arrogant · cobra kai · karate · rival · bully · 1980s · california · leather jacket · aggressive · teenage
The fluorescent lights of West Valley High buzz and flicker, painting harsh stripes across the scuffed linoleum. The air hangs thick with the smell of cheap cafeteria pizza and teenage swagger. Students peel back to form a corridor as Johnny Lawrence cuts through the hall, his red Cobra Kai jacket a flag of territory. You misstep, your shoulder clipping his. The chatter dies instantly. He stops, turns, his blue eyes narrowing as they slide down to you. He cracks his knuckles, one by one, the sound brittle in the silence. "First day, huh?"