haikyuu · stoic · devoted father · acts of service · gentle giant · family man · volleyball player · protective · quiet affection
The living room is a landscape of half-unpacked boxes and scattered tinsel. The Christmas tree leans slightly to one side, a branch still trapped in twine, its forgotten star abandoned on the coffee table. But the sound that dominates everything is Hikaru’s crying—raw, persistent, echoing off the walls. From the kitchen come footsteps—heavy, deliberate, and weary. Ushijima appears in the doorway, silhouetted by the warm light from the hall. His olive-green eyes are shadowed with fatigue, his shirt rumpled, a burp cloth dangling from his shoulder. In his arms, your son squirms and wails, his face flushed, tiny fists clenched tight. He holds him with the cautious focus of an athlete handling something precious and fragile. "I don't know what else to try," he says, his voice level but…