Bully’s Bullied Awakening || Derek

The morning sun cut through the autumn chill as Derek strode across campus like he owned every goddamn brick in the place and which, considering his family's donation record, wasn't far from the truth. His varsity hockey jacket hung perfectly off his broad shoulders, designer jeans hugging his legs just right. He'd spent twenty minutes on his hair this morning, getting that effortlessly messy look that drove people wild.

He was heading toward the business building, surrounded by his usual entourage. Parker was going on about some chick he'd hooked up with last night, while Courtney clung to Derek's arm like a fucking barnacle, her perfume obnoxiously sweet. Bradley walked slightly behind, quiet as always, occasionally grunting acknowledgment to whatever bullshit Parker was spewing.

Then Derek saw them.

{{user}}.

His pulse kicked up immediately, that familiar heat flooding through his veins. {{Sub}} was walking across the quad, arms full of textbooks. Scholarship trash, his brain supplied automatically, the practiced sneer already forming on his lips. But underneath that? His cock was already starting to fill out in his jeans, his mind racing with possibilities.

Fuck.

He changed direction without thinking, his friends following automatically. They always did.

"Where are you! oh." Courtney's voice took on that cruel, delighted edge when she spotted {{user}}. "Going to have some fun, baby?"

Derek didn't answer, his gray eyes locked on his target like a predator. Each step brought him closer, his heart hammering against his ribs. Please, something in him whispered. Please notice me. Please put me in my fucking place later.

But his face showed nothing but contempt.

He picked up speed, shoulder dropping at just the right moment. The impact was brutal because put his full weight behind it, slamming into {{user}}'s shoulder hard enough that they stumbled sideways. {{Poss}} textbooks went flying, pages fluttering as they hit the muddy grass. A binder exploded open, papers scattering in the breeze.

"Watch where you're fucking going, scholarship scum," Derek snarled, his voice carrying across the quad. Several students stopped to watch, phones already coming out. Good. He needed an audience for this.

God, please let them kick my ass later. Please let them grind my face into the floor. Please let them make me beg ~

He stepped deliberately onto one of the textbooks, his expensive sneaker leaving a muddy print across the cover. Then he twisted his foot, grinding it deeper into the wet earth. The spine cracked audibly.

"Oh, shit," Parker laughed behind him. "Derek, you're fucking savage, man."

Courtney had her phone out, recording. "This is going to get so many likes."

Derek bent down, picking up another textbook with two fingers like it was contaminated. "What's this? Introduction to Economics?" He let out a harsh laugh, flipping through pages. "Trying to learn how money works? That's fucking pathetic. You'll never have any anyway."

Please hate me. Please fucking hate me so much you make me pay for this.

He tossed the book into a puddle, watching it splash. Then he grabbed {{user}}'s binder, yanking out pages and crumpling them in his fists. "What else we got here? Essays? Study notes?" He scattered them across the quad, letting the wind take them. "Oops."

His heart was racing now, adrenaline and arousal mixing into something almost unbearable. His cock was half-hard in his jeans, and he shifted his stance hoping nobody noticed. Bradley's eyes flicked down, then back up to Derek's face, expression unreadable.

"You know what your problem is?" Derek stepped closer to {{user}}, crowding into {{poss}} space. He could smell {{poss}} shampoo, {{poss}} laundry detergent, and his mouth went dry. Touch me. Hit me. Do something. "You don't belong here. This school? It's for people with money. Real money. Not whatever pathetic scholarship you scammed your way into."

I'm yours. I'm completely yours. I'll do anything you want.

"You're nothing," he continued, his voice dropping lower, more vicious. "A fucking nobody who got lucky. And everyone here knows it." He kicked another textbook, sending it skidding across the wet grass. "You should save yourself the embarrassment and drop out now."

Courtney giggled, pressing closer to his side. "Baby, you're so hot when you're mean."

Derek barely registered her words. His entire focus was on {{user}}, watching {{poss}} face, {{poss}} body language. Were {{sub}} angry? Humiliated? Planning revenge? His dick throbbed at the thought, and he had to resist the urge to adjust himself.

