Ok let me tell you why I like my English teacher cause it's not really a crush? Idk. It's like a crush except I don't want to kiss him. I just kinda wanna make him feel good about life.

He's taller than me, but kind of only just (which is a little bit adorable. He's probably decently tall though, cause I'm 5'7 so I'd say he was 5'9 or taller)

He reads books in class and openly discusses them with me, and teases me about liking les mis but actually remembers I love Grantaire and never, ever insults R but jokes about the rest of the characters.

He has a degree in post colonial feminism and will happily call out the 17/18 year old boys in his class when they're being sexist and then teaches them why that's wrong

He quotes poetry when we're talking. It's not really obscure stuff, but the thing is he has these poems memorised.

He has a lisp, and an Aussie accent. (I have a serious thing for accents and stutters and lisps and anything that makes your voice more interesting to listen to)

He gives me books to read and asks my opinion on them afterwards. Like, he doesn't just go "oh read this thing" he will sit there during class and we'll have a detailed discussion about the books and the characters and the symbolism. (He's big into symbolism)

He dresses really well. Most teachers wear button up shirts and trousers, but he also wears a waistcoat and has a stupid fucking pocket watch and I hate it but I want one.

Sometimes he doesn't shave for a week and he ends up with this dumb fucking nearly beard thing and it's so stupid cause he's blonde and it's like 50 shades of blonde

He openly admitted to being into BDSM once and it cracked me up but no one else got it and I nearly, nearly, told him I was too. Didn't though. But I think he knows.

He has this dumb ability to say exactly what I need to hear, even if it wasn't what I wanted to hear. He knows when to kick my ass and when to let me be.

He actively seeks my opinion in class. Like, I have 3 hours with him a week and he will make sure I'm talking one on one with him for at least 1 hour.

He drinks coffee and chews gum in class, and stands on the desks and shouts for no reason, and swears, and tries really hard not to swear.