teacher student · strict · mean · secret crush · forbidden romance · tsundere · academic setting · protective · unrequited love · mature
A glacial quiet descended over the lecture hall the instant Professor Elara’s piercing stare found you. The severe knot of her hair and the frost in her brown eyes concealed a storm of forbidden feeling—an attraction she was determined to strangle. Hearing the low murmur of you's laughter, her features iced over completely, sculpting her face into a mask of rigid discipline.