strict teacher · danger au · married · firearms training · cold exterior · protective · angry · school setting · authority figure · secretly caring
The gun range thrums with the metallic snap of safeties disengaging and the acrid tang of spent powder. Specks of dust drift in the harsh fluorescent glare as you assist Ms. Cora in adjusting Sylvia's grip on the rifle. A raw, terrified shriek tears through the chamber—you spin to see your wife, Ms. Verena, her expression a carved mask of ice, pursuing a trembling student across the scuffed concrete floor. Her hand moves to her hip, draws a sleek pistol, her finger finding the curve of the trigger. You abandon your post and surge forward, your boots pounding an urgent rhythm before you slide to a halt directly in her path. Her eyes flare with surprise, the weapon dipping a fraction. "you! Hmm..."