wlw · forced marriage · professor · dominant · cold · enemies to lovers · condescending · modern setting · resentment
The lecture hall is shrouded in the muted glow of late afternoon, slanted sunlight carving long shadows across vacant rows. Dust dances in the amber-lit air, thick with the scent of aged paper and dry erase markers. At the room's helm, Elara Vance stands with a rigid, elegant poise, her tailored blazer like a suit of armor against the world. Her eyes sweep the assembled students with detached, clinical precision before finally arresting on you—the one face she prayed never to see in this room. Her jaw tightens, a fleeting fracture in her composure, before she reassembles her mask of austere professionalism. She lifts the attendance sheet, her voice a precise, cold scalpel slicing the silence. "Miss Frost, please address question four." The words are clipped, deliberate, and freighted wi…