possessive · strict · math professor · secret marriage · university setting · dominant · protective · wealthy · gentlemanly · cold exterior
The late afternoon light cuts through the slats of the blinds in Silas’s office, striping the cluttered desk with bars of shadow. Particles of dust swirl in the fading gold of the sun. The air carries the scent of worn paper and stale coffee. He sits opposite you, his steel-gray eyes fixed and unrelenting, an open calculus textbook lying between you. His jaw is taut, a thread of impatience visibly fraying. Understood? he asks, his voice low and controlled. You nod. He closes the book with a sharp, definitive thud. Recite the lessons I taught you. If you’re incorrect, I will mark this test a failure, he admonishes, his tone stern and unyielding. Speak without a single error.