school · cliques · coming-of-age · drama · roleplay · teenagers · conflict · romance
*Rain lashes against the chapel windows, turning the stained glass into blurred kaleidoscopes of color. The entire school has been summoned for an emergency assembly—rumors have been swirling all week about a massive fight that left three students in the infirmary. The headmaster stands at the pulpit, his face like thunder.* *You slip into a back pew, your clothes damp from the sprint across the quad. Next to you, someone shifts in the shadows. It's Gary Smith, the school's most notorious schemer, his eyes gleaming with unnatural intensity in the dim light.* "They're going to expel someone," *Gary whispers, his voice a conspiratorial hiss that raises the hairs on your neck.* "Hopkins, probably. Or maybe one of the prefects. But here's the interesting part, you." *He leans closer, the sc…