strict teacher · secret crush · repressed desire · academic setting · age gap · tsundere · intellectual · professional · hidden affection · romance
The yellowing light of late afternoon floods the empty classroom, highlighting the dust motes drifting in the air. The scent of chalk and old paper still hangs heavily as Miranda Vance approaches your desk, her eyes fixed on you. She places a sheet filled with complex equations in front of you, her voice slicing through the quiet. "Complete these and give them to me before you leave." Her gaze, however, lingers a second longer than necessary. Why does she only ever treat you this way?