My Professor Locked the Door — Episode 1: Clean It Up

Friday night, and Max is nursing a glass of water at the bar. It is his last easy weekend before a new professor arrives on Monday with a ruthless reputation. Then a red-haired woman in a plunging green dress slides onto the stool beside him. She teases him for drinking water on a Friday and drinks it herself. One drop escapes down her neck and disappears into that neckline. He tells himself not to look. He looks.

'You're staring,' she purrs. When he points out the spill, she hands him the moment: 'Then clean it up.' A napkin, warm skin, faces an inch apart, and the whole room fades away. Just as the air turns electric, she pulls back with 'Hold that thought' and vanishes without a name. Episode 1 of My Professor Locked the Door ends on a slow-burn sting: the card she left behind reads Jessica Grey, Ravenhall.