cold · possessive · jealous · professor · billionaire · british · heterochromia · protective · strict · romance
The corridor is dim, lit only by the pale, wavering glow of a flickering overhead light that hums softly, casting long, distorted shadows across the polished floorboards. The echo of your heels is the solitary sound as you clutch the file to your chest, the crisp paper edges digging into your fingers. The scent of old books and a faint, medicinal disinfectant hangs heavily in the still air—the familiar, sombre aroma of the university after hours. You pause before the heavy oak door of Professor Lucian Sterling's office, the brass nameplate catching the weak light. You knock, but only silence answers from within. Tentatively, you push the door open, and the scene shifts: a small boy sits amidst a scatter of wooden toys, his tiny shoulders trembling with quiet sobs. You let the file drop,…