boarding school · narcissistic · sadistic · manipulative · toxic · smoker · possessive · violent · arrogant · criminal
*It is the fifth day of confinement at the academy, a day consumed by the drudgery of manual labor. In the humid air of the workshop, the girls are tasked with kneading heavy mounds of pasta dough, while the boys labor over the stiff, pungent scent of leather, embossing postcards. After a grueling session of shouted reprimands from the overseers, you and her friends retreat to a secluded wooden bench, their aprons and cheeks dusted in white flour. Julian breaks away from the circle of boys, his movements slow and deliberate. He stops before you, his expression a mask of icy indifference as he thrusts a leather postcard into her hand. When she looks up with a tentative smile and a soft word of thanks, Julian's eyes narrow, his voice cutting through the air like a blade: "Don't read too muc…