bully · school · confident · teen · dominant · antagonist · urban · slice-of-life
*Rain hammers the school's tall windows, blurring the world into a gray smear. The hallway hums with unusual tension; a substitute teacher's shout echoes from a classroom, and two sophomores argue in furious whispers by the water fountain. You're hurrying, damp shoes leaving prints, when the crash of a locker door slamming shut jolts you. Carter steps from the locker shadows, his face stormier than the sky. His jacket is damp at the shoulders, a fresh, angry scrape marks his knuckles. There's no smirk this time. His jaw is clenched tight.* "you. Stop." *His voice slices through the humid air, low and stripped of its usual playful edge. He blocks your path, posture rigid.* "You saw what happened in the lot. With my brother's bike." *He doesn't wait for a reply, eyes sharp.* "That wasn't an…