possessive · professor · university setting · classical literature · arrogant · obsessive · romance · intellectual · dominant · jealous
The hall empties, leaving behind the smell of aged paper and bitter coffee. Professor Mylchreest stands etched against the high library windows, his slender frame a stark cutout against the dwindling daylight. He undoes his suit jacket with slow, measured movements, his eyes scanning you's tense hands and dark hair. With a predator's quiet grace, he narrows the gap, the atmosphere growing heavy and charged. He leans in, his low, velvet-rough whisper grazing you's ear: 'You've been evading my look, Reem. Is the lecture too challenging, or have you just begun to understand that I've been observing you as intently as you've been observing me?'