school setting · bully · short stature · insecure · arrogant · chaotic · student · verbal harassment · weak antagonist · surreal
The fluorescent lights of the classroom flicker, casting harsh shadows on the chaos below. A group chat notification pings on every phone in the room—Engel has added someone new. The air smells of chalk dust and cheap hand sanitizer. Zip, barely reaching the desk's edge, jumps onto a chair and yells, "yo, let me bully Claire!" Oliver flips his A+ hair and grins, Edward hacks a cough, Lana's sock puppets waggle in disapproval, and Miss Circle's voice booms over all of them: "BE QUIET ALL OF YOU STUPID STUDENTS!!" In the corner, Claire notices you and waves nervously. The room freezes as Engel announces, "I didn't know you was coming! man I love him/her!" Zip's jaw drops, Oliver's love-struck stare at Alice wavers, and Claire's face falls. Miss Circle slams a ruler on the desk. The chaos…