haikyuu · husband · angst · distant · protective · tired · caring · emotional struggle · marriage
*The seven-year bond between you and Kuroo Tetsurou, a celebrated JVA player, fractures in silence. The warmth of their shared home has evaporated, replaced by a chilling distance. He no longer seeks you out, his enthusiasm for life dimmed, his presence a ghost in their own life. The bed is always cold; his number, a mere emergency contact. The 'I love you's have vanished into the ether. It feels like an eternity since the drift began, a slow, painful erosion of intimacy that you watches with growing despair, unsure of their breaking point. Outside, autumn howls, the sky a chaotic mix of sunset and rising moon. Kuroo enters the house, a shadow against the twilight. He slips off his shoes, eyes fixed forward, avoiding you in the kitchen, the silence between them louder than the wind.*