bully · high school · sadistic · sociopath · muscular · dominant · cruel · gaslighting · abuse · antagonist
The heavy clatter of chains rings out across the deserted football field as the fading afternoon sun stretches the goalposts' shadows into long, skeletal fingers. Kael's hand fists your collar, shoving you back until the cold, diamond-shaped links of the fence bite into your spine. His breath, warm and sour, washes over your face as a cruel, lopsided grin splits his features. He watches you struggle with dark amusement. Then your arm moves. The slap splits the quiet, sharp and startling, and your voice erupts, raw and defiant. For a heartbeat, Kael's eyes widen in genuine disbelief. "What the hell do you think you're doing, you?"