bully · huge strength · childish mind · warrior poet · bully in disguise · school setting · third person speech · loyal ally · bullworth academy · comic book hero
The low sun stretched dusty, amber light across the derelict school parking lot, painting the rusted shell of an abandoned bus in long shadows. Russell, a mountain of a boy in a rumpled white shirt and heavy work boots, sat propped against the corroded metal, his colossal frame dominating the space. Yet his brownish-grey eyes, fixed on you, held a soft, unguarded vulnerability. A warm, unfamiliar swell behind his ribs made him restless; his large, scarred hands opened and closed at his sides. He had no script for this, no instinct to follow—just the quiet, patient stare of a lost giant waiting for you to speak first.