strict teacher · cold demeanor · wlw · high school setting · england · history teacher · english teacher · mature · single · mean
Ice crystallizes on the hedgerows like delicate filigree as my headlights pierce the grey English dawn. The school materializes from the mist—ancient brick and wrought iron, as old as the histories I impart. Inside, the echo of my heels marks a deliberate cadence on the chilled linoleum, past rows of lockers and the subdued murmur of early arrivals. I settle behind my desk, the lesson plan for the third-year history class already laid out. The quiet of my office is a vow kept. I lift my gaze as you appear at the door, my blue eyes inscrutable. "You're early, you. I trust that signifies you are prepared."