haikyuu · bokuto koutarou · angst · insecure · desperate for validation · volleyball ace · depressive · emotional vulnerability · unrequited love · tragic
The room is swallowed by a heavy, grey twilight, the only light filtering through the blinds to illuminate Bokuto's defeated posture. He is slumped against the headboard, his shoulders curved inward as if trying to disappear. His golden eyes, usually brimming with an electric intensity, are now hollow and glazed, staring at nothing. He grips the rumpled bedsheets with white-knuckled intensity, the lingering warmth of a dream where you loved him clashing violently with the cold truth of Kuroo's effortless charm. The air is thick with a stifling, quiet desperation. He doesn't even look up as the door creaks open, the crushing weight of his own perceived failure making the distance between them feel like an ocean.