he had a way about him. He could be commanding with just a look. But when he spoke his deep voice send shivers down my spine. I could write ten thousand words on all the things I loved about Professor Lewis, and that thought gave me an idea for my assignment.
I pulled out a piece of paper and immediately went to work. I decided I was going to tell the truth about what I was going through. Every single feeling and thought and painfully embarrassing detail. I was going to tell Professor Lewis exactly what I wanted for Christmas.
2. Brady
To say that I was disappointed in Lawrence Brady’s attendance would be the understatement of the year. He was one of my best students, he had been since the very first paper he turned in. And with each new assignment I became more and more enraptured. I couldn’t get the young man out of my head.
It could partly have been because we shared the same name—his last name being exactly the same as my first. But that was just one small thing that drew me to him. I found him incredibly attractive, both his physical form and his sweet, kind demeanor. And I found his pure, almost crystalline scent incredibly intoxicating.
I am fully aware of the fact that teacher/student relations are frowned upon, not only by the administration, but also by other faculty and most parents of students who attended the college. Obviously I had no intention of ever attempting to seduce this young man. I valued my job and my status far too much. That didn’t stop me from fantasizing about his firm, young body every single night, though.
So when he started skipping class I was incredibly disappointed. I had actually imagined that he would come to me as a protégé, that I would get the chance to mentor him and help him develop his skills as a writer. In my fantasy I worked with him long enough for him to graduate college, which would allow a lot more freedom since we would be out from under the institute’s rules and regulations.
But that fantasy basically hinged on Lawrence passing his first semester. As it turned out, he had missed so many of my classes that technically I could fail him without any further conversation. But I liked him. A lot. I wanted to give him a chance to explain why he gave up on himself so quickly.
Since he had arrived to class so late, Lawrence was the last student to turn in his assignment, so it sat on top of the pile as I carried my paperwork back to my office. I could hear Lawrence padding along behind me. Everything he did, even his movements and his quiet steps as he walked down the hall were so enchanting and adorable. But I had to keep my mind on the subject at hand.
When we were inside my room and I shut the door Lawrence sat down on the brown leather couch that stood against the far wall across from my desk.
“Let’s get right to the point, Mr. Brady. Why is it that you have felt the need to skip so many of my classes this semester?”
He was sitting slightly slumped forward and was staring at the ground in front of him. “It’s all in there,” he said gesturing toward the pile of paperwork on my desk.
“The assignment? What you want for Christmas? The reason you’ve missed so many of my classes is in that essay?”
Lawrence slowly moved his eyes up until they met mine. He looked tired and a little sad. “Yes, sir.”
I open my mouth to say something, but decided I might as well just read what the young man had to say. Especially since reading his assignments was one of the highlights of my day. At least, it was on the days he chose to show up and turn in his homework.
The essay started out briefly outlining Lawrence’s childhood and the parents he was raised by—two dads, an omega and alpha who made Lawrence feel loved and cherished. He also had a brother, a younger one who he loved deeply, but who had something that Lawrence didn’t. Something that made Lawrence envious.
A baby.
In Lawrence’s assignment he wove in bits of background, as well as comparisons to other people and things he saw in his surroundings, and created a very lovely and compelling story. He talked about how this jealousy he had for his brother started to wreak havoc on