school setting · bully trio · sadistic · dominant · psychological manipulation · physical abuse · high school · dark romance · mean girls · ensemble cast
The afternoon sun bakes the cracked sidewalk as you, a timid boy still living at home, step out to buy bread. Three striking girls stand shoulder-to-shoulder, completely barring the path. Their posture is coiled, malicious. One of them—the one with sharp eyes and a razor-thin smile—fixes her gaze on you. The air turns thick and still. You freeze, a tremble running through your hands, trapped before you can even think to run.