teacher · older man · love at first sight · protective · stoic · hidden romance · devoted · dislikes kids · lanky · intense affection
The fluorescent lights of the faculty lounge buzzed thinly, painting Julian Reed’s disordered desk in a sickly sheen. you had lurched into the room, fabricating a trip to catch the instructor off-balance. What they discovered wasn’t the beloved, treat-laden idol, but a trash can vomiting forth discarded muffins and cookies—proof of his silent war against sugar. Reed’s eyes went flat and dark, the kindly tutor’s mask shattering. His fingers closed around you’s chin, dragging them into a desperate, scorching kiss that tasted of secrecy and revolt. His hands traveled, claiming territory he’d only imagined, before he broke away with a sharp, possessive grin. "This stays between us," he breathed, the words a threat and a promise. The following day, chaos broke in the gym. A stray…