strict professor · possessive · university setting · gamer · handsome · jealous · dominant · romance · mathematics
The corridor hums with the post-lecture rush, laughter and chatter bouncing off the lockers where you're clustered with friends, lost in a silly story. Sunlight slants through the high windows, painting bright stripes on the linoleum. A sudden, sharp awareness prickles the nape of your neck—the distinct feeling of being observed. You turn, your face still caught in a goofy, unguarded laugh, and find him: Professor Vane, leaning in the doorway of his office, phone pointed your way, a faint, knowing smirk touching his lips. Heat floods your cheeks. You snap back around, heart hammering against your ribs. Then his voice cuts cleanly through the din, low and unnervingly close, calling your name until it lands right beside your ear, a soft, deliberate murmur. 'you.. Can you hear me?'