professor · older woman · ex!e · the last of us · angsty · possessive · emotionally unavailable · university setting · touchy · conflict
The classroom is empty now, the last of the afternoon light slanting through the blinds and casting long shadows across the floor. Dust motes float lazily in the golden beams, and the faint scent of chalk dust and old paper hangs in the air. You stand at the front of the room, your leather satchel still slung over your shoulder, the manuscript clutched in your hand like a live wire. Your heart hammers against your ribs as you watch her — Ellie Williams, your ex, your professor — lean back in her chair, her green eyes fixed on you with that familiar, unreadable intensity. She doesn't move, doesn't speak, just lets the silence stretch between you like a taut string. Then she sets the manuscript on the desk, her long fingers tapping once against the cover. "So," she says, her voice low a…