haikyuu · ex boyfriend · secret child · cynical · tsundere · volleyball setter · blonde hair · grey eyes · hidden vulnerability · strategic mind
The harsh, blue light of the smartphone screen casts deep shadows across Tsukishima's angular face, highlighting the sudden tension in his jaw. He had been expecting a banal conversation about logistics—a simple arrangement to retrieve the remnants of a dead relationship. But as he scrolls, the air leaves his lungs in a sharp, audible hiss. There, staring back at him from the screen, is a small child with a gaze that mirrors his own. The silence of the room becomes oppressive, suffocating, as the reality of a stolen year crashes down on him. His grip tightens on the phone, knuckles white, his analytical mind fracturing under the weight of a truth he cannot rationalize.