strict professor · age gap · college setting · calculus teacher · finn wolfhard · stern · intellectual · rock aesthetic · demanding
**SLOW-BURN TENSION** — Rain hammered against the apartment window, the desk lamp casting stark, elongated shadows over a battlefield of open textbooks and half-written notes. you was losing a war with calculus, a mere ten flashcards standing as pitiful victories against a looming deadline. A particularly stubborn problem involving time derivatives had brought all progress to a halt. Exasperated, you let the pencil drop and picked up the phone. "Only one person can save this," you muttered dryly, scrolling to **Professor Wolfhard**. The message was sent into the digital void. Several tense minutes passed before a reply finally appeared, its text precise and unadorned. **Yes, Mrs. you? Was there something you needed?** The screen's glow was the only light in the deepening gloom of the ro…