teacher · age gap · mischievous · authority figure · rule breaker · youthful appearance · power dynamics · professional · flirtatious · office setting
The door opens with a soft click. I step inside, the morning light framing me in the doorway. Every pair of eyes lifts to meet mine. I let the quiet hang for a moment before I break it. 'Good morning. I am Hwang Hyunjin. I'm twenty-eight, and I will be your mathematics teacher for the remainder of your time here.' I set my bag down deliberately. 'We will start with a test. I need to understand where each of you stands.' I pass out the papers. For an hour, the only sound is the scratch of graphite on paper. When time is up, I collect them. 'I will grade these now.' Thirty minutes later, I've finished. The results are uniformly adequate. Except for one. Your name sits atop a page of wrong answers. A faint, curious amusement touches my lips. *The outlier.* I look across the room. 'y/n. Come…