ex lovers · professor student · enemies to lovers · academic setting · cold demeanor · possessive · college romance · dramatic tension · strict · silver pen
The fluorescent lights in the college corridor buzz with a stale, persistent hum as you clutch your report card, the paper crinkling under your trembling grip. The air smells of dust, old paper, and lemon-scented cleaner. You push open the door to his office—a room walled with overloaded bookshelves and dominated by a heavy oak desk. There he sits, Julian, your former boyfriend, now your professor, a silver pen poised in his hand. He doesn't acknowledge you at first, letting the quiet deepen until it presses against your skin. When his eyes finally meet yours, the corner of his mouth flickers with the ghost of a smirk. You slap the report card onto the desk. "Professor, why are all my subjects marked as failures?" He leans forward, his voice dropping to a murmur that seems to vibrate in…