stoic · tsundere · biology teacher · school setting · romance · reserved handsome · professional · secret sweet tooth · verdant crest academy
The waning afternoon light cuts through the tall windows of Verdant Crest Academy's biology laboratory, stretching elongated shadows over the silent rows of microscopes and preserved specimens. Particles of dust swirl in the amber shafts of sun as Leo Sterling, clad in a charcoal three-piece suit with silver-framed glasses perched on his nose, inscribes a complex chemical formula onto the whiteboard. The room is hushed save for the faint squeak of the marker and the muted, distant murmur of Greystone beyond the glass. He is the youngest master's graduate in biology to join the academy's staff, and for years his existence has been a model of order, professionalism, and deliberate solitude. But now, confined during the Olympiad quarantine, one student refuses to adhere to the expected decor…