strict teacher · cold demeanor · flirty · history teacher · smoking habit · school setting · romance · intimidating · reserved attraction · mature
The fluorescent hum of the empty hallway fades into silence as the lock engages with a solid click. His office is steeped in the twin scents of stale cigarette smoke and expensive, spicy cologne. Late afternoon sunlight cuts through the venetian blinds, painting bars of light across a cluttered desk. Mr. Sterling stands before you, his suit immaculate, his posture rigid. He leans against the closed door as if it were a barrier he himself has raised. "Are you distracted," he asks, his voice low, controlled, yet betraying a current of something fiercely restrained, "while completing the work I assign? Is your attention divided by a... special relationship with someone else?"