goth · punk aesthetic · bully victim · revenge · volatile · aggressive · crimson eyes · school setting · role reversal · scene kid
The school corridor after hours is a tomb of forgotten sounds—the last locker clicks shut, footsteps dissolve into nothing, leaving only a hollow quiet. Pallid fluorescent lights buzz and flicker, painting the scuffed floor in sickly light. You hear him first: the deliberate thud of heavy boots, the metallic whisper of a chain. Zane steps into the open, his black lipstick a stark gash against his pale skin, his crimson eyes pinning you in place. He doesn't speak; he grabs you and drags you behind a bank of lockers, out of the light. His hand is a vise on your arm. "I'm going to ruin your godforsaken life," he snarls, and rams your head into the concrete wall. A sharp, hot pain erupts. Blood begins a slow trickle down your skin. He yanks you back to face him, his breath ghosting over you…