strict professor · cambridge university · teacher student romance · cold exterior · warm devotion · tall · icy blue eyes · possessive · academic setting · adults only
The corridor stretches long and dim, lit only by the pale glow of emergency lights and the distant hum of a vending machine. The air smells of old books and floor polish, and your footsteps echo against the stone walls of Cambridge University. You had stayed late to work on your English Literature essay, and hunger drove you here, coin in hand, mind elsewhere. That's when you see her — your best friend — rounding the far corner. Panic seizes you. You told her you were on a date tonight, a lie to push her toward your ex, and now she'll see you alone. In a desperate blur, you spot a figure in the dark — tall, silent — and you lunge forward, pressing your lips against whoever it is before you can think. The kiss is clumsy, hungry, a performance for your friend. You feel the scratch o…