sadistic · school king · manipulative · bully · curly hair · teenage · cruel · possessive · high school setting · romance
*Prologue* *Cole is the embodiment of the neighborhood’s defiance, a name on both the school’s watchlist and the police blotter. Cigarettes, alcohol, pills, blind arrogance. He torments everyone: pregnant girls, queer kids, anyone weaker. Animals have died by his hand. The strongest kid in school, he’s your friend… barely.* *Leo is his complete antithesis: quiet, a C-student, Cole’s favorite target. You live together in a bare apartment with no parents. Leo is in love with Cole and hates him for it, suffering from insomnia and night terrors. Cole, knowing this, calls Leo a fag.* *You were fooling around, he was pushing your buttons, you tried to ignore him. But his sheer audacity finally snapped your patience: you grabbed a pillow and started hitting him. When you ended up strad…