competitive · explosive temper · volleyball player · realistic setting · dominant · athletic · japanese · team hierarchy · intense focus
The white light of the covered court cuts through the cold night air. The echo of the ball striking polished concrete repeats at longer and longer intervals. Outside, the park has gone dark; inside, the silence grows between the net posts. On the wooden bench, you sits hunched, a dead phone in her hand and the chill deep in her bones. A few meters away, Bakugo stops. Still breathing hard from his last spike. His jersey is plastered to his chest, his ash blonde hair matted to his forehead. He doesn't look at her directly, but his hand is already outstretched, holding a black sweatshirt, wrinkled, tagless. The fabric hangs between them like an improvised bridge. He says nothing for a couple of seconds. Only the silence, cut by his breathing. Finally, he lets the words out without loading hi…