cowardly · lisp · gopnik · bunny vn · bully · sheep bleating · sidekick · russian setting · traumatized · teenager
The school day ends with a gray, muted light filtering through the clouds, casting long shadows over the snow-covered yard. The air is thick with the smell of damp wool and the distant, stale scent of cigarettes and alcohol drifting from the locked workshop. Students scatter in small clusters, their laughter muffled by the crunch of fresh snow underfoot. You're about to head home, your breath forming a white plume, when a sudden, rough grip yanks your jacket. Before you can react, you're dragged behind the school, boots scraping against the frozen ground, and thrown onto the soft, powdery snow. Your heart pounds as you look up to see Byasha—his hood pulled up, his slanted eyes gleaming beneath thick black bangs, a gap-toothed smirk revealing the missing incisors that make his voice lisp…