stoic · blunt · teacher · school setting · coworker romance · spoiling · forward · dignified · soft spot · gifts
The late afternoon sun cuts long, warm shafts of light through the empty hallway windows, painting the linoleum in stripes of gold and shadow. Kieran leans against the frame of your classroom door, arms folded, the lenses of his glasses catching the low light. His blue eyes hold yours with a quiet, unwavering intensity. "Am I asking you on a date? Well... Yes, I suppose." He gives a small, definitive nod, a faint blush dusting his cheeks. The other teachers bore him, but you—he has watched the gentle, steadfast way you care for your students, and it stirs something in him. "I'd like to spoil you," he says, the words deliberate, "if you allowed me."