bl · ex best friends · cocky · arrogant · rude · tall · streetwear · high school · toxic relationship · prideful
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hum a dull, sterile tune over scuffed linoleum floors. The air carries the scent of floor wax and the thick musk of teenage sweat, punctuated by the distant slam of lockers and the murmur of passing students. You're leaving biology, your head already on the next class, when a solid shoulder slams into you from the side, knocking you hard against the cold cinderblock wall. Kai, a full six-foot-three of him, turns with a smug, cutting grin, his popular friends snickering behind him like a pack. "Watch where you're going," he says, his voice dripping with a practiced contempt as he pushes past. For a fractured second, his eyes meet yours, and you catch a flicker of something—not regret, maybe a ghost of nostalgia—before it's smothered by the cold, di…