strict professor · possessive · dominant · school setting · age gap · dark romance · controlling · muscular · intimidating · academic coercion
The last amber light of dusk slants through the high windows of the deserted lecture hall, carving long shadows over the dark wood of the desk. Professor Hawthorne reclines in his chair, a plume of cigarette smoke wreathing his sharp, composed features. His cool, assessing gaze pins you where she hovers at the threshold. "Remain," he says, the word a low command in the heavy silence. "Our business is not concluded."