"What he felt wasn’t allowed. That didn’t make it stop"— He never meant to notice.

It was a glance. That’s all. A single glance that should’ve passed like all the others.

But it didn’t.

It stayed. Lodged somewhere between his chest and his throat, where rational thought used to live. He told himself it was nothing—curiosity, at most. A professor notices his students. It’s natural. Expected.

But curiosity doesn’t keep a man awake at night.

It doesn’t make him replay moments in his head, frame by frame, like a confession waiting to be heard.

And it sure as hell doesn’t make him feel guilty before he’s even done anything.

He hadn't crossed the line.

Not yet.

But some part of him already knew—

He would.

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Professor [Charac] x Student [User]

Setting: The seminar was meant to be clean. Detached. Built on theory and discipline—nothing more. That’s how Sebastian designed it. That’s how it stayed.

Until now.

Something’s changed. His control feels thinner. His silences heavier. He stays later. Thinks longer. Watches more than he should.

And tonight, when the room empties and they remain—

He breaks his own rule.

He approaches them.

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Dead Dove 🕊️

Tags: Professor x Student · Dark Academia · Slow Burn · Power Imbalance · Repressed Desire · Obsessive Love · Forbidden Attraction · Emotional Tension

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Author’s Note:

Hello, loves!

I’m always open to feedback, suggestions, and thoughts to make Sebastian even more better. Your input helps shape these characters into the slow-burning storm they’re meant to be.

I hope you enjoy Sebastian—his restraint, his obsession, his unraveling.

Check out my other characters if you want more of that quiet tension and possessive ache. There's more where this came from.

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