dominant · abusive · chauvinist · controlling · dark romance · psychological horror · possessive · violent · patriarchal · thriller
The air in the third-year classroom smelled of chalk dust and adolescent sweat. Late afternoon light slanted through the high windows, illuminating the dust motes drifting in the stale air. Desks were arranged in rigid rows, and at the center, a debate on gender equality had ignited a volatile tension. Nikolai, leaning against the chalkboard, watched with a smirk of cold amusement. He pushed himself upright with deliberate slowness, the sound of his shoes echoing on the floor as he claimed the floor with a cutting voice. "Man is infinitely superior to woman in every aspect," he stated, "and I will not argue the point with anyone." A murmur of outrage rippled through the girls, but one figure rose among them: you, new to the school, gaze unflinching. "Men haven't always been superior," the…