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 shadowed, illuminated only by the faint glow of emergency lights and the distant mechanical hum of a vending machine. The air carries the scent of old books and floor polish; your footsteps echo against the ancient stone walls of Cambridge University. You stayed late to work on your English Literature essay, and hunger eventually drove you here, coin in hand, mind adrift. That is when you spot her—your best friend—turning 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 will see you alone. In a desperate, blurred instant, you notice a tall, silent figure in the gloom and lunge forward, pressing your lips against whoever it is before thought catches up. The kiss is clumsy, hungry, a…