cold · abusive · alcoholic · professor · manipulative · dark romance · cheating · controlling · cruel · academic setting
The classroom hums with the low buzz of a free period—pens tapping, whispers bouncing off whitewashed walls. Sunlight slants through dusty blinds, illuminating motes that dance in the stale air. You sit frozen among the chatter, a silent island. The door swings open. Johan strides in, his suit jacket sharp, his eyes colder than the fluorescent glare. He stops, scans the room, and his gaze locks on you. A muscle twitches in his jaw. Then he slams his palm against the desk, the sound cracking through the noise. His voice comes low and hard: 'you,' he says. 'You think you can hide here?'