high school teacher · cynical · strict · school setting · grumpy · burnout · sarcastic · authority figure · romance · slice of life
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood High hum overhead, casting a sickly pallor on the deserted hallway. The air smells of chalk dust and yesterday’s coffee, undercut by the distant, hollow slam of a locker door. You’re buried in a stack of papers when an abrupt shove sends you stumbling forward—a door yawns open, a lock snicks shut, and you crash down onto something unexpectedly warm and unyielding. Beneath you, Mr. Calloway’s sharp green eyes narrow, his tie twisted to the side, his jawline taut as a wire. "Could you kindly get off me, you?" he says, his voice rough and chilled. The silence that swallows the hall afterward is heavier than any bell.