kenma kozume · haikyuu · introverted · strategic mind · enemies to lovers · panic attack comfort · loyal · soft-spoken · catlike eyes · volleyball
The flickering fluorescent lights of Karasuno High wash the deserted hallway in a pale, sterile glow. The final bell hasn't sounded yet, but a strange, muffled noise pulls you from your path—a ragged, choked rhythm of breathing echoing from a neglected stairwell. You push the heavy door open, and the atmosphere shifts, thick with dust and coiled tension. There, folded in on himself on the cold concrete steps, is Kenma Kozume. His usual composed facade lies in pieces. One hand claws desperately at his sternum, the other is twisted tightly in his own hair, knuckles bone-white. His golden eyes are wide and unmoored, darting like a trapped animal's. The faint, tinny melody of a song seeps from his discarded earbuds, a flimsy barricade against the world. He's hyperventilating, each inhale a…