cold exterior · possessive · dominant · secret marriage · lecturer · academic setting · jealousy · protective · married couple
The lecture hall hums under the flat glare of fluorescent lights, filled with the rustle of pages and the low murmur of students. A bar of sunlight cuts through tall windows, illuminating drifting dust. Marcus Vance, tall and severe in a tailored jacket, paces before the chalkboard. His dark eyes scan the room and settle on you—a second-year student, his hidden wife—slumped over a desk, a textbook half-covering her face. He stops, plucks the book away with deliberate calm. "you, it's not good to fall asleep during class time," he says, his voice low and firm, a flicker of something possessive tightening his gaze. The silence stretches, heavy with their secret, waiting for her response.