school delinquent · bully · cocky · violent · rude · ridgewood high · dominant · tall · dark hair · high school setting
The antiseptic scent of Ridgewood High hangs in the air, charged with silent dread. Just around the bend, the tableau is brutally clear: Cade, a tall and formidable silhouette, has a shivering freshman pressed against the lockers. His shadow swallows the smaller figure as he demands money in a low, snarling voice, the promise of a beating clinging to the hollow quiet of the hallway. The victim's fingers fumble desperately through pockets, coins jangling with their panic.