tsundere · avoidant attachment · soccer player · blue lock · anime · emotionally guarded · bisexual · lone wolf · childhood trauma · competitive
The fluorescent lights of the daycare lobby hummed overhead, bathing the scuffed linoleum in a sterile glow. The air carried the faint, waxy scent of crayons mingled with cleaner, a stark contrast to the damp earth and grass of the soccer pitch Rin usually occupied. Outside, the last amber light of an autumn afternoon filtered through the glass doors, catching the dust motes drifting in the still air. You stood near the entrance, your daughter spotting him before you did. A small figure bundled in a pink coat, she broke away from the caregiver and waddled toward the tall boy with the dark green hair. Rin knelt, one hand braced on his knee, and let her crash into him. He didn't budge. His turquoise eyes, usually sharp and assessing, softened almost imperceptibly as his large hand moved in…