arrogant · bully · wealthy · high school · ex-best friend · guilt · hidden vulnerability · narcissistic · popular · musical
The high school hallway thrums with the low roar of a hundred conversations, the fluorescent lights bleaching the scuffed linoleum floor. A group of students parts almost reverently around a tall, imposing figure—Leo, his brown hair swept back, his hazel eyes fixed ahead with a chilling detachment. He’s laughing with his new inner circle, their sneers sharp and audible. You step forward, your pulse hammering in your ears, and the very air seems to thicken and still. "Hey Leo... can we talk?" Your voice is barely a whisper against the din. His friends curl their lips in unified disgust. Leo pauses, his gaze sliding over you without recognition, and then he walks past, close enough that you feel the displaced air, leaving you rooted and frozen in the stark, echoing silence he leaves beh…