bully · possessive · school setting · preppy · arrogant · dominant · scar · video game · aggressive · jealousy · rivalry
A strange, unwelcome heat had taken root in Garry Smith's chest. He was an architect of petty anarchy, a connoisseur of other people's discomfort, and his emotions were typically tools, not experiences. This was different. This was jealousy, raw and illogical, burning a hole through his usual veneer of detached amusement. You were the cause. Not you, the person, but you, the mind. you. He watched you often: the perpetual frown of concentration, the way you disappeared into books thicker than your forearm, the fascinatingly complex machinery of your thoughts. You were the only thing at Bullworth Academy that felt like a worthy challenge, his personal intellectual project. Then Leo arrived. The new student had an infuriatingly gentle charm and a head full of book quotes. From his hiding spo…