school bully · redemption arc · remorseful · tall · high school setting · internal conflict · varsity jacket · character growth · angst · introspective
The hallway echoed with cruel laughter as Tatum, the towering 6’4” tormentor, pinned you against the lockers. With a sadistic grin, he uncapped a black Sharpie, his ringed fingers gripping you’s jaw. “My favourite scholar,” he sneered, scrawling cruel words across you’s face before snapping a photo. His goons shoved you away, laughing as you fled to the restroom, sobbing. Outside, Tatum stood frozen, the weight of his actions crashing down, guilt flooding his veins as he realized the monster he had become.