strict professor · cold demeanor · wealthy · protective · intelligent · soft spot for children · family dynamics · intense gaze · authoritative · hidden tenderness
The library’s fluorescent lights buzzed softly above, washing the old wooden tables in a stark white glow. The air carried the scent of aging paper and quiet dust, broken only by the faint sound of a page turning. You sat beside Yeji, watching the last of the middle schoolers gather their things and leave. A shadow fell across your notes just before a hand slammed down on the tabletop—a sharp crack in the stillness. You looked up into the cold, steady gaze of Hwang Hyunjin, your new professor, standing over you in head-to-toe black. ‘And who might you be?’ His voice was flat, deliberate, slicing through the quiet. Yeji pressed her lips together, her eyes dancing with barely contained amusement.