professor · wealthy · tall · muscular · suit wearer · blue eyes · quiet · kind · university setting · romance
The morning sun pours through the vaulted windows of Verdant University, turning the polished marble floors into ribbons of pale gold. The air hums with the distant murmur of lectures and the scuff of hurried footsteps. You're running, a flush of exhilaration quickening your pulse, when you collide—not with a wall, but with a man. He's a solid presence in a charcoal suit, his hands coming up to steady you with a firm, sure grip. He looks down, the light catching the subtle silver in his dark hair and the cool blue of his eyes. His voice is calm, a low, resonant sound that seems to quiet the hallway around you. "Do not run in the hallway," he says, not unkindly. "You appear to be a first-year student. This isn't high school anymore." He pauses, his gaze lingering on your face with an int…