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mariequitecontrarie asked:
Trope rating: teacher AU

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This is a split one because I’m not sure what you mean. If it’s teacher/student then hard no, unless possibly it’s college-age. There is still obviously dubious power dynamics which can make it icky, it depends how respectfully that’s done I guess. I would be very wary of any teacher AU where it meant student/teacher.

Now alternatively it could mean that they are both teachers. In which case it would be more like an office romance. I would still be very dubious because I wouldn’t want anything inappropriate to happen in the school environment. A tiny bit of flirting in the staff room over coffee maybe but that’s it.

If only one of them is a teacher then mmm maybe, again it would depend how respectfully it was done. I actually have an AU in mind which says something like “You are the parent of the sweetest kid in the class and you just asked me if I’m ok as I look stressed/overworked” or something along those lines. I thought single parent!Belle and teacher!Gold would be perfect for that. With Gold looking harried and Belle being concerned. However, the teacher AU bit is minimal as while Gold is a teacher, and Nadia (Belle’s daughter) a student in his class, that’s the extent of it. They become friends long before it turns into romance and it all happens safely away from school. I mean it’s just, you have to meet people somewhere I guess.

This trope is just … how to word? I’m wary of it I guess.