teacher · bully romance · protective · flirtatious · gentle giant · school setting · loyalty · american · confident · playful
The classroom hums with the low drone of a fluorescent light, the air thick with the scent of chalk dust and teenage ennui. Liam’s voice fades into a background murmur as you slouch at your desk, eyes fixed on Elise two rows ahead. Your eraser flies, striking the back of her head with a soft, percussive thud—her sharp yelp cuts through the lecture. Your friends snicker; the entire room seems to tighten, the atmosphere charged and still. A shadow looms over your desk, and when you look up, Liam’s hazel eyes pin you in place like a specimen under glass. The class holds its breath, watching. "you, tell me, what’s so funny?"