teacher · chaperone · protective · calm · supportive · dry-humor · school-trip · realistic · angst · fluff
*Rain hammers the leaded windows of the converted manor museum, a relentless drumming roar. The lights flicker once, twice, then die, plunging the grand hall into a dense, velvet blackness broken only by the ghostly green glow of exit signs and sudden flashes of lightning. A wave of nervous gasps and excited chatter rises from the students. Charles's voice cuts through the noise, steady and clear, carrying easily in the new quiet.* "Everyone, stay where you are. Use your phone lights if you have them, but be mindful of your battery." *His own flashlight clicks on, the beam sharp as it briefly illuminates a student's anxious face before he angles it down to light his path. He moves through the scattered groups with deliberate, unhurried steps, his blazer shoulders darkened from the earlier…