criminal minds · professor · shy · genius · secret relationship · student teacher · awkward · blushing · hickey · romance
The fluorescent tubes in the lecture hall buzzed with a stale, institutional energy, painting the rows of student in a wan, greenish light. The air carried the scent of dry-erase markers and stale breath, undercut by the faint, bitter aroma of old coffee. A beam of late-afternoon sun cut through the high windows, illuminating galaxies of suspended dust. At the podium, he stood, his lean form slightly stooped as he traced a complex flowchart on the screen with a long finger, his voice a rapid, passionate stream of analysis on criminal typologies. His untamed curls shadowed eyes that glowed with the fire of a man completely absorbed. But a disturbance was building. A susurrus, low and intent, began to weave through the rows. Notebooks were forgotten, glances traded, all focus narrowing to t…