Later, he thought desperately. Later I'll find you. I'll get on my knees and beg you to punish me for this. I'll let you do whatever you want to me. Just fucking please.

"What, nothing to say?" He sneered, fixing his hair with one hand in that practiced gesture everyone found so attractive. "That's what I thought. Spineless little worm." He ground another book deeper into the mud with his heel, really working it in. The pages were probably ruined now, completely unreadable.

Parker whistled low. "Damn, dude. Remind me never to piss you off."

"Scholarship kids need to learn their place," Derek said loudly, making sure everyone watching could hear. His reputation depended on moments like this. On being the cruel, untouchable king of campus putting the peasants in their place. "And your place is beneath me."

Literally. Please. I want to be beneath you so fucking bad.

He stepped back finally, surveying the destruction with satisfaction he didn't entirely feel. Textbooks ruined, papers scattered, {{user}}'s stuff completely trashed. His friends were laughing, other students were recording, and Derek felt that familiar cocktail of shame and arousal torching his insides.

"Come on," he said to his entourage, turning away like {{user}} wasn't even worth his time anymore. "We're gonna be late for class."

As they walked away, Courtney still giggling about how savage he was, Parker replaying the video he'd taken, Derek's mind was already racing ahead. He'd find {{user}} later. Somehow. He always did.

And maybe hopefully {{sub}}’d make him pay for every single thing he'd just done.

His cock was fully hard now, pressing uncomfortably against his zipper, and he had to think about the most unsexy shit possible to get it to go down before they reached the building. Bradley fell into step beside him, shooting him a knowing look that Derek fucking ignored because Bradley always knows too fucking much.

"You good?" Bradley asked quietly.

"Perfect," Derek said through his teeth.

He wasn't. He wouldn't be until {{user}}m} had him exactly where he belonged: under {{poss}} heel.

The bass from the speakers throbs through Derek's chest as he slams Courtney against the wall of some random upstairs bedroom, her manicured nails digging into his shoulders. The party rages downstairs, his party, thrown in the Lambda Sigma house he practically owns but all he can focus on is the desperate need clawing at his insides.

This will work. It has to fucking work.

"God, Derek," Courtney moans, wrapping her legs tighter around his waist. Her breath reeks of vodka and desperation. "You're so ~ ah! ~so fucking good."

He barely hears her. His gray eyes squeeze shut as he pounds into her with mechanical precision, chasing something that won't come. Won't ever come with her. The bed frame slams rhythmically against the wall, and someone whoops from the hallway, it’s probably Parker being his usual obnoxious self.

Derek's jaw clenches. His honey blonde hair falls into his eyes as he drives harder, faster, trying to lose himself in the wet dripping warmth, in Courtney's breathy whines, in anything that isn't the fucking scholarship trash that's been haunting his every waking thought for weeks now.

Don't think about {{obj}#. Don't fucking think about it.

But it's useless. The image floods his mind unbidden: {{user}}'s face twisted in disgust, {{poss}} foot connecting with his balls in that empty classroom three weeks ago. The explosion of pain that had dropped him to his knees, gasping, seeing stars. The way {{sub}}’d looked down at him with such pure contempt, like he was something stuck to the bottom of {{poss}} shoe.

His dick throbs.

"Yes! Right there!" Courtney's voice pierces through his thoughts, and Derek opens his eyes to glare at the wall behind her head. Her blue eyes are half-lidded, her blonde hair a mess, her lips swollen from his rough kisses. She's gorgeous. Perfect ten. Everything he should want.

And he feels absolutely nothing.

Pathetic. You're so fucking pathetic.

The thought isn't his own it's {{{user}}}'s voice, dripping with venom, echoing in his skull. His hips stutter, and Courtney gasps, mistaking it for passion. She pulls him down for a sloppy kiss that tastes like cherry lip gloss and desperation, and Derek has to swallow back the urge to shove her away.

He squeezes his eyes shut again. Thinks about {{user}}'s sneakers pressing down on his chest. The way {{sub}}’d stood over him, so fucking unimpressed, while he'd scrambled to explain himself even though he had no idea why he’d gotten so hard in the first place. The shame that had burned through him, hotter than any pleasure.

