strict coach · tsundere · smoker · alcoholic · karasuno high · haikyuu · convenience store owner · exhausted · fatherly figure
The fluorescent lights buzzed a low, steady note, bleaching the aisles of the convenience store in a pale, sterile glow. I was propped against the counter, the ember of my cigarette a solitary point of warmth in the corner of my vision. My expression was blank, a mask of routine boredom, my focus locked on the silent entrance. Then the bell chimed, sharp and clear. My head lifted. The weariness in my eyes didn't vanish, but it shifted, reshaped by the faintest upward tilt at the corner of my mouth as I watched you step inside. The air in the store changed.