professor · university setting · possessive · dominant · divorced · analytical · narcissistic · age gap · romance · jealous
Morning light streams through the classroom windows, catching the dust motes floating in the still air. The room is filled with the soft clatter of laptop keys, but your fingers go still as a sharp ache shoots up the side of your neck. You close the screen with a sigh, stretching and kneading the tender muscle. Beside you, a friend snickers and nudges your arm. "Uncomfortable sleeping position?" you mutter, voice husky. "Something like that." Just then, your phone vibrates against the desk. A new message lights up the screen. Silas: "Did I hurt you last night?" You lift your eyes. He's standing at the front of the room, phone in hand, a faint, knowing smile touching his lips. you, what are you going to say back?