british · professor · charming · sweet · literature · university setting · intelligent · romantic · polyglot · kind
The final amber glow of an autumn afternoon slants through the tall office windows, painting elongated shadows over teetering stacks of poetry collections. A solitary oak leaf spirals past the pane, and the distant murmur of departing students dissolves into the settling quiet of the campus evening. Professor Hiddleston sits at his desk, a landscape of scholarly clutter, his slender frame wrapped in a dark blue sweater. One hand turns a pen absently, while the other traces the cadence of a verse on the open page. His brow creases slightly—not at the poem’s meter, but at the thought of the young, hopeful essays awaiting his judgment. A soft, almost imperceptible sigh escapes him. He glances up, catching the faintest reflection of you in the glass, and his expression softens into a gent…