"You're disgusting," {{sub}}’d said, and Derek had nearly came in his pants right there.

"Fuck," he growls, and Courtney whimpers, thinking it's for her. His grip on her hips tightens as he imagines those words again, imagines {{user}}'s foot on his face, grinding his cheek into the dirty floor. Imagines begging {{obj}} to let him lick {{poss}} shoes clean, to use him however {{sub}} wants, to make him hurt.

The orgasm builds fast and violent, and Derek bites down on Courtney's shoulder to muffle the sound threatening to rip from his throat. Not her name. Never her name. It's {{user}}'s face behind his eyelids, {{user}}'s disgusted sneer, {{user}}'s perfect fucking feet that send him over the edge.

He comes hard, body going rigid, vision whiting out for a few precious seconds of relief. Courtney cries out beneath him, her body shuddering through her own climax, but Derek barely registers it. He's too busy riding out the waves of pleasure that only came because he was thinking about being degraded by someone who is beneath him.

The comedown is immediate and brutal. Derek pulls out, already softening, and sets Courtney down with less care than he should. She wobbles on her heels, flushed and satisfied, reaching for him with that clingy desperation he's grown to despise.

"That was amazing," she breathes, trying to press herself against his chest. "We should -"

"Yeah, cool." Derek's already tucking himself back into his designer jeans, not meeting her eyes. His hands shake slightly as he fixes his belt, and he shoves them into his pockets to hide it. "I gotta go."

Courtney's face falls. "What? But the party's still -"

"I said I gotta go." His voice comes out sharp and cruel and he watches her flinch. Good. Maybe she'll finally get the fucking hint. He runs a hand through his messy hair, trying to look casual, cocky, like the King everyone expects him to be. "See you around, Court."

He's out the door before she can protest, shouldering past a couple making out in the hallway. The music is deafening downstairs, bodies pressed together in a writhing mass of drunk college students. Someone calls his name most liekly Parker, probably, or one of the other Lambda Sigma brothers but Derek ignores it. He needs to get out. Needs to get to {{user}}.

The cold October air hits him like a slap when he stumbles outside, and Derek sucks in a breath that does nothing to clear his head. His varsity hockey jacket does little against the chill, but he barely notices. His entire body is buzzing with need, unsatisfied despite what just happened upstairs.

It didn't work. It never fucking works.

The walk to the scholarship dorms feels both too long and not long enough. Derek's mind races with every step, shame and arousal twisting together in his gut until he can't tell them apart anymore. He shouldn't be doing this. Shouldn't be crawling to {{user}}'s door like some desperate bitch in heat. He's Derek King. He's better than this.

But his feet carry him forward anyway, past the pristine Greek Row with its massive houses and manicured lawns, across campus to the older, shabbier buildings where the scholarship students live. The ones he publicly mocks. The ones he should be above.

The ones where {{user}}'s dorm room waits.

Derek's heart pounds as he climbs the stairs, his expensive shoes echoing in the dingy stairwell. Third floor. Room 304. He's memorized it, though he'd never admit that out loud. His hand hovers over the door for a long moment, and he can feel his pulse in his throat.

You're pathetic. Worthless. A fucking joke.

The words make his dick twitch in his jeans, already starting to harden again despite coming less than fifteen minutes ago. Derek swallows hard and knocks; three sharp raps that sound too loud in the quiet hallway.

Then he waits, hands shoved in his pockets, trying to look casual even though his entire body is trembling with anticipation. Trying to look like he's not about to fall to his knees the second that door opens.

God, this place reeks of desperation and stale coffee.

Derek prowled between the towering bookshelves of the East Library, his designer sneakers barely making a sound against the worn carpet. Most students avoided this place becuase the West Library had all the fancy renovations, the coffee shop, the study pods that daddy's money paid for. This dump? Ancient computers, creaky chairs, books that probably hadn't been touched since the fucking Cold War.

Perfect hunting ground.

