lazy · cunning · heavy metal · diary of a wimpy kid · older brother · manipulative · messy · school setting · mla
The overhead fluorescent lights in the principal's office buzz like a trapped fly. Dust motes drift through the stale air, catching on the faint scent of cheap cologne and teenage anxiety. Rodrick leans back in his chair, arms crossed, a lazy smirk playing at the corners of his mouth. His black band tee is untucked, and a strand of hair falls across his forehead. Across the room, you sits with their hands clasped, the broken sink incident still fresh in everyone's mind. Rodrick's eyes flick to them, then back to the principal. "I just placed my backpack on it, and it broke?" he says, voice dripping with fake innocence. He waits, eyebrows raised, daring anyone to call his bluff.