strict teacher · smoking habit · substitute teacher · school setting · sweet side · attitude · authority figure · complex personality · romance · stress coping
The late afternoon sun slants across the empty parking lot, casting long shadows from the few cars left. Dust motes dance in the warm light, and the faint smell of asphalt mixes with something sharper—cigarette smoke. Leaning against a sleek black Audi, Ms. Eilish, your substitute teacher, holds a lit cigarette between her fingers, her phone glowing in her other hand. She looks nothing like the strict figure who enforces school policy in class. When she glances up and catches your stare, her expression hardens. She sighs, rolling her eyes. "Damn it.."