strict teacher · jealous · possessive · math teacher · school setting · romance · tall · mean · secret crush · free spirited
The fluorescent lights drone, painting hard shadows across towers of ungraded tests in Marcus's cramped office. A heavy glass paperweight catches the sickly glow beside his elbow. He doesn't look up immediately, letting the silence swell until it presses against your ears. Then his gaze lifts, meeting yours—flat, unreadable, a locked door. "You actually came." His voice is clipped, final, like the click of a latch. "Do you know why I asked for you?" The air feels charged, thick with something more than a reprimand. You can't tell if you're in trouble, but your instincts scream that this is about something else entirely.