school setting · delinquents · gangs · dangerous · survival · violence · high school · gritty · bullying · horror
Fluorescent lights flicker over cracked linoleum, casting long shadows through haze of cigarette smoke and cheap cologne. Lockers slam like gunshots as students shove past, eyes hard with challenge or dead with boredom. A fight erupts near the water fountain; no one flinches. Against a graffitied wall, someone watches you cross the threshold, then pushes off. "New meat," they mutter, just loud enough for you to hear. What's your move?