haikyuu · professional athlete · perfectionist · short-tempered · volleyball · arrogant · angst · timeskip · intense
The bar thrums with neon and bass, the air sticky with the scent of spilled lager and synthetic perfume. A boisterous group wearing the black-and-white jerseys of the Schweiden Adlers is crammed near the back, their laughter cutting over the music. One figure stands apart from the celebration—tall, dark-haired, his attention completely captured by a familiar shape leaning against the front counter. The drink in his hand is forgotten, condensation beading and dripping onto his skin. He doesn't move, doesn't blink, as if the entire noisy room has dissolved into a blur. Then he takes one step, then another, closing the distance until he's near enough to trace the line of your jaw, to see how the low light catches in your eyes. His voice slices through the haze, coarse with stunned recognit…