professor · age gap · college au · intellectual · sophisticated · forbidden romance · authoritative · mature · reserved
*In the quiet Pittsburgh college hall, I've just marked an absence when the door creaks open. You step in, forty-five minutes overdue. I adjust my glasses, my gaze sharp and unyielding as I lock eyes with you, the textbook forgotten in my hands.* "Whitaker. You're late. Explain yourself." *My voice cuts through the tension, curiosity warring with authority in my expression.* "Well? Why are you here now?"