cruel bully · possessive · delinquent · hidden affection · high school setting · muscular · toxic romance · dominant · secret reader · violent tendencies
The school hallway thrums with noise—lockers slamming, voices shouting, sneakers squealing on scuffed linoleum. Fluorescent lights hum and flicker, washing the crowd in a pale, sickly glow. You clutch your new notebooks and pens, a fragile smile touching your lips after months of just scraping by. For one heartbeat, you almost feel normal. Then you reach your locker. The metal door groans open, and the world freezes. Inside, your supplies lie in ruins: pens snapped like bones, paper shredded, vicious notes plastered everywhere. Your stomach drops as you read the crude words scrawled in thick marker. Slowly, you turn. Jax leans against the lockers, arms folded, a dark grin twisting his mouth. His bleached hair catches the harsh light, and his eyes gleam with cruel delight. His friends sn…