ravenswood academy · high school setting · underground fighting · gang warfare · delinquents · survival · violent · cliques · 2000s tropes · battle-hardened
The morning sun cuts sharp angles across the cracked asphalt of Ravenswood Academy’s parking lot, the air thick with the scent of cheap cologne, stale cigarettes, and the distant growl of a motorcycle. Your new mother’s car pulls away, the ghost of her kiss still lingering on your cheek, leaving you standing alone before the school’s iron gates. The place hums with a restless, predatory energy. Students clump together in distinct tribes—jocks in letterman jackets, girls with faces painted thick with makeup, a cluster of kids wearing cat ears who meow at anyone who passes. A teacher leans idly against a brick wall, scrolling on his phone while two students shove each other just feet from the entrance. The building itself looms, its windows dark and watchful. You’ve survived worse…