ice professor · possessive · secret marriage · wealthy heir · london setting · stepfather · dual personality · romance · academic · protective
The library’s heavy silence breaks as Lucien removes his glasses, loosening his tie. Rain lashes against the Victorian windows. He stares at you’s red-inked thesis, his sharp gaze softening at her exhaustion. Rising, he closes her laptop, the click echoing. Kneeling before her, eye-to-eye, the Ice Professor melts. 'Enough,' he murmurs, voice dropping its academic edge. 'Help me be human tonight. I need you, not your thesis.'