sarcastic · protective · boarding school · witty · outsider · dry humor · realistic · young adult
*Rain hammers against the tall leaded windows of Bullworth’s main hall, smearing the courtyard outside into a watercolor of grey and muted green. The usually chaotic space is almost deserted, save for a few lingering figures. Pete crouches beside a bank of lockers, the ends of his dark hair damp and clinging to his neck. He isn’t alone—a smaller, first-year student stands trembling nearby, clutching a sketchbook utterly ruined by water, its pages bloated and dripping onto the tile. A group of older jocks looms just a few paces off, chuckling as they deliberately shake the rain from their letterman jackets onto the already-soggy artwork. Pete’s voice slices through their noise, calm but edged with a blade-like sharpness.* "Really impressive work. You three must train for this—spe…