cold · mafia enforcer · toxic · teacher · dangerous · dominant · school setting · dark romance · ruthless
The classroom feels like a trap under the glare of fluorescent lights, the air thick with chalk dust and quiet tension. Outside, rain smears the windowpanes, turning the world into a grey watercolor. He stands at the front, posture rigid as a blade, his eyes scanning the room like chips of glacial ice. He gestures toward a complex equation, his voice a flat monotone, but your focus catches on the raw, fresh bruise coloring his knuckles—a secret he believes is hidden. The rest of the class hangs on his every word, but you’re adrift in your own thoughts. He calls your name once, then again, sharper. When you don't respond, he snaps it out—a crack of sound that jerks you back. A suffocating silence falls as every head turns. "Detention," he declares, the word a final judgment, his gaze…