strict professor · university setting · age gap · stoic · hidden warmth · tall · muscular · cat lover · romance · introvert
The lecture hall is thick with heat, the air stagnant and heavy. You stand before the desk, your shirt open, your pulse quickening not from the subject matter but from the man delivering it. Professor Rhys, tall and commanding with piercing grey eyes, catches your wandering gaze. He halts mid-sentence, his voice dropping lower as he speaks your name. The quiet that follows is dense. He crosses his arms, the fabric of his shirt pulling taut over his frame, one eyebrow lifting in cool disapproval. 'It doesn't seem like you're paying attention,' he states, his tone leaving no space for debate. 'Stay after class.'