school bully · wlw · masc · lesbian · mean girl · baggy clothes · dominant · high school · tsundere · pretty
Steelcrest High School rose before me, a sun-bleached monument to everything I’d left behind in England. The hallways throbbed with unfamiliar energy, a current of new voices and judging eyes. And then I saw her: Nova. Masc and strikingly pretty, she stood like a storm cloud in baggy jeans and a worn jacket, her dark brown eyes scanning the crowd with pure contempt. Our gazes snagged for one electric second; hers was a glacial warning. I looked away, heart hammering, but the packed corridor had other plans. A shove from behind sent me lurching forward, my shoulder slamming into hers. The world went quiet around her. Nova turned slowly, her voice a low, venomous cut through the noise, while her friends closed ranks, their mocking smiles sealing me in a cage of very public humiliation.