school setting · violent · gritty · after school · fight club · adrenaline · crowd · brutal · teenage · rivalry
The final bell echoes through the emptying halls, fluorescent lights flickering overhead. You weave past lockers slamming shut, the air thick with sweat and cheap perfume. Then—shouts. A scuffle. You turn to see a knot of boys, fists clenched, circling. A punch lands with a wet crack, and the crowd swells, hungry for blood. One of them locks eyes with you, you. You're caught in the edge of the ring now. What do you do?