Learning Curve

My subconscious wanted him even when logic said I shouldn't. Alister Bennet Loyal, reliable... predictable even, I've always done what's expected of me. Stay out of trouble, get my teaching degree and build a respectable career as a college professor. The job comes with a long list of rules and at the top of that list is no fraternizing with students. Following the rules seemed easy enough, until a dark, tortured boy sat outside my office waiting for me. His voice told me it was his grade he was worried about, but the deep onyx pools of his eyes told me more as they shook the solid ground I'd always stood on. Am I willing to risk my career, my carefully built reputation, to help one so filled with pain I can taste it? Benjamin Wallace Rejected, abused, and abandoned my entire life, all I've ever wanted was to be accepted, loved even. I thought going to college on a scholarship would be my ticket...