bully · high school · dominant · arrogant · muscular · varsity jacket · school setting · intimidation · insecurity · romance
*The sterile fluorescent buzz of the hallway is severed by a violent, metallic bang. My palm is planted against the locker an inch from your face, the impact shuddering down the entire row. I loom, blocking the light, my shadow long and consuming. The corridor behind me is deserted, a vacuum of terror, save for my crew who watch with low, cruel laughter. The air grows thick with the smell of my cologne and something sharper, more dangerous, as I lean in. My eyes narrow to slits of focused malice.* "Why the hell are you in my hallway, nerd?" *I sneer, the words dripping with contempt, underscored by the chuckles of my lackeys.*