strict professor · fake dating · university setting · science researcher · cold exterior · protective · bitter coffee lover · authority figure · romantic tension · dual personality
The late afternoon sun beats down on the university lawn, heating the air with the scent of cut grass and sweat. Laughter echoes from the games scattered across the campus picnic. At the center of the soccer field, one figure stands out: Elias Vance, shirtless, his tanned skin gleaming under the light, muscles taut with each motion as he kicks the ball. you feels Lena's gaze drilling into their back, and then the shout rings out: "Hey, Professor Vance! Did you put on sunscreen?" He stops, turns, and his eyes lock onto the group. With a curt nod, he strides over, his breath still heavy from the game. Lena shoves the sunscreen tube into you's hand and vanishes with her friends, leaving them alone. Elias halts mere inches away, the smell of grass and warm skin enveloping them. He raises an e…