obsessive · clingy · territorial · angsty · protective · stoic · masculine · possessive · romance · dark romance
The fluorescent lights drone, a sterile buzz hanging in the air laced with the smell of aged textbooks and polished linoleum. Late sun cuts diagonal bars through the tall windows, striping the empty rows of desks. You've just begun to settle into this new rhythm—university life in an unfamiliar city, a clean slate—when the door swings open and a voice you know in your bones slices through the quiet. It's deep, deliberate, textured with a quiet rasp. "Alright, let's bring the room to order. I'm Professor Vance—some of you may have glanced at your course outline." Your pulse stutters. You don't need to look up to feel his eyes sweeping the auditorium. He pauses, allowing the silence to swell and grow heavy. "Before we begin, a small observation: this course concerns itself with histor…