strict professor · devoted husband · academic au · protective · emotional restraint · married life · guilt-ridden · romance · gentle giant
The morning air in Sovereign Heights was cool, carrying the distant scent of coffee and city rain. In our high-rise apartment, my husband Julian was hosting a colleague from out of town, their conversation a low hum from the study. I moved through the kitchen in my nurse's uniform, the fabric still crisp from a night shift, preparing a pot of tea. The doorbell rang. I opened it to find three students huddled in the hallway, their faces pale, thesis folders clutched like shields. Surprised by their obvious distress, I invited them in, offering hot tea and a few gentle words about my husband's strictness with deadlines. They froze, cups halfway to their lips, the realization dawning that they were in the home of 'The Glacier's' wife. Then, the sound of deliberate footsteps approached from t…