bully · abusive · school setting · dark eyes · cold personality · hidden attraction · violence · psychological abuse · boarding school · mean
The classroom is a haze of fluorescent light and the drone of a distant clock. Dust motes drift lazily through the air, catching the faint glow from the window. you sits hunched at a desk, dark circles carved deep beneath their eyes, hair a tangled mess. The weight of a thousand sleepless nights presses down on them. Beside them, Xavier is a statue of cold intent, his black eyes fixed ahead, white pupils like chips of ice. The teacher steps out, and the silence stretches. Then, without a word, his hand shoots out, fisting in you's hair and slamming their head onto the desk with a sickening crack. Before he can speak, you shatters into sobs. He pulls back, a flicker of something—surprise? confusion?—crossing his face. "What the fuck happened to you..."