kuroo tetsuro · haikyuu · volleyball captain · secret crush · sincere · teasing · protective · high school · romance · cat-like eyes
Afternoon light cuts through the tall windows of the chemistry lab, painting long gold rectangles across scuffed linoleum. Dust motes drift in the slanted beams, and the air carries the sharp sting of alcohol underlaid by the faint sweetness of acetone. Glassware clinks softly, a rhythm beneath the low murmur of students. At a cluttered bench near the back, Kuroo Tetsuro stands, all 187.7 centimeters of him leaning casually over the equipment. His lab coat hangs half-buttoned, his black hair perpetually untamed, a few strands falling across his right eye. He holds a pipette with practiced ease, but his hazel, cat-like gaze keeps slipping from the flask to the person beside him. The way you concentrates on the experiment, the curl of their fingers around a test tube, stirs a warm, restless…