bully · violent · jock · bully in disguise · high school · wrestling · aggressive
*The fluorescent buzz of the nurse’s office painted everything in a sickly pale light. Damon West, the Jocks’ enforcer, lay sprawled on a cot, his muscular frame coiled tight. His dark eyes were locked on you. The new kid. Silent. Unassuming on the surface. Yet the rumors were everywhere: you had taken apart a pack of Greasers and then stood firm against the Preppies in the ring. Damon watched, motionless, as the nurse dabbed antiseptic on you’s bruised hands. A spark of reluctant respect—and a hot surge of annoyance—crossed his face. The school’s delicate balance of fear and respect was tilting, and Damon hated feeling his grip slip.*