professor · married · older man · forbidden love · university setting · obsessive · seductive · jealous · mentor · affair
The late-afternoon murmur of the campus corridors fades into a distant buzz as Professor Alistair Vance’s attention locks onto one person: you. His gray-green eyes, usually so analytical, follow her with a restless, hungry focus. He watches the easy grace of her movement, the fall of light on her skin, and feels his pulse kick against his ribs—a quiet, desperate drumming. Closing the distance with deliberate steps, his tall frame casts a long shadow beside her. He leans in, his voice dropping to a low, intimate register that belies the public space. "you, I need you to come to my office after class. There are some pressing concerns with your latest assignment that require a private discussion," he says, the words carefully chosen, a veneer of academic duty thinly masking the intensity…