Author's Note & Disclaimer: This story is the first installment of what I intend to be a series of interrelated but mostly independent short stories. This story contains graphic depictions of arguably non-consensual sex and coercion, and is intended to be read only by adults of legal age in legal contexts. All characters depicted in any sexual situation are over 18, and all events and people described are entirely fictional. Copyright 2020, Quiver. All rights reserved.
Chronicles of Succubus High
by Quiver
Chapter 1: Window Dressing
1:25. 4th period. Tom sat behind his desk in the corner as he waited for his next group of students to start filing in for their first class after lunch. They were never very focused this time of day, and on more than one occasion he'd caught a student nodding off during class.
At least this group was his senior class. The freshmen he taught during the other four periods were a lot more rowdy. Such a weird mixture of childish pranks and teen drama to contend with, always some new issue he didn't care about but somehow became his problem when it happened in his classroom. Definitely not his favorite aspect of teaching. But, with the seniors, the biggest problem he had to overcome was apathy.
He didn't really blame them for not caring about his class. He'd been teaching the same two math classes at Emery for the past 12 years, and he knew senior calculus wasn't the most exciting subject for a bunch of 18-year olds who just wanted to spend time with their friends before graduation. He had been 18 once. Probably. But it was his job to make sure these kids were ready for their college classes next year. His job to bore them every day after lunch, knowing they were counting the minutes until they could get out of this place.
A lifelong bachelor, Tom Purcell really hadn't given much thought to dating. He'd gone on a few dates when he moved to town when he started working at Emery, but nothing really came of them. He did have a little bit of a crush on the English teacher who taught a few classrooms down from his. Ms. Davis. Miss Davis? Natalie, he was pretty sure. She seemed nice enough. He hadn't had many interactions with her. It was a big school. He barely even recognized most of the faculty, much less remembered all their names. But Ms. Davis seemed intelligent and friendly. Pretty too. But honestly, he just wasn't that motivated to try to see more of her. He was pretty content to go home and watch the news, do a crossword, have some tea and go to bed. Routine was nice, and sex and romance just seemed too complicated to be worth it.
Tom really did enjoy teaching though. He'd gotten his master's degree in applied mathematics, and applied to a few engineering and programming jobs after he graduated, but had fairly quickly stumbled into a substitute teaching gig that made decent money. And he found he had a knack for explaining things, and when a permanent position opened up, he saw no reason not to take it. He saw a lot of himself in some of the nerdier kids, and it made him happy to see them start to understand the material, especially after they struggled a while with it. But it was tough most of the time. High school kids generally didn't really care about what he was trying to teach them. It was rare to find anyone who actually wanted to learn. The freshmen he taught algebra to were often too immature, and the seniors in his one calculus class mostly just wanted to leave. But at least he had his crossword puzzles, and that occasional kid who actually wanted to be there. Over all, not a bad life.
"Hey Mr. P," Jeffrey said as he entered Tom's classroom. Jeffrey was one of the good ones. Not top of the class or anything, but at least he stayed awake. He'd even ask a question or two when Tom was left with a room full of silence. Seemed like a good kid. And he always said hello. It made Tom feel like a real person instead of just some humorless old man these kids had to endure. And at 38, he wasn't even that old.
"Good afternoon, Jeffrey," Tom replied. After Jeffrey broke the ice, Tom received a few more half-hearted "Hi Mr. Purcell's" as the rest of the students filtered in.
Tom waited a few more minutes to make sure all the stragglers had a chance to find a seat.
"Okay, happy Monday everyone," he started, waiting for the few mumbled responses. "Let's get started. This week, we're continuing our discussion of limits and moving into derivatives. Who can tell me the general formula for a derivative as a limit?"
There was a long pause, most of the students had glazed over by the time he got to the word "Monday". But a few were thumbing back through their notes from last week looking for the answer.
Tom was about to start writing the answer on the board as the classroom door swung open again. Another late student, Tom thought. He glanced over and saw Bree Stevens quietly slip into the classroom and into the last remaining desk at the edge of the front row.
Tom didn't know much about Bree, except that she was doing alright in his class. He didn't think she had been a student in one of his freshman classes, but he taught so many students it was hard to be sure. He did know that she was fairly popular and athletic. She was clearly involved in several school sports, because she was nearly always in some kind of uniform. Today it appeared to be field hockey.
Tom considered for a moment whether to comment on Bree's tardiness, and he decided that he probably should say something. "Bree, please try to be on time to class," Tom said, "It is very disruptive and is not fair to your classmates."
"Sorry Mr. Purcell" Bree responded, looking not at all sorry. But she wasn't being openly defiant, so Tom decided to move on.
"Anyway, as I was saying," he continued on, writing the limit equation on the whiteboard as he discussed the relationship between limits and derivatives. He could practically hear his students' eyes closing as he continued to lecture, and for the next 45 minutes he droned on to his silent and bored audience.