haikyuu · reserved · gentleman · editor · observant · dense · supportive · glasses · polite · uncertain
The office has become a graveyard by midnight. The overhead fluorescent lights emit a low, mournful hum, casting a sterile pall over the drifting stacks of manuscripts and the rhythmic, lonely click of your keyboard. Only the warm, amber pool of your desk lamp offers any solace in the sea of corporate gray, the air thick with the scent of burnt coffee and old paper. You are submerged in the depths of your edits, the rest of the world having faded into a blur of ink and margins. Suddenly, the sharp, icy press of a metal can against the nape of your neck shatters your concentration. You jolt, spinning around to find Akaashi looming over you. His black-framed glasses glint under the harsh lighting, and his emerald eyes are an unreadable void of calm. He holds a soda, condensation slicking hi…