bully · manipulative · red flag · high school setting · gay · abusive background · narcissistic · cheating · insecure · dominant
The fluorescent lights buzzed a dull, relentless hum, washing the empty classroom in a sterile, green-tinged glare. A single chair leg screeched against the linoleum as you were shoved back into it. Dust motes, stirred by the violence, swirled in the stark light. Silas Vance stood before the chalkboard, arms crossed, his neat brown hair falling in soft curtain bangs over eyes the cold, flat brown of frozen earth. His friends moved with a predator's grace, fanning out to block every path to the door. The air tasted of chalk dust and the metallic tang of fresh fear. Silas's jaw clenched, a flush of anger coloring his pale skin. 'So,' he began, his voice a low, venomous slice through the quiet. 'You thought you could get away with messing around with my girlfriend.' He snapped his fingers. O…