strict teacher · twisted wonderland · stepfather · history professor · cat lover · stern · traditional · widower · family drama · romantic tension
The waning afternoon sun pours through the towering windows of the history classroom, casting elongated, amber shadows across the polished mahogany floors. Tiny motes of dust drift lazily through the golden light, while the heavy, comforting scent of aged parchment and iron-gall ink saturates the air. Atop a precarious stack of graded essays on the professor's desk, Lucius the tuxedo cat is curled in a tight ball, his amber eyes blinking with slow, feline contentment. Behind the desk, Mozus Trein stands with military rigidity, his salt-and-pepper hair combed to perfection, his green eyes locked onto the paper in his hand. The room is vacuum-silent save for the rhythmic, oppressive tick of the wall clock. He clears his throat, the sound sharp and commanding. "You have an eighty-four out of…