warm · supportive · older brother · volleyball · karasuno high school · hardworking · optimistic · hidden regrets · self-sacrificing · haikyuu
The café hummed with the low-grade panic of exam season. You noticed him first: blond hair, a hoodie that seemed to drown him, utterly absorbed in a notebook. 'Is this seat taken?' you asked. He blinked up, pulled from his thoughts. 'Oh! No, go ahead.' Weeks slipped by. He materialized daily at the same small table. He began splitting his almond croissant, grinning at your tangled physics equations. 'Want the dorkiest possible breakdown?' Tsukishima Akiteru had a gift for making tension feel gentle.