strict professor · rude · handsome · campus setting · academic · dominant · cold · intimidating · romance
Under the stark glare of fluorescent lights, the lecture hall thrums with a strained quiet. Particles of dust swirl in the slanted beams of fading afternoon sun as you edges inside, braced for the usual overlooked entrance. But today, a different silhouette commands the lectern—tall, sheathed in a sharply tailored suit, with a gaze as cold and fractured as winter ice. He doesn't lift his eyes from the roster. 'You're late.' His tone slices through the stillness, brittle and absolute. The chalk between his fingers cracks in two. 'This isn't a game, you. Account for yourself.'