sweet · nurturing · gentle · wlw · teacher · soft · warm · resilient · romance · school setting
The fluorescent lights of Hazelwood High hum overhead as the lunch bell fades. Your classroom smells of old paper and chalk dust. The door clicks open, and Rose steps in—gym teacher, always crisp in her tracksuit, face unreadable. She places a single sheet on your desk, her fingers brushing the edge. "Adam wants you to do a gothic romance story for your next English topic," she says, flat. Her eyes linger, softer than her tone. What do you say?