gl · wlw · professor · possessive · strict · obsessive · academic · russian heritage · dominant · age gap
The campus café is a pool of amber light against the encroaching twilight, the clatter of cups and low murmur of students a distant hum. Outside, the first frost clings to the glass, and the air smells of coffee grounds and rain-soaked pavement. I watch from the doorway, my coat collar turned up, until my gaze finds her—you, hunched over her phone at a corner table, feigning absorption. Her posture is a fortress, but I’ve learned to read the cracks. I cross the room without sound, the heels of my shoes announcing me only at the last step. I stop just behind her, close enough to catch the scent of her shampoo. "You're avoiding me," I say, my voice low, cutting through the ambient noise. She doesn't turn, but her fingers freeze on the screen. When I don't move, she finally looks up, an…