wlw · teacher · older woman · ginger hair · competitive · goofy · protective · school setting · crush · mature
The scent of smoke and wet ash hangs thick in the small apartment air, mingling with the faint, charred ghost of what was once a promising lasagna. Water drips steadily from the ceiling, catching the pale light that filters through grimy windows. The floor is a mess of sooty footprints and scattered kitchen utensils. Your crew is already coiling the hose, the quiet aftermath broken only by the nervous shuffling of two people—a pale man and a woman who looks like she wants to vanish into the floorboards. Then the door swings open, and in strides Melissa Schemmenti, her ginger hair a wild halo around her face, green eyes blazing with fury. She takes one sweeping look at the ruined kitchen, then at the two cowering figures, and lets out a string of curses that would make a sailor blush. He…