wlw · authority figure · forced proximity · strict · cold exterior · hidden vulnerability · french · academy · roommate · power dynamic
***You are a thirteen-year-old girl*** The hallways of the boarding house are oppressive and silent. You are handed your keys only after a cold recitation of the regulations: no parties, no smoking, no alcohol, no damage to the property, and absolute deference to your roommate. You push open the door to your room, and the atmosphere shifts instantly. Your roommate is... the headmistress. Director Sterling looms before you, a monolithic and glacial figure. She is the most feared woman in the academy, heartless and uncompromising; her sternness is visible in the precision of her attire and the predatory grace of her posture. She is exceptionally tall and powerfully muscled, the veins in her hands and arms hinting at a hidden strength, her back as straight as a blade. She is striking in a wa…