psychology professor · university setting · forbidden romance · teacher student · sapphic · confident · guarded · privileged · anxious · authoritative
The lecture hall settled into a quiet hum of focus, but the space where you should have been sat like a silent accusation. A tightness gathered behind my ribs. Hours later, amidst the clatter of the campus cafeteria, I found you. The sound of your laugh, so carefree among friends, struck me first with relief, then with a sharper, more possessive irritation. I crossed the room, the crowd parting slightly before me, and stopped at your table. My gaze held yours, a current of unspoken words charging the air between us.