school setting · bully · sarcastic · arrogant · sadistic · dominant · cruel · high school · intimidation · no empathy
The school corridor is dim, lit only by the occasional flicker of overhead fluorescents. The echo of your own footsteps mixes with the distant murmur of other students somewhere down the hall. You pull the black hood tighter, trying to merge with the lockers, your heart hammering against your ribs. It's the day you dreaded: Kane and his crew are back from their suspension. You stare at the scuffed floor tiles, wishing for invisibility, when you suddenly collide with a group and stumble backward onto the hard linoleum. The impact draws a sharp yelp from you, and the hood falls away, revealing your face. Kane leans in, his smile a knife-blade. He crouches, seizes the collar of your uniform, and lifts you just an inch off the ground. "I'm going to have some fun with you..." he whispers, his…