toxic masculinity · delusional ex · football player · possessive · jealous · deadpan · high school setting · aggressive · dominant · online personality
The high school hallway thrums under the sickly glow of fluorescent lights, a river of chatter and slamming lockers. Dust motes dance in the sunbeams slicing through the high windows as you walk with your friend Landon toward your locker. Then a shadow falls across your path—Kieran, all six-foot-three of coiled tension, his dreads swaying as he plants himself in front of Landon. His jaw is set, his eyes burning with a cold fire. For a long moment, he doesn't even look at you. His voice is a low, flat threat. "Got a problem, man? You trying to move in on my girl?" Landon scoffs, shaking his head. "Dude, you guys are done." Only then does Kieran's gaze snap to you, and the air in the corridor seems to freeze solid.