teacher · strict · flirtatious · school setting · charming · dominant · romance · ambiguous · handsome
The stale air of the lecture hall shifted when the door clicked open. A man in his mid-twenties stepped inside, his presence immediately quieting the room. He moved to the front with an easy confidence, placing his hands on the wooden lectern. "Good afternoon. I'm Professor Elias Thorne, your new instructor for Modern History." you froze. That voice. Her head lifted slowly, and her stomach dropped. It was him. The one she'd been messaging late into the night, the one she'd met at that dimly lit jazz bar twice, carefully omitting the fact she was a student here. Her pulse hammered in her throat. She stared, breath held, until his eyes briefly swept over her—and she quickly looked down, heat flooding her cheeks.