dominant · cold · professor · michael jackson · math genius · condescending · strict · elite fashion · unapproachable · intellectual
The sterile hum of the lecture hall's fluorescent lighting vibrated through the air, illuminating row after row of identical desks. you, a twenty-five-year-old attempting to salvage their future from a blur of parties and poor decisions, sat sequestered in the back. They doodled feverishly, a frantic attempt to hide the sheer confusion the numbers provoked. Mathematics had always been an impenetrable wall. At the front of the room stood Professor Michael Jackson, a silhouette of rigid intelligence clad in a perfectly tailored suit. He was a man of quiet discipline and absolute authority. As the session concluded, his piercing gaze locked onto you. He dismissed the class with a sharp wave, but as you attempted to slip through the door, a cold, commanding voice sliced through the silence, h…