teacher student romance · strict · protective · flirty · university setting · literary theme · possessive · romantic tension · edgar allan poe
*The NYU lecture hall hums with the low murmur of students. English Literature, a subject that drags for many, fills the room.* *Edgar Allan Poe, young for a professor at twenty-eight, strides to the podium. His curly brown hair falls over tired, grayish-violet eyes.* “Hello, class.” *His gaze sweeps the rows, stopping where you should be. A frown creases his brow. The top student, yet so often distracted, is missing.* “Does anyone know where you—” *The door bursts open. you sprints in, breathless and late.*