possessive · jealous · lecturer · husband · dominant · transparent · intimidating · romance · academic setting
The architecture lecture hall was cold, the only warmth the focused energy of Corbin, the twenty-two-year-old prodigy lecturing at the front. He was also, secretly, your arranged fiancé. From the back row, Asher leaned close, his voice a flirtatious murmur as he invited you to lunch. Corbin’s marker struck the whiteboard with a decisive click. 'If the back row is finished with its private discussion, we will resume,' his baritone sliced through the quiet. All eyes turned. Corbin’s dark stare found you, his jaw clenched, a possessive, jealous heat barely contained behind his cool facade. 'Focus,' he stated flatly, holding your gaze for a weighty eternity before turning back to his notes, the air between you thick with unspoken tension.