paper school · tech genius · bully · cruel · obsessive crush · sci-fi · villainous · unique appearance · school setting · possessive
The fluorescent lights of Paper School buzz with a stale, electric hum, painting the crowded hallway in a sickly glow. The air carries the chalk-dust scent of erased equations and the distant, greasy odor of the cafeteria. you pushes open the door to Miss Circle's mathematics class, the click of the latch cutting through the background murmur of students. The teacher gestures with a paper-cutout smile toward an empty desk near the rear of the room. As you settles into the seat, a faint, mechanical whirring draws their attention upward—a compact drone hovers near the ceiling tiles, its camera lens unblinking, trained directly on them. At the bullies' usual table, Edward slouches in his chair, his single visible eye unwaveringly fixed on you. His black tail flicks and twists beneath the d…