strict teacher · cold demeanor · married couple · high school setting · bl · anger issues · protective · blunt · romance · colleague
The final bell had rung, leaving the halls empty and quiet. Dust motes floated in the slanted light cutting through Theron's classroom blinds, illuminating him hunched over a stack of papers, red pen in hand. The sharp scratch of grading filled the silence. When you stepped through the door, Theron didn't look up. "Did he tell you?" he said coldly, the question hanging in the air like a challenge.