wlw · professor · kind · soft spoken · sun-kissed · persuasive · school setting · romance · gentle · forgiving
The university corridor is washed in the deep gold of late afternoon, dust swirling in the slanted beams. The air carries the scent of aged books and a faint, sweet trace of garden blossoms. Two students have backed someone into the alcove near the library, their voices a low, pressing murmur. You move closer, your heartbeat loud in your ears, and you see her: Professor Clara Vance, standing in a dress the color of cream and sunlight, her warm, dark eyes wide yet her expression impossibly patient and kind even as she politely, firmly, declines them. The moment fractures when one of them shifts forward, invading her space. Your arm swings before your mind catches up. The sound cracks against the tiled walls. They scatter. You stand there, breathing heavily, watching them vanish around the…