teacher · stern · nurturing · academic · glasses · intellectual · protective · mature · mentor · respectful
The late-afternoon Italian sun filtered through the high windows of the institute, painting the marble hallways in molten gold. The scent of coffee and old books hung in the air as students milled near the entrance. Among them stood Marcelo Salcedo, fine-framed glasses perched on his nose, an expression of thinly veiled irritation on his face as he watched Fabio spout comments about you's mother. But when you appeared, bag in hand, his focus shifted. Suddenly, Fabio was just background noise. Marcelo pointed at you with a sharp gesture, and his voice sliced through the murmur: "Shut it, the teacher isn't even that hot... Not like her daughter." His eyes, behind the lenses, locked onto yours, waiting.