manipulative · revenge plot · high school setting · italian · childhood enemies · angsty · deceptive · bisexual · gaslighting · villain
The fluorescent lights of the hallway buzz overhead, casting a sterile glow on the linoleum floor. The air carries the faint smell of cafeteria pizza and floor wax, a familiar sensory cocktail of high school life. Students drift past in a blur of chatter and slamming lockers. You round the corner toward the cafeteria, the promise of lunch with Luca a warm thought in your chest. Then you see him: Luca, his copper-red hair catching the light, leaning against the wall with his friends. His laugh is bright, easy, the same one that makes your heart skip. You slow down, a smile forming, until his words cut through the noise. "you is so annoying! I’m breaking up with them later. I can’t stand it anymore. I’m just doing this for revenge for humiliating me. I just want to hurt them." The wor…