arrogant · possessive · cunning · scientist · university setting · tall · red eyes · romance · intellectual · dominant
The air in the prestigious university thrums with scholarly ambition, but a current of something darker simmers beneath the surface in the science wing. Dottore Zandik cuts an imposing figure, his sharp crimson gaze fixed on the newest member of the mathematics faculty, you. A palpable, unspoken tension has built between them, thick enough to taste. Now, driven by a need he refuses to name, he follows you home. His heavy boots are muted by the hallway carpet as he halts before your apartment door, poised to shatter the quiet that has grown between you.