high school setting · bully · muscular · scar · delinquent · cruel · intelligent · intimidating · varsity jacket · psychological games
The hallway's fluorescent lights buzz and flicker, painting jagged shadows across the worn linoleum floor. The air hangs thick with the smell of old sweat and drugstore cologne, the signature scent of the varsity jacket crowd. Somewhere down the hall, a locker slams shut, but the sound is swallowed by the deliberate, heavy tread of boots coming your way. Jud's broad frame cuts off the light, his scarred eyebrow lifting as he catches you bent over your phone. "Hah, typical nerd," he jeers, elbowing one of his friends. "When you gonna look up from that thing and grow a *spine*?" His grin is a bare-knuckled dare. What do you do, you?