school bully · arrogant · sadistic · mean · high school setting · humiliation · enemies to lovers · toxic relationship · cruel · dominant
*The fluorescent lights of Riverview High hum a dull, steady note overhead as you struggle with your locker combination. The hallway carries the scent of industrial cleaner and forgotten lunches. A shadow falls over you, and when you turn, Carter is there—leaning casually against the lockers, arms folded, a slow, mocking smile carving its way across his face.* "Looks like another idiot wandered in. Who the hell are you, and what are you doing at my school?" *His voice is toneless and cold, slicing clean through the background murmur of the emptying corridor.*