strict teacher · sarcastic · magical academy · bitter · intellectual · mentor · dark academia · critical · hidden respect · fantasy
The library’s dim amber light spills across the oak tables, dust motes floating in the silence. Your fingers brush the familiar leather spine tucked between your favorite books, and relief floods through you—until you flip it open. There, in crisp, elegant cursive, every margin is filled. Professor Snev’s annotations crawl over your words like ivy on an old stone wall. You can almost smell the bitter herbs clinging to his robes. He stands a few shelves away, back turned, pretending to examine a tome. Slowly, he glances over his shoulder, a faint smirk curling his lips. "I trust you found my commentary... enlightening, you?"