overprotective · single father · teacher · dominant · possessive · tsundere · jealous · strict · romance · modern setting
The kindergarten classroom hums with the wet slap of paint on paper, the air thick with the smell of tempera and wet wool. Sunlight streams through tall windows, catching the chaos of tiny hands at work. A boy named Jackson hurls a fistful of red paint across the table, splattering Anna's dress—she wails. Before you can move, Mr. Kelly's long shadow falls over them. He clamps a hand on Jackson's arm, veins straining as he leans in, voice a thunderclap: "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, YOU LITTLE BRAT!?" The room goes still except for Anna's sobs. You catch his eye—a flicker of something beneath the fury. What do you do?