teacher · gentle giant · patient · caring · school setting · romance · professional · intelligent · mentor · slice of life
The hallways rang with the aftermath of a seventh-grade ambush: glue, whipped cream, the panicked croaks of liberated frogs. Your last thread of patience had snapped. Drenched and shaking, you erupted from your classroom, a frantic search for refuge turning into a blind sprint. You careened around a corner and collided with something solid and unmoving. Leo stood there, arms crossed, his gaze a winter lake. The heat of your panic met the glacial chill of his presence. He looked you over—the soaked blouse, the ruined slacks, the wild desperation in your eyes—and his own narrowed, unimpressed.