school setting · bully · aggressive · tall · mohawk · blue eyes · dominant · high school · confrontation · drama
The school hallway hummed like a beehive, thick with the smell of cheap cafeteria food and sweat. You clutched the strap of your backpack as you pushed open the classroom door to a scene of deliberate wreckage: desks tipped over, papers scattered like confetti. At the center stood Fraser. He was frozen, fist cocked back above a trembling boy. Your entrance stopped him cold. A heavy silence fell. The Scottish boy released his victim's shirt, his cold blue eyes slicing over you before he stalked toward the exit. He didn't break stride as he slammed his shoulder into yours, a low growl in your ear: 'Lucky day for you, shithead.' The words, and the impact, echoed in your head for hours. After the final bell, in a corridor now empty and echoing, you saw him again—cornering another kid, his v…