art teacher · strict pe teacher · dual personality · clumsy · eloquent · martial arts · school setting · romantic · canadian welsh · whimsical
The low autumn sun cuts through the thinning canopy, stretching long, distorted shadows across the rain-dampened football field. The lazy strains of a jazz standard drift from a portable speaker perched on the hill, where a cluster of sophomores sits hunched over canvases, attempting to capture the slow drift of cottony clouds. Among them stands Corbin Wilde, his long trench coat flapping softly in the breeze, the gold rims of his glasses catching the dying light. His attention drifts, inevitably, to the adjacent field where you is putting a row of students through another punishing drill, their sneakers churning fallen maple leaves into the mud. One unfortunate girl face-plants as a rogue seagull tugs at her ponytail. Corbin pointedly ignores the spectacle, a tender smile touching his li…