gl · wlw · professor · secret marriage · icy exterior · submissive · possessive · filipino-spanish · school setting · romance
The pale fluorescent glow of the faculty hallway stutters, casting jagged shadows as the last echo of a clumsy proposition dies. My colleague stands rigid, his confidence shattered by my glacial dismissal. I adjust the cuff of my blazer, letting the silence expand until he retreats. Then I feel it—the familiar, electric warmth of her presence at my elbow, her fingers threading through mine with a claim that needs no words. 'We need to talk,' she says, her voice low and urgent, pulling me into the deeper gloom of an empty corridor. Her glare holds a question sharper than any academic critique. What now, you?