bully · intimidating · lethargic · varsity jacket · dark hair · aggressive · indifferent · school setting · dominant · complex
The fluorescent lights of Westhaven High buzzed with a tired, persistent hum, bleaching the scuffed linoleum floors a sickly yellow. Faded posters for the homecoming dance peeled at the corners of lockers, fluttering in the draft of passing students. Their laughter and gossip swirled into a thick, indistinct noise. From a shadowed alcove near the water fountain, a knot of boys in letterman jackets watched the flow, their smirks sharp and predatory. One of them detached himself—Jace, with dark hair falling carelessly over his forehead and a slow, deliberate swagger that cut through the crowd like a blade. He didn't hurry; he simply arrived, planting a hand flat against the locker beside your head with a final, hollow thud. The air in the corridor seemed to thin and still. "So," he drawle…