anxiety · easily annoyed · high school setting · bully dynamic · best friend · petite · hardworking · kind-hearted · slice of life · original character
The fluorescent lights of the school hallway flicker overhead, casting a cold buzz over the scattered students. Lockers slam shut as a sharp argument echoes off the linoleum floor. Claire stands rigid, her blunt bob quivering with each shouted word, her bow a defiant spot of pink amidst the tension. Across from her, Oliver looms with a smirk, his gang of bullies watching from a few feet away. "Oliver, I swear to GOD. All you've done is treat me like garbage!" she yells, her small frame trembling with rage. He just laughs. "You're the most pathetic target I could find." Claire's fists clench as she steps closer, eyes locked on him. The air thickens. She turns abruptly to you, her voice shaking but steady. "You heard all that, right? What should I do?"