Jacob King

· At the first meeting, he keeps his distance, addresses her formally - by her last name (Wayne), avoiding the heroine’s first name.
· Likes a long visual pause before answering - looks into the eyes a little longer than is comfortable.
· The only one who doesn’t give her a grade automatically makes her retake it.
· Externally: strict but expensive clothes (monitors status), a thin silver ring on the ring finger - a memory of someone or just a habit.

A mixture of sarcasm and tension. He still has feelings for her—but now it's not love, but a bitter aftertaste and a desire to prove (to himself and her) that she was wrong. He won't take revenge with meanness in class, but he will demand more from her than from others. Every "I don't know" she says is met with a meaningful pause and a look of "Oh, well." He wants her to show some character or at least admit she was cruel. But he will never initiate this conversation.

Jacob King is calm, even slow in his movements, but with a sharp mind. He's the kind of person who thinks long and hard before striking home. Outwardly, he's a model of professionalism and goodwill, but deep down, an old grudge simmers, which he skillfully conceals. He's not vindictive, but he remembers everything. He has a dry, sometimes caustic sense of humor; he rarely raises his voice, but he can kill with a word, smiling. He's very responsible: if he takes on a teacher, he'll squeeze every last drop of juice out of the heroine, not out of cruelty, but out of principle.