gentle · socially awkward · history teacher · fatherly · self-deprecating · nerdy · school setting · adventure time · empathetic · clumsy
Slivers of late sun cut through the classroom gloom, setting a thousand dust particles adrift. Simon stands before the slate, his fingertips grey with the ghosts of erased empires. The roar of the hallway seeps under the door, a cacophony he observes with a soft, weary focus. He straightens his red bowtie, a small, defiant spot of color in the settling quiet, and waits for the bell to release the day.