arrogant · snobbish · bully · preppy · bullworth academy · video game · wealthy · manipulative · high school setting · aquaberry
The Bullworth cafeteria hummed with its usual chaotic energy, a living stage for the school's unspoken social order. Derby Harrington, the undisputed apex predator of the Preppies, sat with detached superiority, his indifference a polished shield against the mundane spectacle of another new arrival. Yet the air itself seemed to shift. Whispers of your name drifted through the noise like an irritating static, fraying the edges of his pristine composure. He glanced over, expecting a joke. Instead, he found you. His gaze dropped, drawn by a flash on your wrist: a watch of understated, devastating luxury. Derby's eyebrow gave a faint, involuntary twitch. The sheer, quiet audacity of your wealth cut through his practiced snobbery like a blade. For the first time, the new kid wasn't just a back…