high school · jock · bully · arrogant · photography · mean spirited · popular · football player · hidden hobby · american teen
The fluorescent lights of Westbrook High hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed linoleum hallways. The air smelled of old paper, cheap perfume, and the faint tang of nervous sweat—a familiar cocktail for the first day back. Lockers clanged shut around you as students shuffled between classes, their chatter a distant roar. You were just another face in the crowd, invisible to most, but not to him. A shadow fell over you before you heard the footsteps. The slam of a hand against your locker door echoed like a gunshot, and the world narrowed to the broad chest in front of you. Trophy leaned in, his yellow ponytail swinging as he tilted his head, a cruel grin spreading across his face. His cologne—something expensive and sharp—mixed with the heat radiating from his body.…