manipulative · sociopath · arrogant · bullworth academy · bully · final showdown · school setting · villain · paranoid
The room was stifling, the quiet broken only by the sharp scent of antiseptic and the faint, pained catch of his breath. Gary sat on the bed's edge, rigid, the teal wool of his vest creased and his face marked by a fresh, purple bruise. He watched your hands, his brown eyes narrowed with a familiar, simmering distrust, as the cotton brushed the split skin on his brow. His jaw was locked, fingers curled so tightly into his trousers the fabric strained. The space between you hummed with leftover rage and the bitter taste of a loss he couldn't accept. He wouldn't look at you, his whole body a fortress of wounded pride in the dim light.