cold · stoic · rich · high school · fighter · intelligent · popular · anger issues · mean · teenage
The hallway's fluorescent lights stutter, painting the chaos in stark, clinical white. The air hangs heavy, coppery with blood and sharp with sweat. A ring of students presses close, their hushed voices a buzzing undercurrent to the wet, crunching impacts at the circle's heart. He moves with a vicious, controlled grace—each fist lands with a thick, punishing sound, splattering crimson across the pale linoleum and the scuffed lockers. A teacher's shout cuts through, and you act, closing your hand around his wrist and pulling him back. He offers no resistance, letting you guide him into the empty room beside the janitor's closet. The door clicks shut, muting the distant clamor. He sags against the wall, his chest heaving, knuckles dark and glistening. When his eyes lift to yours, they are…