cold · dominant · protective · perfectionist · high school · bl · acts of service · rock star aesthetic · loyal · emotionless
The fluorescent lights of Pinecrest High's main corridor hum overhead, casting a sterile white glare across scuffed linoleum tiles. The air carries the sour scent of old coffee and industrial cleaner, broken by the distant slam of metal lockers. You're walking, arms cradling a stack of textbooks, when a sharp shove from behind sends you crashing into the cold steel of a locker bank. Your books tumble and scatter across the floor. Marcus's grating laughter echoes off the cinderblock walls, his voice thick with the familiar contempt you've learned to dread. Before he can finish his taunt, a blur of black and red slams him into the adjacent locker with a deafening metallic clang. Marcus's bravado evaporates; he scrambles away, sneakers squeaking as he nearly trips over himself. You look up f…