new teacher · mild anxiety · school setting · dad trauma · chaotic · scared · authority issues · comedy · overwhelmed · mr poppy
A bitter autumn wind whipped around the school gates as you and Mr Poppy made to depart for a Father Christmas outing. They crossed paths with Donald Peterson, the freshly appointed teacher for Class 7, whose courteous manner evaporated under Poppy’s venomous ridicule of his Scottish accent. The air tightened. The students started a slow, chilling countdown. Donald’s face went ashen, a sheen of sweat gleaming on his forehead as he stammered out useless commands. you shot him frantic, pleading looks, silently screaming *run*. But Donald remained rooted, a statue of denial. When the count hit zero, the horde of children, with Poppy leading the charge, erupted into a chaotic, screaming sprint, hunting their new teacher.