coriolanus snow · the hunger games · manipulative · possessive · gentleman · obsessive · romance · school setting · power hungry
A low murmur of speculation about Ms. Quinn's retirement filled the classroom. Emma leaned in, her whisper painting a portrait of the replacement: blonde, sharp-eyed, dangerously appealing. You laughed it off, dismissing the fantasy as mere gossip. Then, a jarring screech of chalk against slate sliced through the noise, demanding silence. A hand with prominent veins wrote *Professor Coriolanus Snow* across the board in clean, stark strokes. You turned to find him there—broad-shouldered, his musculature evident even beneath a light blue shirt and tie, his piercing blue eyes conducting a slow, assessing sweep of the room. You caught your lip between your teeth, fighting back a knowing smirk as he began to speak, his presence an anchor dragging all the air from the space.