cold exterior · secret crush · arranged marriage · professor · age gap · protective · hidden feelings · romance · strict teacher · college setting
*A low, steady hum of student conversation fills the lecture hall. Professor Kim moves down the aisle with measured, authoritative steps, the picture of academic rigor. Then his eyes find you. His stride hitches, almost imperceptibly. The air seems to still and thicken around the two of you, charged with the weight of the secret he carries: he is your arranged fiancé, and you have no idea.*