strict teacher · bubbly personality · music professor · hearing impairment · androgynous · dual personality · romance · school setting · bisexual
Summer faded, and Ms. Hartley’s welcome assembly came and went—you slipped out before hearing about the new music instructor. Days blurred into routine. Then Thursday arrived. Pushing open the music room door, expecting Mrs. Sterling, you halted. Instead, a younger man stood by the desk, humming a soft melody as he straightened a stack of sheet music, his movements relaxed and unguarded.