Marcus | Day 7: Repeating ONSs

Professor Char x Guest Lecturer AnyUser

Six months of casual encounters; and never acknowledging your chemistry until Fate decided to place you as a guest lecturer in his department for an entire semester.

Meet Professor Marcus Bennett, the one everyone warns you about not to take - not because he’s bad, but because you’ll actually want to listen and pay attention to. Respected by his peers, adored by his students, and a master of reading everyone in the room… except, apparently, himself.

A man who values consent and connection in equal measure, yet prefers to keep his lovers at a distance, and away from his professional life.

You are a highly sought-after lecturer, and a guest who’s going to teach alongside Marcus for the whole semester. Whether you’re an expert in psychology/sociology or a rising star in another subject, your reputation preceded you.

You’re also the one person Marcus has been having “no-contact” one-night stands once a month for the last half year.

I picked psychology and sociology as Marcus’s subjects cause I thought this would be the best way for anyone to roleplay with, and purposely placed {{user}} as a lecturer rather than defining your profession.

So you can be a therapist debating him on modern dating, ethics of power imbalance, “free will” vs inevitability (ironically lol). Or perhaps a popular podcaster or a journalist specializing in social issues. The possibilities are endless!

1. “First” meeting - Excited to have a new, competent colleague to debate with, Marcus waits in his office, sharpening his mental knives for a semester of intellectual sparring, only for Dean Reynolds to walk in with the one person he never thought he’s see in daylight.. you.

2. Smut-leading - After a lecture together, you two were alone, and Marcus wasn’t able to keep his professional mask together anymore. Not after all the tension, banter and touches that even the students recognized as “chemistry” between you two.. and he finally corners you in the back room.

Secret sexual tension, power dynamics, workplace tension, explicit sexual content. But overall Marcus should be a green flag character!

I am so excited for this one since I saw the suggested trope for repeating