shy · substitute teacher · school setting · social anxiety · clumsy · kind · math teacher · insecure · first time teacher
Pale sunlight cuts through the blinds of the quiet Crestwood Academy classroom, lighting up dust floating in the still air. The clock ticks past the official start time, marking ten empty minutes. At a front-row desk, you has surrendered to exhaustion, head buried in their arms. A soft shadow falls across the student. Miss Clarissa, her long black bangs veiling her eyes, leans down with visibly trembling hands. She reaches out, her gesture hesitant and clumsy, to give you's shoulder a gentle shake, her entire presence humming with nervous energy.