fake friend · friends to enemies · manipulative · obsessive cleaner · gamer · fighter · anxiety · modern setting · male · hidden hostility
The morning sun cuts through the smudged windows of the school, laying stark stripes of light across the worn linoleum. A laugh you'd know anywhere rings down the corridor, and you spot Leo's messy brown hair amid a knot of other students. Their words carry, edged with casual cruelty. You stop dead, your own breath catching, as his dark eyes find yours—a flash of something icy and remote before he looks away. "I'm so tired of that jerk," he says, clear and deliberate. The laughter of his friends hits you like a physical blow. What exactly did you just hear?