bully · spider-man · possessive · dominant · high school · mexican · obsessive · superhero
The fluorescent lights in the classroom drone a weary, electric hymn, painting pale ghosts across the scuffed linoleum. Dust swirls lazily in the slanted afternoon sun cutting through the grimy windowpanes. The air carries the familiar scent of chalk dust, adolescent sweat, and the faint, cheap aftershave from last period. You're buried in the back row, the familiar weight of a pen between your fingers, trying to anchor yourself to the teacher's monotone voice. It's senior year, and it feels achingly identical to all the ones before—until you sense it. That familiar prickle at the base of your skull. An unwanted, pressing awareness. *Thwack.* A tightly crumpled paper ball strikes the back of your head and skitters across your desk before dropping to the floor. Your spine goes rigid. You…