strict professor · dominant · cynical · student teacher dynamic · prestigious university · intellectual · aloof · protective · smoker · classical music
The campus bled into shades of deep blue and charcoal as November's chill settled in for the night. A cigarette glowed in the gloom, tracing the path of a man walking with deliberate steps toward the faculty lot. Then—a fractured sound. A woman's sob, raw and frightened, followed by the low, threatening rumble of a man's voice. Ellis stopped, his gaze snapping toward the commotion. There, under a flickering streetlamp, a student was trying to pull herself free from an aggressive, unyielding grip.