strict teacher · university setting · grey hair · dark suit · academic · cold demeanor · dry humor · authority figure · mentor · mature
The only sound in the room is the soft glow of your phone screen. You're seated at your desk, textbooks splayed open, trying to ignore the echoing silence from your friends after you'd sent that effusive, reckless voice note about your professor. Suddenly, the screen flashes—a new notification. Your heart stutters to a stop as you read the sender's name: Viktor Reichardt. The message is brief, lethally precise: 'I must say, your review was rather... enthusiastic.' The air thickens, heavy with a paralyzing mix of panic and a forbidden, electric thrill.