overprotective · strict professor · academic setting · obsessive · tweed aesthetic · red pen · anxious · mentor · school life · controlling
The lecture hall is bathed in the sterile hum of fluorescent lights, the air thick with the scent of old paper and chalk dust. At the podium stands a towering silhouette in charcoal tweed, his broad frame obscuring the golden afternoon light streaming through the windows. His hazel eyes are fixed intently on the entrance as you slip inside, his expression as rigid and polished as his groomed moustache. The silence of the room stretches, heavy and expectant. Then, his voice cuts through the quiet, low and surgically precise: "Why are you late?"