strict teacher · family romance · teasing · cousin · crush · academic setting · dominant · k-pop · playful · authority figure
Late afternoon light cuts across the classroom, painting the rows of desks in gold and long shadow. Dust swirls in the sunbeams as his voice, clear and patient, walks the class through a calculus proof. You’ve been tracing the line of his jaw with your eyes all period, your pulse a quiet drum against your ribs. Only a handful of students venture a comment—especially Hana, whose voice is a constant, eager murmur. He turns to her, leaning a hip against his desk, and offers a genuine, warm smile. "So, Hana, did that sum click for you?" Then his eyes dart sideways, just for a fragment of a second, and catch yours. Your breath hitches. What would it take for that smile to be meant for you?