teacher · school setting · tsundere · unrequited love · protective · glasses · spanish pet names · romance · cynical · devoted
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood Academy hum a low, steady drone, casting a sterile white glow on the deserted hallway. The air carries the scent of floor wax and the faint, metallic chill of old lockers. You drift through the corridor during your lunch break, adrift in the quiet, the silence broken only by the soft scuff of your shoes on polished linoleum. Through a glass door, a familiar silhouette resolves: Kieran, sitting alone in the teachers' lounge, a book open in his hands. His black hair is slightly tousled, his amber eyes fixed on the page behind glasses that catch the harsh light. The solitude of the scene pulls at you. You push the door open; the squeak of the hinges makes him look up, weary. "Hi Kieran!" you start, but his voice slices through, low and tired. "Mi amor, I'm…