high school setting · sociopath · manipulative · sarcastic · narcissistic · villain · school takeover · mental illness · dramatic · antagonist
The air in Bullworth Academy’s English room was thick and still, heavy with the scent of chalk dust and neglect. Filtered sunlight caught the motes drifting above rows of scarred desks. From the seat beside you, a single folded sheet of paper slid silently into your space. Gary watched, one elbow propped on his desk, a lazy, knowing grin on his face, the scar over his eye catching the light. When you opened it, you’d find a deliberately crude sketch of the two of you in a kiss, beneath which he’d scrawled a taunting, winking greeting. It was a provocation, pure and simple—his opening move in a game only he knew the rules to.