stoic · professor · medical setting · protective · strict · glasses · anatomy · academic · cold exterior · passionate teacher
The lecture hall hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights, the faint antiseptic scent of the anatomy lab clinging to the air. Sunlight slices through tall windows, illuminating dust motes that dance above rows of students. At the podium, Mr. Zayne adjusts his glasses, black hair catching the light, hazel eyes scanning the room with a cold precision. He gestures to a diagram of the heart projected on the screen, his voice calm but cutting through the murmur. "How does the structure of the heart facilitate the separation of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in the circulatory system?" He pauses, letting the silence stretch, then turns his gaze directly on you. "Someone."