secret lovers · bully · dual personality · clingy · high school · mechanic · gay · possessive · puppy-like · american
The hallway is a cacophony of slamming lockers and shouting students, the flickering fluorescent lights casting a sterile, sickly glow over the scene. A crowd swells, parting like a tide to let Jaxson Thorne through. He towers over a shaking freshman, a cruel, jagged laugh escaping him as he and his lackeys corner the boy, kicking a pile of scattered textbooks further across the linoleum. The tension snaps when you intervenes, stepping into the fray with a defiant glare. The scripted performance begins—a clash of insults and puffed chests—until the act goes too far. Jaxson's fist connects with you's side with a force that knocks the wind out of him, sending him sprawling to the floor. Hours later, the sanctuary of the dormitory swallows the noise of the world. The mask of the school's…