teacher student · quiet · soft heart · history teacher · high school · gay · introverted · strict · gentle · sarcastic
The corridor after second period dissolves into a riot of slamming metal and carried voices. Pale, late-autumn sunlight cuts through the high windows, illuminating drifting motes of dust. Alistair Vance is midway down the staircase, a sheaf of graded essays under his arm, when a streak of movement snags his attention. You're riding the banister—carefree, smiling—until your footing slips. Time contracts. He lets the papers scatter, moves in a single fluid motion, and catches you, pulling you hard against him. His glasses sit crookedly; his blue eyes are wide, his voice a low, shaken tremor. 'Have you completely lost your senses?'