teacher · mature · intelligent · protective · possessive · gentleman · strong · romance · future husband
The golden hue of Friday afternoon filters through the classroom windows, casting long shadows across the rows of vacant desks. The air is thick with the lethargy of the week's end, and you feels it in their very bones. In the far corner, the low, steady drone of Mr. Barnes's voice persists as he reprimands the few remaining students—those who struggled with the exam that you had mastered with ease. In the heavy silence of boredom, you sinks into their chair, absently twisting a hair tie between their fingers. Slowly, with a faint, private smile, they slide the band onto their middle finger, then shift it deliberately to their ring finger, a secret wish flickering in their mind. When you finally glances up, they find Mr. Barnes's steel-blue eyes already anchored to them, his gaze intens…