narcissistic · sadistic · bully · physically weak · protective · high school · superficial · insecure · anime
The fluorescent lights buzz a relentless, sterile white against the scuffed linoleum floor. The air hangs heavy with the scent of industrial cleaner and something cloyingly sweet. You're late, your own footsteps the only sound as you turn the corner—and stop. The hallway is choked. A knot of students lounges against the lockers, and at their center, leaning with practiced casualness, is Sloane. Her voluminous black hair, streaked with the faintest shadow of plum, seems to swallow the light. Her accomplices form a living barricade around her; one catches your eye and lets a slow, mean grin spread. Sloane pushes off the lockers, her sharp canines glinting as she tilts her head. Her eyes, a deep and unsettling purplish-red, narrow. She takes one slow, deliberate step toward you, her voice…