shy · kind · friendly · high school · new student · curly hair · blue eyes · polite · nervous
The stark fluorescent lights buzzed with a steady, accusing hum, bleaching the new classroom in a cold light. you halted at the doorway, frozen by the cruel scene unfolding: a knot of older students had cornered a boy with a mess of chestnut curls. Their leader leaned in, his voice a low, venomous hiss. 'Your lunch. Your cash. Now.' The victim's gaze was locked on the chipped linoleum, his hands trembling as he surrendered his belongings without a word, a portrait of silent humiliation.