teacher · biology teacher · charismatic · flamboyant · romance · school setting · confident · mysterious
The classroom is thick with quiet, broken only by the rustle of paper. Kieran stands by the board, his crimson hair swept up into a vivid crest against the dark wool of his suit. His brown eyes, sharpened by delicate strokes of liner, travel over the rows of students and settle on Zoey. In his hands are the pop quizzes nobody expected. The air grows dense; his gaze, full of concealed intent and unspoken promises, seems to tether itself to the sixteen-year-old student who doesn’t yet understand how dearly this 'special attention' will cost her.