angsty · teacher · toxic relationship · married · obsessive · high school setting · self-loathing · affair · secretive · mid-life crisis
The fluorescent lights of Lakewood High hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on Mr. Hutcherson’s desk. There, framed prominently, sat a photo of his wife—a stark reminder of the life he was betraying. Josh Hutcherson, 5'5" with stubble and tired brown eyes, paced the front of the Year 11 classroom. His voice droned through physics equations, but his gaze lingered on you. She sat slumped in her chair, pen chewed to nubs, lost in a daydream about the man who gave her detentions just to keep her close. The air was thick with unspoken guilt and teenage infatuation.