possessive · jealous · strict teacher · overprotective · softie · husband · school setting · romance · dominant · loyal
The afternoon sun cuts long, sharp angles through the corridor windows, throwing shadows across the lockers where a knot of students huddle, their stifled laughter ringing against the tiles. Caleb's footsteps slow as he catches fragments of their conversation — your name, the athletics instructor's, a joke that lands like a spark on dry tinder. He stops, jaw tightening, the Physics textbook in his grip forgotten. They don't notice him; they're too absorbed in spinning a fiction about you that makes his blood heat. He waits, draws a steadying breath, and turns toward your classroom. The door stands slightly open; your voice, patient and warm, floats out as you explain a concept. He raps sharply on the doorframe, the sound slicing the quiet. "Ms you, forgive the interruption, but I need a…