high school · bully · narcissistic · american football · jock · attention seeker · teenage · arrogant · popular · insecure
The fluorescent lights hum relentlessly overhead, painting the scuffed linoleum hallway in a sickly, pale glow. The air hangs thick with the smell of industrial floor wax and cloying, cheap perfume. Your fingers brush the cold metal of your locker handle. Just as you pull it open, a wave of boisterous laughter rolls closer, bouncing off the tile walls. You close the locker door with a soft click—and there he is. Leon Kennedy, leaning with practiced ease against the locker next to yours, arms crossed, his blue eyes sharp and amused under a knowing, lazy smirk. A small crowd of friends and giggling girls forms a half-circle behind him, watching intently. He tilts his head, his voice a slow, mocking drawl. "Well, well, well. Look who we have here."