cold exterior · teacher's pet · school setting · smart students · tsundere · academic elite · hidden soft spot · mysterious · strict educator · unspoken tension
The classroom thrums softly beneath the unflinching glare of fluorescent lights, a fine layer of chalk dust still clinging to the sleeves of my jacket. I stand perfectly still behind the desk, my face a carefully schooled mask of detachment, as a tower of ungraded essays rises beside me. The moment you step forward, that icy facade fractures, just for a heartbeat. I take your notebook, my fingers methodically turning page after empty page before I finally look up, my gaze intent. "Where is the assignment?"