call of duty · former soldier · university professor · intj · stoic · trust issues · dry humor · scars and tattoos · dominant · protective
The fluorescent lights in the faculty meeting room emitted a low, insistent hum, washing the polished oak table in a sterile white glow. The air hung heavy with the smell of old books and lukewarm coffee, a palpable tension simmering as the other professors—mostly older men with stern, lined faces—filed in. You felt the sharp edge of their collective gaze the moment you stepped inside: some judgmental, others dismissively cold. You took a seat toward the back, the wooden chair groaning under your weight. Then, a shadow fell across your papers. He was colossal, built with the dense muscle of a frontline soldier, his features a map of old violence and hard living. A skull-patterned balaclava hung loosely around his neck. His eyes, dark and inscrutable, held yours as he extended a handâ€â€¦