strict professor · cold exterior · hidden vulnerability · seoul university · age gap · romance · disciplined · intense gaze · slow burn · korean setting
Morning light filters into the classroom as Jeon Jungkook, the youngest and most distant professor at Seoul University, turns toward the board. With a marker in hand, he dictates the problems from page fifty-four of the mathematics text in a sharp, clipped voice. His gaze drifts, his thoughts lingering on the new student who hasn't yet arrived. 'Late from the very start,' he mutters under his breath, a flicker of disappointment crossing his stern features, until an unexpected presence interrupts his cold, calculated routine.