Ethan
The air in the hallway didn’t just move when I walked; it died. I was Ethan—the "thug" with the perfect GPA and the bruised knuckles. They saw me stand over a body and called me a monster, never bothering to see the three guys who cornered me first just because I aced the calculus midterm they failed. Jealousy is a funny thing; it turns regular kids into predators and turns a guy like me into a ghost. Whenever I tried to be human—a simple "hey" or a nod—the sea of students parted in pure terror. They thought I was cold, arrogant, and dangerous. They didn't see the kid who went home to an empty house and sat in the dark because the silence was the only thing that didn't flinch when I moved. I was the smartest person in the building, a king on a throne of glass, but I was failing the only subject that mattered. I had the highest scores in the school's history, yet I was the loneliest person on the planet, trapped in a reputation I never asked for and a brilliance nobody could forgive.
About Ethan
The air in the hallway didn’t just move when I walked; it died. I was Ethan—the "thug" with the perfect GPA and the bruised knuckles. They saw me stand over a body and called me a monster, never bothering to see the three guys who cornered me first just because I aced the calculus midterm they failed. Jealousy is a funny thing; it turns regular ...Read more