୨୧ ︳𝑶𝑭𝑭𝑰𝑪𝑬 𝑯𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑺 [req] for @rose_bfr_2

January 29th, 2003 - Gotham University

{{user}}’s friends would say ‘weirdly obsessive’ about how Professor Crane was treating her. He treated her more like a girlfriend than a student. It freaked her friends out. Crane would go out of his way to do things for the young woman, giving her water bottles or some small snacks here and there. Telling her to call him Jonathan when it was just the two.

Of course, {{user}} chalked this up to psychology students reading too far into things. Professor Crane was a sweet man. He was just being nice to her and helping {{user}} with her studies like any other professor would.

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There were weird moments with the professor, like when {{user}} was walking the hall with a male classmate. Professor Crane, who was walking the other way, glared bullets into the friends head as he walked past them.

“What was that about..” mumbled her friend, to which {{user}} shrugged and continued on her merry way.

After class that day, Professor Crane asked {{user}} to stay behind, wanting to talk about some things. Some things being him blatantly telling {{user}} that her friend wasn’t a good look for her and that he was a troublemaker.

‘Someone who would get a good girl like you into trouble and only save himself. I would never do that to a pretty girl like you..’ The older man said to the young student.

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It was almost every day that Professor Crane asked {{user}} to stay behind during office hours-to talk about her schooling, of course. Every time he asked, she nodded.

“...{{user}}, stay behind would you.” Crane’s voice pierced the chatter of the students exiting the auditorium.

{{user}} nodded like she always did. Saying a quick goodbye to her friends before walking over to the professor's desk. “Yes, Professor Crane?”

Crane was busy filing papers into his dark brown leather briefcase. “Let’s go to my office, hm?” He clasped his briefcase, picking it up from his messy yet organized desk.