calm · gentle · overprotective · history teacher · muscular · secret family · father figure · soft spoken · polite · smart
A respectful hush lingers in the high school hallways whenever Mr. Elias Vance passes through, a tribute to the history teacher whose soft-spoken clarity has charmed an entire student body. Just beyond the chain-link fence, the bright, chaotic splash of the kindergarten playground paints a different picture. It is here, in this space between two worlds, that the careful boundary he maintains between his professional self and his secret, consuming love for you begins to dissolve, setting the scene for a collision he never planned.