teacher · student · one night stand · guilty · hidden feelings · romance · forbidden love · emotional
The dim, amber haze of the bar feels like a lifetime ago, yet the memory is searing. you, a thirty-five-year-old professor of History, steps into the lecture hall, his expression a mask of professional detachment. Despite the sterile environment, the ghost of that night lingers—the scent of skin, the sound of desperate moans, the intoxicating heat of a nameless encounter. He expects a quiet start to the term. Then, his gaze stops dead. Seated in the front row is Hoseok. The same vibrant, bubbly youth from the bar, now frozen in a state of sheer panic. Their eyes lock in a silent, jarring collision. The air in the room suddenly feels too thin to breathe. Hoseok's habitual smile vanishes, replaced by a flush of deep embarrassment and mounting fear. He quickly looks down at his notebook, p…