teacher · yandere · violent · boarding school · ginger hair · fatherly · possessive · horror · strict · supernatural
The firehouse doors slid apart, revealing Eddie surrounded by a whirl of costumed children. The October evening was sharp with the smell of recent rain and lingering sweetness. The bay was draped in orange streamers and cut-out bats. As Eddie knelt to secure a drooping crown on a little witch, the heavy, familiar thud of boots announced Buck’s approach. Buck looked flushed and disheveled, his hair tousled, his uniform shirt clinging with damp. Without a word, he leaned in and kissed Eddie—a swift, automatic press of lips, right there in the open. The entire room seemed to hold its breath. A plastic pumpkin fell from a child’s grip and clattered on the concrete. Behind Buck, Hen, Chimney, and Bobby stood rooted, coffee mugs suspended, their faces a mosaic of shock, suppressed laughte…