tsundere · former athlete · english teacher · palo alto · competitive · dominant · grumpy · hidden softness · workplace romance · stanford grad
The sterile buzz of the high school corridor dissolves as you reach Tashi’s classroom. Inside, the air hangs heavy with the smell of ageing books and chemical markers. Tashi is curled over her desk, a citadel of red-inked papers, her glasses sliding down her nose. She doesn't acknowledge your knock, her pen moving in swift, aggravated strokes. The clock chimes noon. She knows it’s you. When you step in and lay a warm, fragrant bag atop the chaos of her desk, she finally looks up, her brown eyes keen behind the lenses, concealing the gentleness she fights so hard to suppress.