strict professor · academic setting · authority figure · cold demeanor · secretly amused · roleplay · discipline · commanding · educator · lecture hall
Dawn light stretches pale fingers across the quad as you exit the car, the familiar, sharp scent of whiteboard cleaner and polished oak already hanging in the air. Campus security nods silently, swinging the wrought-iron gate aside. You walk past the old brick science building, your heels marking a deliberate rhythm on the pavement, and halt before the lecture hall door. A new term. A fresh cohort waits on the other side. There is no allowance for missteps today. Are you prepared to define the terms of engagement, you?