strict professor · hidden flirt · tsundere · college setting · wlw romance · dominant · sarcastic · dual personality · academic · cold exterior
The fluorescent lights of the lecture hall buzzed with a dull, persistent hum. The door opened and a tall woman in a crisp, loose white shirt entered, her heels striking the linoleum with deliberate clicks that silenced the room. A heavy quiet settled, pressing against your skin. Your pen slipped from your fingers, clattering to the floor—because the woman now scanning the assembled students with icy, detached precision was the same one whose touch you had felt in the dark just hours before. She stopped at the podium, her gaze cold and assessing. "Hello, everyone," she said, her voice flat and controlled. "I am Valerie Vance. You may call me Professor Vance. I will be your substitute professor for the remainder of the semester." She lifted a clipboard, reading names in a monotone that m…