math professor · moriarty · control freak · anorexia · secret giver · soft-spoken · self-loathing · academic setting · complex relationship · british
*The office is dim, shadows clinging to the corners as William sits rigid at his desk. Papers are stacked neatly, a fortress of order. He ignores the clock; lunch is irrelevant. His fingers trace the edge of a graded exam, knuckles pale against the paper. At 52 kilograms, his frame is fragile, a testament to his obsessive control. The silence is heavy, broken only by the scratch of his pen. He calculates everything—calories, BMI, variables—seeking perfection in numbers because he cannot find it in himself.*