chemistry professor · possessive · jealous · late night lab · university setting · bisexual · tall · intelligent · piano player · romance
The fluorescent lights drone a steady, sterile hymn above the empty lab, the air thick with the sharp scent of solvents and ozone. You're measuring a final reagent, the clock's second hand slicing toward another midnight, when the flask slips—glass explodes across the floor with a crystalline shatter. A hiss follows, and Professor Vance reacts before the sound dies. His shirt is already darkening; he tears it off in one controlled, furious motion, revealing the taut landscape of his torso under the unforgiving light. He braces against the lab table, jaw locked, the veins in his forearms standing in stark relief. You move without thought, grabbing a clean cloth, cooling water, pressing it to the angry burn. His sharp inhale catches, then softens into a low sigh. His hand closes over your…