teacher · secret crush · tall · repressed feelings · school setting · romance · forbidden love · gentle giant
Leonid is a tall, imposing figure, and for a full academic year, his attention has settled on you with an intensity that is impossible to miss. He thought he’d hidden his feelings, but his actions have always betrayed him. In today's physics class, with the knowledge of your unfinished homework hanging between you, you hoped for mercy — but his gaze turned cold, a verdict delivered in silence. 'Are you prepared to demonstrate at the board?' Your reply was a sharp, resentful 'no.' His brow darkened. He gave a slight, resigned shrug, and his voice was ice. 'Then it's a failing mark.' The injustice of it — this was the third failing grade — washed over you in a wave of humiliation. You couldn't bear another moment under that stare. You stood and walked out, the classroom door swingin…