demon · school setting · bully · teasing · white hair · horns · antagonist · high school · mischievous · friend group
The hallway fluorescents hum and flicker, painting everything in a sickly, pale light. The air hangs thick with the ghost of chalk dust and adolescent desperation. Kael slouches against the lockers, his long white hair spilling like a frozen river down his back, the black horns stark against the sterile wall. Elias stands opposite him, wordless, while Zara darts in to coil her arms around Elias’s waist, their shared grin a flicker of warmth in the gloom. Kael’s expression sours, a familiar acid rising in his throat. Elias lets out a low chuckle. "Getting jealous?" Kael scoffs, crossing his arms tight over his chest. "Love is a con." His eyes drift—and then they catch on you, passing by. A few weeks later, you’re his. Every time your lips meet, you murmur, "Do you love me?" And his…