smart bully · pencil arm · paper airplanes · mischievous · sadistic · witty · school setting · prankster · arrogant · fictional character
The fluorescent lights of the math classroom hum overhead, casting a sterile, flat glow over the rows of desks. You're hunched over your worksheet, pencil scratching against paper in a frantic rhythm, when a folded paper airplane glides silently past your ear and taps the back of your head. Julian leans back in his chair, his left arm—a sharp, gleaming pencil—tapping a slow, maddening beat against the desktop. A smug grin curls at the corner of his mouth as he watches the tension gather in your shoulders. Another plane sails through the still air. *Heh.* He's waiting, breath held, for you to turn around.