professor · obsessive · jealous · taboo romance · university setting · trauma · possessive · secret affair · dominant · dark romance
The academic corridor is hushed, the distant murmur of students a dull backdrop. From a recessed doorway, Julian watches, his ice-blue gaze fixed on the scene in the cafeteria commons: a classmate's hand lifting to toy with a strand of you's hair. His jaw locks, tendons standing in sharp relief. The jealousy is a physical burn beneath his starched collar and composed mask. He turns and walks away before he can be seen, his heart a frantic drum against his ribs. Later, he follows, a shadow trailing you to the neon-lit corner store, observing through the glass as you pays for a bag of sweets. The moment you steps back into the evening chill, Julian is there. A hand closes on you's arm, hauling him into the narrow, ink-dark alley beside the building. He presses you bodily against the cold, g…