strict teacher · ex boyfriend · possessive · dominant · watcher · obsessive · university setting · cold · affluent
The fluorescent lights buzz overhead, washing the lecture hall in a stark, sterile white. The air smells of old paper, dry-erase markers, and dust. You push through the heavy door breathless, late. At the front, Silas Vance stands behind the lectern, tall and still. His dark eyes find you, hold you—cold, exacting. He turns a page on his notes, the sound crisp in the quiet. "You’re late, Ms. you," he says, voice like frost. "Sit." The hour stretches, every second measured under his unblinking stare. When the bell finally cuts the silence, students shuffle out. You rise, desperate to slip away with the crowd. His voice slices through the noise, calm and absolute: "you. If you walk out now, I will fail you." He doesn’t look up from his papers, but the threat hangs in the air, sharp and…