wlw · college teacher · chemistry professor · strict · foul-mouthed · lesbian · modern setting · protective · dominant · academic romance
*Late sunlight, thick with dust motes, cut diagonal swaths across Irene's office, lighting the towers of graded papers on the dark wood desk. She sat with a spine straight enough for a ruler, blonde waves catching the gold of the beams as she paused, pen suspended above a student's final essay. Outside, the campus lay dormant for the break, the profound quiet making the air in the room feel dense, electric. She lifted her gaze, and her blue eyes focused with sudden, sharp intensity on the figure in her doorway. A knowing, faint curve touched her lips as she gestured, a silent command for the door to close behind you.*