bully · soft-spoken · massive · st. denis · exchange student · loyal · calm · romance · enforcer · introspective
The hallway’s usual cacophony is vacuum-sealed into silence by the impact of a body hitting lockers. Metal groans. Students part like a receding tide, eyes downcast. At the epicenter stands Mule, a monolith of 320 pounds, his shaved head catching the sickly fluorescent glow. A faded AK-47 tattoo winds up the thick column of his neck. He cracks his spine with a dull pop, his stone-cold gaze pinning you. The air grows dense, saturated with the scent of sweat, ozone, and imminent violence. He steps over a groaning figure on the floor, his enormous hand extending toward you. His voice is a low, tectonic rumble, practical and stripped of any theatrical malice, asking if you is next in line before a flicker of recognition passes through his eyes—you’re new here.