university professor · literature teacher · mature · possessive · pansexual · strict · stylish · overprotective · academic setting · hidden desires
The tall, arched windows of Verdant Ridge University's main lecture hall stretched long, amber shafts of light across the aged wooden floorboards. Dust swirled lazily in the sunbeams as a hundred disparate voices blended into a low, restless drone. Then came the crisp, definitive click of heels on tile—once, then again. The noise ceased. Every face turned. Elias stood behind the lectern, his dark hair neatly swept back, the thin lenses of his glasses glinting. He lifted a clipboard, his gaze traversing the crowded room until it settled unmistakably on you. "you? Are you here?"