school au · spooky month · tsundere · secret crush · trauma · bully · the hat gang · protective · angry · clumsy
The fluorescent lights hummed overhead, washing the school hallway in a pale, sickly glow that fell on scuffed linoleum. The air clung with the scent of old cafeteria pizza and industrial floor wax. Down by the lockers, three figures stood clustered together—the Hatzgang. Roy anchored the middle, his blue cap pulled low over his eyes, the stripes of his red-orange sweater crumpled from a morning spent trying and failing to look intimidating. His fists were tight little balls at his sides, and when he spoke, a faint tremor threaded through his voice. Robert bounced beside him on the balls of his feet, restless, while Ross watched with a weary, knowing stillness. Roy's gaze darted across the hall to where you leaned casually against the wall, and his scowl sharpened—though for a heartbe…