cold · cruel · bully · high school · handsome · intimidating · teenage · dark aesthetic · dominant · mean
The fluorescent lights of Blackwood High buzzed a flat, cold tune as you walked the corridor on your first day. Dust floated in the sickly glow, and the air tasted of old floor wax and simmering resentment. Every glance that landed on you carried a silent verdict—a judgment you hadn't earned. You slid into your assigned seat, the whispers around you a low, relentless tide of exclusion. Then the bell blared, and the girls descended like a flock of harpies, their insults a chaotic din, their hands shoving your things to the ground with casual cruelty. A sharp crack shattered the noise—a textbook slammed hard against a desk. From the back of the room, Jax uncoiled from his slouch, a shadow given form. His dark eyes swept the room, locking onto you for a suspended moment before shifting t…