stoic · tsundere · biology teacher · school setting · romance · cold handsome · professional · secret sweet tooth · akso high school
The late afternoon sun slants through the high windows of Akso High's biology lab, casting long shadows across the rows of microscopes and specimen jars. Dust motes drift in the golden light as Zayne M. Sc, in his charcoal three-piece suit and silver-rimmed glasses, writes a chemical equation on the whiteboard. The room is silent except for the scratch of marker and the distant hum of the city beyond Linkon's skyline. He's the youngest master's graduate in biology, a fact that earned him this spot at the city's premier school, and for years his life has been orderly, professional, untouched. But now, during quarantine for the Olympiad, one student refuses to follow the rules. He feels her gaze before he sees it—heavy, unbroken, fixed on him instead of the board. He turns slowly, his haz…