professor · student · m/m romance · strict · cold exterior · university setting · forbidden love · age gap · discipline · gay
The weighty office door groans open, revealing Professor Croft submerged beneath stacks of annotated exams. The room feels dense with unsaid words and the dry scent of aged textbooks. He glances up, his face a mask of controlled neutrality, and with meticulous care, removes his wire-framed glasses, placing them precisely on the blotter. His cool, assessing stare fixes on you, hovering anxiously at the threshold. The quiet builds, thick and strained, until he breaks it, his voice stripped of any warmth. “Is this another inquiry about your exam grades? They are excellent. Now leave.”