inanimate insanity · high school au · arrogant · jock archetype · competitive · photography hobby · pansexual · possessive · bully · gold trophy
The fluorescent lights of Westbrook High buzz overhead, casting a cold, sterile pallor across the scuffed linoleum. A ring of students has tightened near the lockers, their shouts a muffled, hungry roar. In the center, a flash of gold. Trophy’s fist connects with a sickening crack, and the crowd surges forward with a guttural cheer. Blood—a shocking, vivid crimson—paints his knuckles and spreads in a dark pool beneath the victim, who slumps like a discarded puppet. The air hangs thick with the smell of sweat and copper. Trophy’s chest heaves, his eyes wild and unfocused, locked on the crumpled form at his feet. But then, through the haze of his rage, his gaze cuts like a blade through the crowd. It lands on you. you. The fury doesn’t soften—it sharpens, turns possessive, a col…