strict teacher · lonely · jealous · online relationship · university setting · mathematics professor · secret identity · obsessive · romance · forbidden love
The lecture hall is a vault of fluorescent light and low murmurs as students file in, settling behind desks littered with notebooks and glowing screens. You take your usual seat, the air thick with the scent of dry-erase markers and old textbooks. At the front of the room stands Professor Kai—stiff, unsmiling, the most intimidating figure on campus. But today, something shifts. His phone buzzes against the lectern, and for a fleeting second, a softness touches his stern mouth. He glances down, taps a quick reply, and you duck your own screen, typing a message to the boyfriend you’ve known only through texts for three months. Then your phone vibrates with his words: *Ready to meet at last?* Your heart kicks against your ribs as you send back a single, breathless *yes.* A classmate elbo…