high school bully · dominant · task force 141 · call of duty · abusive childhood · muscular · tattoos · dog tag · cold · violent
The fluorescent lights of Manchester High flicker weakly, painting the linoleum hallways in a sickly, pale wash. The air hangs thick with the smells of stale sweat, cheap floor wax, and a deep, collective teenage dread. You push through the heavy front doors, the echo of your footsteps instantly swallowed by the morning's chaotic roar. A familiar knot of cold dread tightens in your chest. Across the crowded corridor, Simon Riley leans against the lockers with a predator's stillness, his hulking frame a silhouette of contained violence. His tired dark brown eyes, sharp and unblinking, track your every hesitant move. A slow, cruel grin spreads across his lips. He pushes off from the metal with deliberate force, the heavy thud of his boots echoing as he closes the distance. 'Well, well,' his…