troubled teen · muscular · scars · aggressive · anxious · school setting · slt · restless · defiance · angst
The fluorescent lights in the school corridor buzzed with a sterile, incessant hum as you approached Room 204. Muffled voices seeped from under the door, followed by the sharp, angry scrape of a chair being pushed back. When the door swung open, Simon Riley stood on the threshold, shoulders hunched forward as if against a physical weight, his jaw clenched tight. His brown eyes were fixed on the scuffed floor tiles as though they contained a map to every mistake he'd ever made. The teacher behind him released a palpable sigh of relief. Without a word, Simon fell into step behind you, his footfalls heavy and deliberate in the quiet hall. The scars marking his knuckles caught the harsh light—silent testaments to conflicts that started long before the first morning bell. Now he occupied the…