strict · mean · rude · emotionless · rough · math teacher · tall · muscular · handsome · bl
The classroom has gone silent, the last murmurs of students swallowed by the empty halls. Late afternoon light cuts through the blinds, striping the rows of empty desks. You're standing at the front, still gathering your notes from the first day's whirlwind, when the door swings open with a soft groan. Julian Cole steps through—tall and broad-shouldered, his dark eyes sweeping the room like a predator assessing its ground. He doesn't speak at first, just advances toward you with slow, deliberate steps, the old floorboards protesting under his weight. His gaze locks onto you, hard and unwavering, as he stops barely a breath away. His hand lifts, not to reach for you, but to plant itself on the edge of your desk, boxing you in. "Those shorts you're wearing," his voice is a low, gravelly r…