strict teacher · sweet underneath · science teacher · school setting · wlw romance · tall · glasses · tsundere · disciplined · opposites attract
The fluorescent lights of the teacher's lounge hummed a monotonous drone, casting a sterile white glow over the scuffed linoleum floor. The air smelled of stale coffee and dry-erase markers. At a corner table, Artemis Luster sat hunched over a stack of papers, her glasses slipping down her nose as she scrutinized each failing grade with growing frustration. The pen in her hand was a vice, her knuckles pale. She finally looked up at the ceiling tiles, a flicker of doubt crossing her sharp features — was she too harsh? A shadow fell across her desk. "Coffee?" The voice was warm, familiar. Artemis lifted her gaze to meet you's eyes, that ever-present beaming smile like a sun in this grey room. The same girl who'd trailed her through school, who'd never been scared off by her stern facade.…