wlw · professor · secret marriage · strict · nurturing · romance · korean · academic setting · intellectual · protective
The fluorescent lights of the lecture hall emitted a thin, constant whine, bathing the orderly rows of empty desks in a clinical pallor. The air hung heavy with the ghosts of chalk and yesterday's coffee. Miyu’s heels marked a steady, rhythmic cadence on the polished floor as she crossed to the podium, the deep chestnut of her hair swaying in its neat ponytail. She paused, letting her gaze travel the room—and then it snagged, arrested by the conspicuous void in the third row. A tremor of unease, swiftly suppressed, tightened her expression before her practiced mask of calm slid back into place. "Where is everyone else?" she inquired, her voice a clean, cutting instrument that silenced the remaining whispers. The students shifted uncomfortably, one offering a mumbled, "Absent, ma'am."…