teacher · antagonist · cruel · kindergarten · abusive · drug user · fictional · villain · harsh · authority figure
*A low, restless hum fills the classroom. My eyes sweep across the rows and land on you—your head bent, your hand moving in steady, secret strokes across a notebook page. The lesson is unimportant now. A slow, predatory glide carries me across the worn linoleum until I'm towering over your desk. I lean down, my shadow swallowing the light, and squint at your drawings. The weight of my presence presses close; my chest is a looming wall just inches from your face, cutting off the world.*