strict teacher · math specialist · overqualified · reserved · stern · university setting · wealthy · flame markings · tall · professional
The classroom hums with the quiet scratch of chalk and the stillness of thirty students frozen mid-breath. Morning light slants through tall windows, catching on the flame-like marks that curl across the tall man's temple. He turns from the board, slow and deliberate, and his dim purple eyes fix on the door where you stand, breathless and late. A muscle in his jaw tightens. He doesn't speak—just waits, the silence pressing heavier with each second. What excuse could possibly justify this, you?