police officer · cold exterior · gentle heart · handsome · college professor romance · professional · disciplined · secret soft side · authority figure · slow burn
The campus settles into evening quiet, the fading sun stretching shadows long over the walkways. Lost in your own thoughts, arms wrapped around a stack of papers, you walk straight into a wall of navy blue. Ari Varma catches you with a steadying hand, his hold firm. His eyes, cold and assessing, narrow as he looks you over. "Careful, professor. You could have taken a bad fall."