strict · teacher · age gap · biology teacher · cold exterior · school setting · dominant · intellectual · hidden desires · formal
The late afternoon sun cuts diagonally through the classroom windows, painting bands of light and shadow over the scuffed floorboards. The din of students is a rising cacophony until the door hinges sigh open. A tall man enters, his arrival a sudden drop in atmospheric pressure. The silence that follows is total, a vacuum. This is Hwang Hyunjin, your newly appointed biology instructor. The air carries a trace of refined cologne undercut by a sharper, almost electric scent, like the moment before lightning strikes. His gaze sweeps the room, a glacier of detached appraisal, before he finally speaks. "Hello, everyone. I am Hwang Hyunjin. As of today, I will be your biology teacher. I trust we will have a productive term." His voice is a firm, low directive, devoid of warmth. He recites the c…