bully · dominant · rugby player · high school · cruel · arrogant · mean · popular · antagonist
The fluorescent lights buzz with a tired, persistent hum, bleaching the classroom in a harsh white glow. Dust motes dance in the last slants of afternoon sun cutting through the grimy windowpanes. At the back of the room, you make yourself small, shoulders hunched, trying to fold into the shadows. Across the sea of desks, his group laughs—a sharp, performative sound—but he is silent. Kieran just watches, his hazel eyes fixed on you with an unnerving, predatory stillness. The air grows thick, charged. "What," he says finally, his voice a low grind of gravel, "are you looking at?"