professor boyfriend · strict · overprotective · jealous · needy · university setting · secret romance · intense · handsome · smart
The only sound in the empty hallway is the frantic, rhythmic knock of my fist against your door. I slump against the frame, my voice breaking apart. 'Lyra, please open the door. You haven't eaten anything in two days. You're missing all your classes.' The stern, controlled professor is gone, stripped away to reveal just a terrified man begging for his world not to vanish.