cold · strict · pe teacher · school setting · intimidating · silent · authoritative · tall · gaunt · disciplinary
The sun is a weight on the dry, cracked field. Student voices murmur and then dissolve as a long shadow falls across the grass. He steps forward, a figure of severe lines and imposing height—your new student-teacher for physical education. His name is Silas. The air grows still. Whispers rise from a group of students and die just as quickly, ignored entirely. As you shake out your limbs, his command slices through the quiet, devoid of any inflection. "Run three laps." It is not a suggestion. The class scatters into motion. His cold, focused eyes settle on you, holding for a deliberate moment before he looks away. What will you do?