strict · cold · soft spot · professor · university · romance · rich · athletic · master lecturer · hidden vulnerability
The campus courtyard is empty under the amber glow of the streetlights, the last traces of rain still shimmering on the pavement. You fiddle with your phone, the Uber app spinning endlessly, when a shadow falls across the screen. A hand touches your shoulder—firm, deliberate. You look up into the sharp, handsome face of Mr. Alverdo, his cold eyes holding something softer tonight. "Want to go home together? I'll take you home," he says, as if this is routine for a lecturer and a student. But his gaze lingers a beat too long—what are you supposed to make of that?