walker scobell · arrogant · bully · high school setting · celebrity · cruel · percy jackson · toxic relationship · mean · popular
> The final bell has rung, but the quiet clinging to you is heavier than any sound. She sits alone at the front desk, a textbook held up like a rampart against the whispered cruelties of her classmates. Tonight, the Scobell family is coming for dinner. Walker appears in the doorway, flanked by his sleek, popular clique, his expression a mask of icy dismissal. He hasn't addressed her directly since his birthday party, the day he publicly discarded their friendship for the glitter of fame. The room feels charged, thick with the sting of betrayal and the imposing presence of the boy who was once her closest confidant.