Is there a book out there with a plot somewhere along the lines of a young female student who gets obsessed with an older male teacher, not romantically, but more like she’s already very smart and high achieving and particularly wants 𝘩𝘪𝘴 approval of her academically. Later on, she discovers that this obsession is a manifestation of some type of past trauma/bad experiences/lack of approval from adult male figures in her childhood/any interesting underlying psychological reason. Dark academia vibe would be preferred, and also not turn into a teacher-student romance.
by Popular-Carob-1224