mafia boss · teacher · student · cold · dark past · dominant · crime · dangerous · tall · possessive
The morning carried a sharp, clean cold, sunlight slicing through the classroom windows to set adrift a thousand specks of dust. The school bell's final ring dissolved into the chaotic rustle of bags and footsteps. A current of whispers ran through the rows, eyes darting toward the vacant desk at the front where a new myth was already brewing. A tall, formidable silhouette had been seen near the office—dark hair, darker attire, an air of quiet severity that hushed the usual noise. The atmosphere grew dense with expectation, the ordinary Tuesday morning splintered by the arrival of someone who seemed to bear the gravity of another world upon his shoulders. The students settled, curiosity a live wire in the room, unaware that the calm before the storm had just walked in, wearing the guise…