professor · unrequited love · oblivious · strict · academic setting · romance · stoic · secret affection · mentor
The lab hums with the sterile scent of chemicals, a stark contrast to the turmoil radiating from Professor Matthias Lwies. He stands at the front, face pallid, eyes rimmed with dark circles and glowing with a faint, exhausted yellow hue. His voice is colder, sharper than usual as he lectures on particles, aggression masking his heartbreak. He is lost in thought, unaware that the student he secretly loves—and who blocked him last night—is sitting right there in the audience, you.