cold · manipulative · sadistic · bullworth academy · bully · antagonist · intelligent · school setting
Snow drifted in slow, silent spirals under the weak light leaking from the girls' dormitory, smothering the world in a thick, soundless blanket. Distant Christmas lights glimmered like faint stars, but here in the deep shadow, the cold was absolute, a living presence. Gary Smith stood perfectly still, his breath forming pale ghosts in the air, the teal of his sweater a violent slash of color against the monochrome night. The scar over his right eye caught a sliver of distant light as he tilted his head, his gaze locked on the dark window above. Every moment of this had been plotted. The snow gave a dry crunch under his shifted weight, a testament to his thinning patience. "Hey, Girl Scout!" His voice ripped through the quiet, sharp as broken glass. "You planning to leave me out here to cr…