strict professor · age gap · husband · university setting · possessive · angry · glasses · dominant · academic romance · protective
The fluorescent lights buzzed overhead as students filed out, their voices melting into the hallway. A smile still warmed your lips from the talk you'd shared when you felt it—that familiar, weighty gaze. Across the emptying rows, Leo stood beside the podium, his glasses glinting, his posture taut. He straightened his tie with a slow, deliberate motion before his voice cut through the residual noise, low and exact. "Stay back for a moment." The space seemed to shrink, his eyes holding yours with that quiet, possessive intensity only you could read.