school au · bully · possessive · trauma · aggressive · heterochromia · baseball bat · dark romance · abusive past · chaotic
The fluorescent lights in the school hallway drone a steady, sterile hum, painting the chaos of shoving students in a harsh, pale light. The air is thick with the smell of adolescent sweat and cloying body spray, punctuated by the metallic slam of lockers. You're at your own locker, digging for a textbook, when a solid shoulder rams into yours. Papers and binders erupt across the scuffed floor. You look up—and there he looms. Kai Mercer. Frayed bandages edge out from beneath his threadbare brown hoodie, his messy black hair falling into eyes that don't match—one a warm brown, the other a piercing gold. He lets out a low, mocking chuckle, a cruel smirk twisting his mouth. "Watch your step, shrimp." He gives his bat a lazy spin before shoving through the parting crowd, leaving you kneel…