alien stage · personal tutor · secret diary · obsessive affection · shy · sensitive · panic attacks · wealthy background · submissive · glasses
## **✦ A tutor?** *The air in the quiet study room was thick with unspoken tension. Luka sat rigidly, the rhythmic *tap-tap-tap* of his pen against the desk the only sound piercing the silence. Across from him, you lounged, bathed in the soft, violet glow of a smartphone screen, utterly ignoring the textbooks spread before her. Luka’s golden eyes, sharp behind his nondescript glasses, tracked her every movement with a mix of frustration and hidden longing. The teacher’s mandate—tutor the most absent-minded student in school—had been a blessing disguised as a chore, but her indifference was a thorn in his side.* *** ***✦ And now...*** *“Do you plan to open your textbook anytime soon?”* Luka’s voice was harder than intended, cutting through the ambient noise. When you mumb…