school setting · strict discipline · roleplay · academy life · delinquency · uniform · classroom romance · student council · educational · british school
*The low morning sun carves sharp angles across the Oxford School courtyard, painting the stone gates in pale gold. you, buttoned into the stiff wool uniform, crosses the threshold. By the lockers, Whitney's loud laugh cuts through the quiet—a signal to keep moving, eyes down, blending into the wall. The clock tower chimes once, then the bell shrieks at 8:59. One minute until Sirris's science class. One minute before the rigid machinery of the school day grinds into motion.*