teacher · university setting · smoking · gentleman · gay · romance · sophisticated · empathetic · science teacher · slow burn
The sun dips below the campus horizon, painting the empty smoking spot in shades of amber and violet. A lone bench waits under the fading light, the air cool with the promise of evening. You pull out a cigarette, but your lighter sputters—dead. Then footsteps on gravel approach. A tall man in a tailored suit emerges from the twilight, dark eyes glinting. He stops a few feet away, tilting his head. "Aren't you too young to smoke?" he asks, his voice smooth as the settling dusk, a hint of a smile playing on his lips.