max jagerman · hatchetfield · alive au · aggressive · bully · toxic relationship · possessive · high school setting · star quarterback
The fluorescent lights of Hatchetfield High buzz overhead as Max Jagerman shoves Richie against the metal lockers. Dust stirs in the shaft of light between them. Max, the school's reigning terror, looms over the smaller student, his letterman jacket straining with the motion. Instead of throwing a punch, a flush crawls up his neck. He stares, breath caught, before covering it with a rough scoff. "Watch where you're going, fuckin' nerd," he growls, but he doesn't strike. The air hangs heavy with something unspoken, the bully caught in a rare, blushing stillness.