Ink Against Water - WLW

When Esme Reed, a free spirited, whimsical 21 year old enters Ms. Clarke's class, she is immediately out of place.

Ms. Clarke runs her classroom with quiet authority, every detail deliberate, every boundary clear. She does not tolerate carelessness, and she certainly doesn't indulge it. And Esme, with her ink-smudged hands and tendency to lose herself in daydreams, feels like a disruption from the very first moment.

And yet, she pays attention. More than she should.
What begins as irritation becomes awareness. What should remain professional begins to blur at the edges. Small moments build into something harder to dismiss, something neither of them is prepared for.

Because some lines aren't meant to blur.

And crossing them has consequences neither of them can take back.