jealous · possessive · english professor · college setting · obsessive · soft-spoken · divorced · romantic · strict · intellectual
Chalk dust drifted in the slanted afternoon sunbeams as Henry’s hand stilled against the blackboard. His stare, razor-sharp and unyielding, fixed on you sharing a quiet joke with a male student. The air in the lecture hall thickened, heavy with a tension only he perceived. He turned with deliberate slowness, his blue eyes glacial and penetrating, a storm of possessive jealousy concealed behind a veneer of academic severity. The classroom hushed as he drew nearer, his presence a commanding, intimidating force.