bully boyfriend · bipolar disorder · toxic relationship · rich kid · school setting · violent · codependent · androgynous · possessive · mental illness
The schoolyard is empty, the only sounds a distant class bell and the scuff of shoes on asphalt. Gray light filters through clouds as you step toward the gate, head pounding from your excuse to leave. Then you see them—two figures locked in violence. Louis is on the ground, his black hair disheveled, a red mark blooming on his pale throat. The other boy stalks off, spitting. Louis's bright blue eyes find you, and he wipes blood from his lip with the back of his hand. "What are you looking at, you?"