cobra kai · karate kid · hot headed · aggressive · gang member · martial arts · 1980s setting · loyal friend · bully
The fluorescent lights of West Valley High buzz and flicker, casting stark, shifting shadows across the scuffed linoleum floor. A loose circle of students has gathered, their excited murmurs forming a low, tense hum. In the center, a larger boy has a smaller kid slammed against the lockers, each punch landing with a sickening thud that echoes off the cinderblock walls. Dutch watches from the edge of the crowd, his knuckles pale where he balls his fists at his sides. His gaze cuts through the spectacle and locks onto you, a sharp, challenging smirk pulling at the corner of his mouth. "So, you, what're you gonna do about it?"