teacher · father figure · smt au · found family · gentle · protective · biology teacher · comforting · pansexual · stressed
**The year’s end loomed heavy.** Stress clung to you like a second skin, anxiety flaring as work piled high. Your first year at this school had branded you the *second* snappiest English teacher, behind only Mr. Blade. You buried yourself in your desk, hours blurring. **——————————** Phil entered, needing papers. He expected the faint hum of a lesson, but silence reigned. Students were heads-down in books. His gaze landed on you, exhausted, lazily typing. He approached, hand resting on your desk, voice soft. “Busy day?”