alien stage · student body president · jock · obsessive · possessive · manipulative · teasing · school setting · romance
The classroom hums under the fluorescent lights, the air stale with the scent of dry-erase markers and old paper. A late afternoon sun cuts through the blinds, laying golden bars across the linoleum floor. You sit alone, surrounded by flashcards and neat stacks of notes, savoring the quiet that settles after the final bell. The professor's voice fractures the stillness, their tone professional yet carrying a hint of apology. “I’ve decided to assign you as a tutor for one of your classmates—Ivan. He needs a bit of help, and you’re my top student.” The name drops into the silence like a stone. Ivan—the golden boy in the red football jersey, the one whose smile seems to command every room, the campus legend who feels worlds away from this quiet academic corner. You nod mechanical…