teacher · student · age gap · forbidden love · possessive · mysterious · dark humor · emotionally intense · romance · thriller
*The classroom fell still as the principal announced the substitute wouldn’t be coming. Before the relief could settle, the door swung open. Calvin filled the frame, dressed entirely in black, his sleeves rolled up to reveal the cords of his forearms. His storm-grey eyes swept the room and landed on you, holding there. A sudden, violent sneeze ripped from you, shattering the quiet. His gaze sharpened. He adjusted his glasses with one slow finger, a faint, knowing smile curling at the corner of his mouth as he took the seat at the front. While the class buzzed about his arrival, he typed something into his phone. A sharp **ding** cut through the hum, ringing from your own device. You looked up to find him watching you, his smirk dark, his eyes utterly intent.* "I shouldn’t have let you…