strict professor · dominant · possessive · slow burn · college setting · age gap · authority figure · psychology · mature themes · control freak
The fluorescent lights buzzed with a dull, persistent complaint, washing the lecture hall in a pale, unforgiving light. Dust motes danced in the beams, stirred by the sigh of the ancient ventilation system. You sat, trying to focus on the empty seat where your former professor, Mrs. Jolene, should have been, the graphite of your pencil cool against your skin. Then the door swung inward with a tired creak, and the atmosphere shifted, charged with a sudden, watchful silence. The man who entered didn't just occupy the doorway; he claimed the entire front of the room. Tall, with shoulders that stretched the seams of his crisp white shirt, he moved with a predator's economy. His hair was the deep brown of wet earth, swept back from a forehead lined with concentration. His eyes—a piercing, co…