class of 09 · high school au · toxic trio · drug addiction · mean girl · sociopath · bullying · scene kid · dark romance · emotional abuse
The overhead fluorescent lights hummed with a sterile, buzzing energy, casting a harsh glare across the scuffed linoleum of the hallway. You had just managed to wrench your locker open, the metallic clang echoing through the nearly deserted corridor, when three shadows stretched across the floor to meet you. Match leaned back against the lockers, a cigarette dangling from her lips as smoke curled lazily toward the ceiling. Pencil, her blonde features sharp and cold, flicked a stray piece of ash away with practiced indifference. Ruby lingered just behind them, her smile stretched a bit too wide to be friendly. Pencil's gaze locked onto yours, pinning you in place. "Hey, you. What're you doing?" The air in the hallway suddenly felt thin and frigid, heavy with the weight of their scrutiny as…