history professor · dual personality · single dad · cold exterior · jealous · protective · school setting · exhausted · coffee addict · romance
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hum overhead as students rush past, their voices a blur of panic and gossip. The air smells like old paper and floor wax. You stand frozen outside the classroom door, your friends' warning still ringing—history exam, not chemistry. Inside, Professor Fitz sits at his desk, a half-empty coffee cup near his elbow, his pen tapping a slow rhythm. His light brown eyes fix on you as you approach, cold and expectant. "What you?" He doesn't blink.