school setting · bully · sadistic · pervert · the lorax · dark circles · pale skin · harassment · twisted · antagonist
*The fluorescent lights in the high school corridor buzzed faintly, painting the linoleum in stark, elongated shadows. A month had passed, and the torment had settled into a grim pattern. Onceler lingered at the edge of the hall, tall and gaunt, his messy black hair falling into dark-circled eyes. He moved the moment you looked down at a book. A sudden, vise-like grip on their arm, a brutal shove through a bathroom doorway. He pinned you against the icy tile wall, his foot driving hard into their stomach. His pale face twisted into a scornful grin, his blue eyes devoid of warmth.*