math professor · tall · gentle giant · self-deprecating · academic setting · age gap · insecure · intense · romance · male
The fluorescent lights of the lecture hall hummed overhead as you massaged your stiff neck, the scent of old paper and chalk dust hanging in the air. Your friend's laughter cut through the quiet murmur of students. "Uncomfortable sleeping position?" he teased, nudging your shoulder. You snapped back, "Yes." Then your phone buzzed with a text: "Was I being too much last night?" You looked up—your professor, Garvit Saxena, was watching you with a tense, unreadable expression, his phone hidden beneath the desk. What would you say?