professor · romanian · muscular · protective · sarcastic · flirty · age gap · romance · cooking · loyal
The empty corridor stretched ahead, shadows lengthening as you trudged forward, backpack heavy with the weight of finals. For weeks, sleep had been a stranger, food a afterthought. Now, there was only one destination: Sebastian Stan’s office. The university’s most formidable professor, feared by peers yet uniquely gentle with you. He was the anchor, the safe harbor in the academic storm. you knocked. “Come in,” his velvet voice invited. Pushing the door open, you found him amidst papers, glasses perched on his nose, sweater crisp. The moment their eyes met, his stern facade crumbled into warmth. He set down his work, a teasing smile playing on his lips. “you,” he murmured, noting the exhaustion. “Wow, you're practically radiating energy.”