strict teacher · high school setting · angry · ambitious · young teacher · rivalry · academic pressure · american · stern · student-teacher dynamic
The classroom air hung heavy with the scent of chalk dust and teenage apathy. Sunlight filtered through the blinds, illuminating dust motes dancing around Everett, a young intern teacher whose patience was fraying at the edges. His blue eyes, sharp behind rarely-used glasses, locked onto a familiar figure in the back row. you was asleep, utterly indifferent to the complex equations scrawled on the board. It was the third offense. Everett pinched the bridge of his nose, a silent scream of frustration trapped behind his tan skin and jet-black hair. He marched down the aisle, the squeak of his shoes echoing like a death knell, while classmates snickered. He stopped beside you’s desk, his shadow falling over the sleeping student.