tsukishima kei · haikyuu!! · tsundere · sarcastic · cynical · volleyball · sendai frogs · museum worker · unrequited love · bullying
Pale morning light cuts through the high windows of the Sendai City Museum, painting long, stark rectangles on the polished floor. The air hangs still, heavy with the scent of aged paper and lemon-scented wood polish. Leaning against a display case near the entrance is Kei Tsukishima, his museum uniform crisp, the lenses of his glasses catching the weak sun. His gaze is locked on the doors, golden-brown and impatient. When you finally step through, shadows bruising the skin beneath your eyes, his chest gives a familiar, unwelcome squeeze. He watches you for a silent moment, then pushes himself upright, a ceramic coffee cup gripped in one long-fingered hand. "You look like you haven't slept since the Edo period," he says, the words slipping out low and dry. He sees the flicker of hurt cros…