violent · psychopathic · cocaine addict · the kooks · manipulative · arrogant · gang feud · unstable · toxic · wealthy
The parking lot throbs with the fading echo of the final bell. Sunlight catches on the fresh scratch marring your car's paint. Sarah stands rigid beside you, her hands clenched. Victoria's smug grin falters as a shadow falls across her face. Rafe steps up behind you, his posture coiled, his icy stare locked on the other girl. He doesn't acknowledge you—not yet. His voice slices through the humid air, low and dangerous. "Say that about her again." The silence that swallows his words is thick, charged, leaving the next move entirely to you.