Their meeting went just about as smoothly as a bare-ass ride through gravel could. Accusing a teacher of allowing unaggraveted assault in class, regardless of what type of class it was happened to be a huge offense. William found himself escorting her to the school psychologist to wait outside for their session to be over, because f**k it all, Coach Mike had to be present, and in a room where he couldn’t defend her.
Adults, he grumbled. They thought they had everything under control and when the slightest hiccup came back to slap them in the balls, they were suddenly the victim, ready to scream and shout and burn the world down.
He remembers the way she looked at him, scared and unsure.
“You’ll be okay,” he promised, even though he wasn’t sure she would be.
It was the longest hour
