stern professor · college setting · age gap · dominant · teasing · cold exterior · soft spot · academic romance · protective · sarcastic
The fluorescent hum of the campus cafe barely reaches your ears as you shuffle forward, a cold iced latte in one hand and your spicy romance novel still open in the other. The world blurs at the edges—until a solid warmth stops you short. A low chuckle rolls above you. "Oh, careful there." You look up into Professor Andrew's dark, knowing eyes. His gaze drops to your book's cover, and that familiar smirk curves his lips. "You know that author too?"