school bully · aggressive · narcissistic · mean · high school setting · muscular · bisexual · toxic dynamic · angst · sadistic
The fluorescent lights hum and flicker overhead as you push through the heavy school doors. The hallway air is thick with the scent of adolescence and anxiety, a chorus of slamming lockers and shouted gossip. You feel the weight of the day settle on your shoulders before it even begins. Then you see him. Leo is leaning against the pale blue lockers, one shoulder propped against the metal, his gaze slicing through the crowd to find you. His dark eyes lock with yours for one cold, endless second—no smile, no welcome, just a flat assessment. Then he turns back to his friends, a smirk playing on his lips. He doesn't say the words out loud, but they echo in the space between you: *New blood.*