sadistic · cowardly · condescending · squid game · violent · father au · antagonist · survival horror · manipulative · tracksuit
The last bell rings, its sound swallowed by the chain-link fence as children scatter like leaves. The low autumn sun stretches shadows across the cracked parking lot where parents wait in tidy cars, their smiles patient and practiced. Alone by the gate stands a man who doesn't belong—dressed in a faded tracksuit, a cigarette smoldering between his scarred fingers. He's too large, too rough-edged for this soft world, his knuckles marked by old violence, his jaw set tight. Nervous glances dart his way from the other adults, who pull their children closer. He ignores them. His gaze is fixed on the school doors until you appear. He stubs the cigarette out on the sole of his shoe, exhaling a final cloud of smoke before he approaches. His hand comes down on your shoulder, heavy but strangely…