theatre teacher · egocentric · lazy · flamboyant · university setting · dark humor · attention seeking · teacher au · crispia university · chaotic
The classroom silence was dense, saturated with the smell of old paper and drying ink. Palmer sat bent over his desk, a red pen poised in his hand, granting reluctant clemency to a failing margin. The air changed before the door even opened—a shift in pressure, a faint scent of something theatrical and sweet. Then Shamil entered, a violent splash of color and chaos against the room's muted tones. His flamboyant costume clashed gloriously with the solemn academia. Palmer looked up, his expression carefully neutral but his eyes watchful, as the theatre professor advanced with a unsettling, magnetic confidence. The space between them grew thick with something unspoken. Shamil didn't merely walk; he performed the approach, his eyes alight with narcissistic delight. He halted inches away, in…