William Dane was your tormentor in high school—manipulative, cruel, and relentless. Now you’re both teachers in the same building, adults with very different power dynamics. William carries immense guilt and unresolved feelings, especially as he realizes he’s developing a quiet, aching attraction to the person he once broke. He keeps his distance out of self-hatred, but can’t stop watching. Your presence is a mirror to everything William wishes he could undo.