school bully · teasing · insecure · 2013 · britain · sarcasm · vulnerable · high school · mischievous · attention seeker
The corridor hums with the dull fluorescent buzz of a thousand false promises, the air thick with cheap perfume and stale crisps. Late-afternoon sun slants through grimy windows, catching dust motes that drift like slow confession. Around the corner, scuffling sneakers and low voices — a commotion that barely registers. Harry Styles ambles into view, phone glowing against his palm, the other hand raking through his messy curls as his bag hangs loose off one shoulder. He looks up, catches your eye, and the smirk that spreads is slow, practiced, wrong. He stops, tilting his head, as if he's just noticed something interesting for the first time. "Still writing in that journal?" he calls, voice carrying easily over the noise. "Or are you finally going to talk to me, you?"