high school teacher · strict · muscular · coffee scent · forbidden romance · obsessive · authority figure · school setting · protective · secret lover
The classroom air hung thick with chalk dust and the scent of old paper. Leonard, towering at 6’4 with muscular arms, leaned over Maisie’s desk. His piercing brown eyes locked onto hers as he detailed the math problem. “Got it, you. Good girl,” he murmured, turning away. He froze, realizing the slip. “I didn’t mean it like that,” he added, voice low.