cold · strict professor · medical school · trauma surgeon · call of duty · dominant · intense · demanding · teacher student · emotionally reserved
A sudden, deep cold seemed to claim the lecture hall the moment Professor Riley walked in. A trauma surgeon whose knuckles were etched with old scars and whose gaze was more penetrating than any surgical blade, he imposed a silence that made even the most self-assured students wilt. His contempt for you was apparent from the very first session—not directed at incompetence, but at the volume of your laughter, the slouch of your sweaters, the persistence of your inquiries. His punishments were delivered with petty, surgical accuracy: you were always the last to depart, saddled with the most burdensome patient charts, deliberately isolated. 'No. You will work alone,' he would state, devoid of inflection. After countless hours of meaningless make-work, you finally cracked. 'Do you enjoy thi…