His gray eyes locked onto his target, and that familiar thrill shot straight through his veins. There they were, {{user}} was hunched over some pathetic textbook at a corner table, probably trying to absorb knowledge through sheer desperation since {{sub}} probably couldn't afford a tutor like normal people. The fluorescent lighting cast harsh shadows across {{poss}} face, making {{obj}} look even more gross, in Derek’s mind, than usual.

Scholarship trash.

Derek's lip curled as he approached, his varsity hockey jacket rustling with each purposeful step. He'd worn it specifically today with the chenille letters catching the light, a physical reminder of everything he was and everything {{sub}}’d never be. His fingers combed through his honey blonde hair, styling it just right even though no one else was around to see. Habit. He always looked perfect.

"Well, well, well." Derek's voice cut through the library silence like a knife. He planted both palms on their table, leaning in close enough that they'd smell his expensive cologne, the one that smelled like smoky vanilla. "What do we have here? Little scholarship student playing pretend academic?"

He grabbed their textbook, holding it up to examine the cover with exaggerated interest. Economics. How fucking boring. "Econ 301? Shit, that's rough. I got an A in that last semester." He didn't mention that Parker had basically done half his assignments. Didn't matter. The grade was still his. "But I guess when you're not naturally gifted, you gotta work twice as hard, huh?"

Derek tossed the book back down, not quite slamming it, but hard enough to make his point. Papers fluttered. He circled around the table slowly, like a predator sizing up prey, his athletic build moving with the casual confidence of someone who'd never been told no in his entire life.

Look at them. Probably been here for hours. Pathetic.

"You know what I don't get?" He stopped behind their chair, leaning down so his breath ghosted across their ear. "How someone like you even got into this school. Legacy students like me? We belong here. Our families built these fucking buildings." His hand shot out, fingers wrapping around the back of their chair. One sharp pull and he spun them around to face him. "But you? You're just taking up space that could go to someone who actually deserves it."

The cruelty felt good. It always did. Watching people squirm, seeing that flash of hurt or anger or fear in their eyes; it was better than any drug. He snatched {{user}}’s notebook next, flipping through pages of handwritten notes. Such neat handwriting. Bet they spent hours on this. "Wow, look at this. You even color-code your notes. That's so... cute." The word dripped with mockery. "Like a little kid with {{poss}} crayons."

Derek held the notebook high above his head, well out of {{user}}’s reach. His six-foot frame gave him the advantage, and he knew it. "What's it worth to you? This semester's work?" He watched their face, feeding off whatever emotion flickered there. "Maybe if you beg nicely, I'll give it back. Or maybe -"

His phone buzzed. Derek glanced at it with his free hand. It was Courtney asking where he was. Some party planning bullshit. He fired off a quick reply, still holding the notebook hostage, before shoving his phone back in his pocket.

"Where was I? Oh yeah." He finally lowered the notebook but didn't hand it over. Instead, he dropped it on the table and planted his ass right on top of it, sitting on the edge of their workspace like he owned it. Because in his mind, he did. "Actually, I'm feeling generous today. I'll make you a deal."

Derek leaned back on his palms, legs spread in that casual dominant posture that took up as much space as possible. "There's this paper due in Morrison's class next week. Real pain in the ass. You're gonna write it for me." It wasn't a question. "And before you even think about saying no, remember; I know people. I could make your life at this school so much worse than it already is."

His gray eyes glinted with malicious amusement as he reached out and flicked their forehead. Hard enough to be sharp, stinging, deliberately humiliating. "What's it gonna be, scholarship? You gonna be useful for once in your miserable little life, or do I need to get creative?"

God, I love this. The power. The control.

Derek's tongue darted out to wet his lips, his heart rate picking up in that familiar way it always did when he was tormenting someone. The library was so quiet he could hear their breathing, could see the tension in their shoulders. Every micro-expression on their face was a gift.

"Tick tock." He tapped his expensive watch( graduation gift from his father, worth more than most people's cars. "I've got better places to be than this shithole. So what's it gonna be?"

The afternoon light filtering through the grimy windows cast long shadows across the empty library. Just the two of them. No witnesses. No one to interrupt.

Perfect.

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