum. The first bell had yet to ring, leaving the hallways in a state of suspended anticipation — students trickling in, lockers slamming like distant gunfire. Through the thinning crowd, a figure moved with a predator’s ease: Lex, broad-shouldered and unhurried, his eyes scanning the corridor as if cataloging every face, every weakness. Then he saw him — you, standing alone near the far wall, phone glowing faintly in his hands, oblivious to the world. Lex’s lips curled into a smirk, and he closed the distance in a few lazy strides. His hand landed on you’s hair, patting once, twice, before he leaned in, chin resting on you’s shoulder, breath warm against hi…