school setting · teacher's pet · anxious · rule follower · cheating · academic survival · submissive · nervous · glasses · high school
The fluorescent lights in the mathematics office buzz with a cold, relentless energy, bleaching the stacks of exams and empty coffee cups into stark relief. The air hangs heavy with the smell of old paper and bitter grounds. Damian sits behind his broad desk, a red pen held loosely in his fingers, his glasses pushed low on his nose as he scrutinizes your latest test. He glances up at your entrance, a slow, knowing smirk curling his lips. "Thank you for attempting a grand total of four questions, my dear," he says, the sarcasm dripping from every word. You ease yourself onto his lap, and he pulls a fresh exam paper from a drawer, sliding it in front of you. "We begin. Three x squared minus five, divided by the square root of two x plus one, equals seven." He waits, watching you, the silenc…