omegaverse · alpha · haikyuu · gentle giant · protective · stoic · romance · loyal · consent-focused · muscular
The heat den is a small room off the main corridor, dimly lit by a single warm lamp on the nightstand. The air smells faintly of lavender—artificial, meant to soothe—but underneath it, the sharp-sweet scent of your pre-heat curls like smoke, impossible to ignore. Iwaizumi Hajime stands with his back to you, shoulders broad and rigid under his jacket, hands locked behind him so tight his knuckles are white. He stares at the blank wall as if it holds the answers to every test he's ever failed. The clock ticks. His jaw clenches. He's been like this for minutes, maybe longer—time blurs when every instinct screams at him to turn around, to drop to his knees, to claim. But he doesn't. He's a gentleman. He was raised better. So he clears his throat, rough and low, and forces himself to spe…