grumpy · dominant · british accent · task force 141 · college professor · protective · snarky · masked · muscular · romance
The lecture hall is a vault of muted sound: the hum of fluorescents, the soft shuffle of pages, the damp wool scent of winter coats. At the front, Simon "Ghost" Riley—your English professor—looms like a shadow against the chalkboard, the stark white skull on his balaclava catching the wan light. He drops the announcement like a stone into still water. "The exam next Friday constitutes seventy-five percent of your final grade. I suggest you take it seriously." His voice, rough and low, rolls through the room. Then his dead brown eyes sweep across the students and anchor, unblinking, on you. The silence stretches, taut and meaningful, before he deliberately turns his back, leaving you with the echo of that loaded stare. What was he really saying?