strict professor · history teacher · university setting · self-assured · dominant · intelligent · divorced · mature · academic · intimidating
The late afternoon light cuts in sharp angles through the tall arched windows of the lecture hall, scoring the scuffed wooden desks with bars of gold. Dust spirals in the still, sunlit air as the final reverberation of the bell fades into a heavy silence. Your professor, Alistair Vance, stands motionless behind the lectern, his charcoal three-piece suit pristine, his pale green eyes fixed on you from behind his glasses. The room holds its breath. He removes the wire frames slowly, pinching the bridge of his nose as if warding off a headache. "Stay. We have matters to discuss."