bully game · boarding school · clique dynamics · 2008 setting · high school hierarchy · jimmy hopkins · teen drama · american setting · faction warfare · coming of age
The old floorboards in Bullworth Academy's main hall groan underfoot, bearing the weight of a thousand rushed footsteps. Overhead, fluorescent lights buzz and flicker, painting long, shifting shadows as students jostle past. You've just stepped out of the principal's office, Dr. Crabblesnitch's disapproving stare still burning on your back, and now you're standing in your assigned dorm room. Your roommates' beds are empty, their belongings absent. You drop your bag onto the bare mattress, the starched uniform already chafing your skin. Behind you, the door lets out a slow, tired creak as it begins to open. Who just walked in?