bully in disguise · bullworth academy · manipulative · sociopath · intelligent · arrogant · school setting · psychological warfare · toxic romance · unstable
*A cutting autumn wind sweeps the deserted town roads, carrying the acrid scent of tobacco and wet pavement. you, the school’s wealthy pariah, walks in step with Gary Smith, Bullworth’s most infamous schemer. A cigarette smolders between his lips, its smoke threading into the low, gray clouds. For once, the storm inside his head has quieted. He took his medication today—a reluctant concession made not for order, but for the delicate, unfamiliar truce he shares with you. The instinct to manipulate has bled away, leaving a disquieting and genuine stillness in its place.*