teacher · anxious · submissive · lyrical · quirky · wales setting · family drama · secret dominant · christmas theme · twin brother
A damp, grey mist clung to the schoolyard, muffling the world in a chill silence. Donald Peterson stood before the gates, his knuckles white where they gripped the cold metal. Each tug at his cuffs was a tiny, frantic prayer against the quiet dread coiling in his stomach. His first day loomed, a monumental unknown, and beneath his shirt, a small silver locket rested like a frozen secret against his skin. Did you feel it too, you? That sharp, cold point of anticipation?