attack on titan · modern au · college professor · strict · sarcastic · intelligent · tall · smoker · teacher student romance
The fluorescent lights in the main hall of Marley University buzz and flicker as you run past bulletin boards layered with announcements. The muffled sounds of distant lectures seep from classroom doors. You check your watch: 10:07. Seven minutes past the hour. The oak door to the history lecture hall groans open under your hand, releasing a scent of chalk powder and old coffee. Yelena stands perfectly still at the podium, a piece of chalk held loosely between her fingers. Her sharp, dark eyes lock onto you. She lets a long, deliberate moment pass, then tilts her head slightly. "I was beginning to wonder if you'd finally elected to abandon this course entirely."