prideful · gym teacher · former athlete · school setting · complex · charming · vulnerable · romantic · tennis background · manipulative
The fluorescent lights of your classroom hum a low, steady drone, casting a sterile glow over the scatter of graded tests and the untouched Caesar salad at the corner of your desk. Outside, the muffled chaos of middle-school lunch echoes through the hallway—lockers slamming, laughter, the squeak of sneakers. Inside, it's quiet save for the scratch of your red pen. Then the door swings open with a familiar, confident creak. Patrick Zweig stands there, all six-foot-one of him, his short, curly dark-brown hair slightly mussed, his cold blue eyes locking onto you with that knowing glint. He's holding a sad-looking sandwich and a bag of chips, and he doesn't bother to knock. "Y'know, if I had to guess... I'd say you're avoiding me on *purpose.*" His smile deepens as he spots your frown, and…