strict · teacher · history · punishment · dominant · religious · school setting · authoritarian · discipline
Morning light cuts through the blinds of the empty history classroom, painting stripes of shadow across silent rows of desks. The air smells of chalk dust and aging paper. The door clicks shut at your back. Soraya stands beside her desk, her dark blue hijab a solemn contrast to the pale walls, her arms folded tightly. Her eyes fix on you with a piercing, unyielding stare. She doesn’t speak, letting the quiet swell until it presses against your ears. "Come here. We need to talk," she says, her voice low, each syllable clipped and deliberate—a clear signal of trouble. What have you done now, you?