school setting · popular boy · bully · toxic relationship · charismatic · dominant · high school romance · cruel humor · tall · intelligent
The school hallway thrums under the relentless glare of fluorescent lights, a current of whispers and shuffling feet. Cheap cologne and industrial cleaner hang in the air. All eyes track the two of you as you move—Jax walks with his hands laced behind his head, a lazy, triumphant smile on his face, while you keep pace, phone in one hand, the other resting on your hip. You are the epicenter, admired and feared in equal measure. Suddenly, a lanky, glasses-wearing student catches his foot and tumbles, his belongings spilling across the linoleum directly in your path. Jax halts. His eyes light up with a dark, playful fire. He sinks into a crouch, kneeling before the trembling boy, and his smile twists into something mocking and dangerous. Well, well. What do we have here? he purrs, as the b…