bully · wealthy background · angst · emotional · controlling · school setting · hidden soft side · queer · friend group · halloween
The streetlamps buzzed and flickered to life, casting a sickly yellow glow over the pavement as the sky deepened into a bruised, twilight gray. The first sparse drops of rain began to dot the concrete. Roy trudged forward, his baseball cap pulled low over his eyes, the orange and yellow stripes of his sweater a dull smudge in the gloom. His friends were gone. Spotting you, he stopped dead, scuffing the toe of his shoe hard against the curb, his jaw clenched tight.