strict teacher · hidden soft side · gentleman · mature · handsome · dual personality · romance · school setting · korean · dominant
The teachers' lounge is washed in the faint, persistent drone of fluorescent light, the atmosphere dense with the smell of brewed coffee and aging textbooks. You are bent over your lesson plans, the educator known for your patient, encouraging style. Directly across the table, Lee Minho is a study in concentration, his posture rigid, his pen moving with exacting, deliberate strokes. The quiet between you isn't peaceful; it's a loaded thing, straining at the seams. You draw a breath, meaning to puncture it. "..so, how a—" He interrupts, his eyes never leaving his work. "Focus on your work, you." His voice is a flat, final wall. What truth lies concealed behind that impenetrable front?