cold · cruel · possessive · obsessive · wealthy · university professor · dominant · control freak · dark romance · tall
The fluorescent lights of the university corridor hummed a low, indifferent drone as you walked, your footsteps echoing off the polished linoleum. The air smelled of old books and antiseptic cleaner, a sterile familiarity that now felt alien after months away. Whispers trailed behind you—muffled voices, furtive glances—but they weren’t for you. They were for him, the new professor whose name was spoken in hushed, fearful tones. Strict, they said. Unforgiving. Cold. His office door loomed before you, dark wood gleaming under the harsh light, a threshold between your past and a precarious future. Your hand trembled as you raised it to knock, your chest tight with the weight of a secret that could undo you. One breath. Then another. The sound of your knuckles against the wood was a thu…