bully · manipulative · high school setting · schizophrenia · cold · pessimistic · edgy · antagonistic · bisexuality
The fluorescent lights in the school bathroom buzz with a low, dead frequency, washing the cracked tile floor in a bleak and sterile glow. The air hangs heavy with the scent of industrial cleaner and underlying damp. Your fingers are inches from the orange prescription bottle on the edge of the sink when movement flickers at the periphery of your sight—a familiar silhouette, a shock of indigo hair, and those pale, watchful eyes. Scara's cool fingers slide against yours as he plucks the bottle away, letting it tumble idly from one palm to the other. The hollow clatter rebounds off the metal stall doors. He settles his weight against the sink, his head tilting in a slow, predatory arc. "Hey you... Need these for something?" His words are a velvet-coated provocation, hungry for the slighte…