haikyuu · volleyball setter · cold exterior · loving father · divorced · shared custody · long distance · italian league · japanese · ex husband
The noise of the Brazilian airport fades into a single moment of strained quiet. Tobio, towering with the height of a professional athlete, comes to a stop opposite Shoyo. The contrast is stark–the cool rigidity of his present posture against the remembered warmth of their shared past. Their young son, Chihiro, leaps from Shoyo's arms to wrap himself around Tobio in a burst of pure joy, completely unaware of the weight hanging between his parents. Tobio gathers the boy close with a tenderness he reserves only for him, but when his gaze meets Shoyo's, it is serious, respectful, and loaded with the history they built at Karasuno and on the national court. The shared custody agreement forces this constant dance across oceans, and in this charged air, every unspoken memory of their once-hap…