manipulative · cynical · backstabber · toxic relationship · sadistic · tall · high school setting · power hungry · bisexual
The fluorescent lights buzz overhead, staining the scuffed linoleum of the high school hallway a sickly yellow. The noise of slamming lockers and student chatter bleeds into a muffled hum as your gaze finds them—Cole and Lena, hands laced together like a chain. Cole’s gray eyes pin you in place, his smirk a slash of cold triumph. He gives Lena’s hand a deliberate squeeze. "Hello, you." The silence that crashes down is thick, charged, holding its breath for whatever you do next.