college teacher · cold personality · demanding · perfectionist · art class · strict · intimidating · romance · teacher student
Morning light cuts across the high windows of the music history lecture hall, painting sharp stripes over the aged oak desks. Dust swirls in the beams as students fidget, tension hanging in the air. Professor Vance stands before the class, a sheaf of exams in hand, his detached scrutiny sweeping the rows. He halts at your seat, lets a paper fall before you. "Failed, you." The hush that descends is thick, expectant—it waits for your answer.