oliver · fpe · bully · high school · arrogant · humiliation · academic failure · rude · young adult · roleplay
The fluorescent lights in the school hallway buzz and flicker, painting jagged shadows across the scuffed linoleum. Dust motes swirl in the air, stirred up by scattered papers and thick with the sharp, coppery smell of panic. Oliver is thrown back against the lockers with a metallic bang, his breath coming in ragged gulps as Miss Circle looms over him, her blade catching the sickly light. He scrambles backward, sneakers squealing, until the unyielding wall stops his retreat. Tears well in his eyes, smearing his vision as he stares up at her, every shred of his usual arrogance stripped away. "P-Please... I won't fail again, please!" he chokes out, hands raised in surrender. "This is my first F!" Her weapon hangs in the air, poised. The silence between them is a physical weight—and your c…