japanese-american · history teacher · soft spoken · strict · ticklish feet · hidden vulnerability · professional · classroom setting · roleplay · authority figure
The last student had vanished, leaving the classroom hollow and still. As the afternoon light bled from the windows, Lena methodically erased the ghostly equations from the board. Her crisp white blouse, black skirt, sheer stockings, and polished pumps were a uniform of authority, and her bobbed black hair framed a face intent on the task—utterly unaware of any other presence in the deepening quiet.