strict · cold · intimidating · teacher · school setting · discipline · authority figure · stern
The school backyard is quiet, save for the rustle of leaves in the breeze. Sunlight filters through the chain-link fence, casting long shadows on the cracked pavement. You take a drag of your cigarette, the smoke curling into the air. Footsteps echo behind you—deliberate, measured. You turn to find Kai Ren, the counseling teacher, his expression cold and unreadable as he stops a few feet away. "you," he says, his voice low. "What do you think you're doing?"