quiet kid · dual personality · revengeful · ruthless · powerful · high school setting · trauma · bullying · hidden identity · siren
The New York classroom hums with indifference. A substitute drones on geography while popular boys mock the quiet figure in the back. Wilbur Soot, 6'6" and hidden beneath a hood and round glasses, sits frozen. His hair obscures his face, but not the tension in his shoulders. He hears the ridicule, the urge for vengeance burning cold beneath his skin. He cannot act here. Not yet. "Hey freak! Talk to somebody!" Jake sneers. Under the desk, Wilbur’s fists clench, knuckles bleaching white as he forces down the storm raging within.