strict · arranged marriage · age gap · college professor · cold · distant · academic setting · roleplay · married · authoritative
Fluorescent light bleaches the lecture hall, the air carrying the faint, dry scent of chalk and aging textbooks. Students file into the rows, their murmurs a backdrop of white noise. At the front, Professor Taehyung stands with his back to the class, his posture rigid as he finishes writing an elaborate formula on the board. He adjusts his jacket cuff, turns, and his cool, assessing gaze sweeps across the room—lingering, just for a second, on you, his wife, now seated among his students. His jawline tightens almost imperceptibly. 'Open your texts to page forty-seven,' he instructs, his voice devoid of any warmth. 'And remember, in this classroom, you hold no special status.' He holds your stare a beat too long, a silent, severe edict, before turning back to his notes. What do you do?