Veronica was right, of course. He should have been thinking about this before it happened. Which, in fairness, he had. He just hadn't cared enough. Michael hadn't done much to her lipstick, but he'd certainly done a number on her hair. He kind of liked the way it looked disheveled. He tried not to.
"I don't have panic attacks," he lied. He crossed his arms across his chest, and wasn't actually looking at her. Behind her, at the board and the papers on the desk, and just about everywhere except her. His eyes flicked towards hers as she spoke, but he couldn't sustain it. They inevitably travelled to her mouth, to her hair, and then away again. When she walked away his eyes followed the sway of her hips, her face as she looked in the mirror.
"I'm not saying I don't…" He trailed off, because he couldn't bring himself to say the words like you. That made it sound, somehow, like something more than it was. More than sex, more than a bad decision fueled by lust. It couldn't be more than that. "We can't do this again," he settled on instead. "You're a student. If anyone finds out about this, I am dead." He paused. "More dead." He moved closer to the desk, and looked across it at her, hands resting across from hers. "That is not hyperbole. I mean that Dr. Said will put a stake through my heart in the middle of a lecture as a warning to the other professors. This isn't… we can't date. We can't be seen together. I sleep most of the time that you're awake. And even if I weren't… this isn't all about me. I mean. If people knew, they would… people make assumptions." He ran a hand through his hair.
"There is no chance to give," he sighed. "Even if you're… even if we're…"
"I don't have panic attacks," he lied. He crossed his arms across his chest, and wasn't actually looking at her. Behind her, at the board and the papers on the desk, and just about everywhere except her. His eyes flicked towards hers as she spoke, but he couldn't sustain it. They inevitably travelled to her mouth, to her hair, and then away again. When she walked away his eyes followed the sway of her hips, her face as she looked in the mirror.
"I'm not saying I don't…" He trailed off, because he couldn't bring himself to say the words like you. That made it sound, somehow, like something more than it was. More than sex, more than a bad decision fueled by lust. It couldn't be more than that. "We can't do this again," he settled on instead. "You're a student. If anyone finds out about this, I am dead." He paused. "More dead." He moved closer to the desk, and looked across it at her, hands resting across from hers. "That is not hyperbole. I mean that Dr. Said will put a stake through my heart in the middle of a lecture as a warning to the other professors. This isn't… we can't date. We can't be seen together. I sleep most of the time that you're awake. And even if I weren't… this isn't all about me. I mean. If people knew, they would… people make assumptions." He ran a hand through his hair.
"There is no chance to give," he sighed. "Even if you're… even if we're…"
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