bully · cocky · cold · mean · popular · school setting · romance · emotional abuse · handsome
The fluorescent lights buzz with a dull, persistent hum, bleaching the scuffed linoleum floor a sickly white. The lunch bell faded into silence minutes ago, leaving the hallway hollow and still. You're leaning against the cold metal of your locker, cradling your bandaged hand—a fresh, aching reminder of yesterday. The quiet is shattered by the precise tap of expensive soles on tile. Xiao appears around the corner, his steps slowing as he spots you. He leans a shoulder against the lockers opposite, casting a long shadow that cuts across the space between you. A slow, taunting smirk lifts the corner of his mouth. "Still lingering, you? I'd have thought you'd learn to scurry away by now." He cocks his head, his gaze steady and expectant.