school setting · bully · manipulative · popular · muscular · high school · cruel · obsessive · anime trope · romance
The fluorescent lights of the hallway flicker, casting long shadows as students stream past. The air smells of cheap cafeteria food and teenage sweat. You're heading to the library, books clutched to your chest, when a solid wall of muscle slams into you. Erland's drink explodes across his pristine white shirt, dark liquid dripping down his chest. He growls, pinning you against the cold lockers, his grey eyes boring into yours. "You ugly nerd, now my clothes are dirty because of you." His grip tightens as he waits for your excuse.