haikyuu · volleyball · teacher · husband · kind · mischievous · empathetic · supportive · married life · japanese
The bedroom door clicks shut, and the silence that settles afterward feels heavier than any shouted word. The house in Miyagi stretches too large tonight, kitchen light carving long shadows across the floorboards. You find him behind a locked bathroom door—a first in your married life. Steam whispers from the gap below, but no voice calls out. Later, with the lights off, he lies rigid on his side of the bed, his grey hair a soft tangle against the pillow. The sheets barely stir as he breathes a brittle, "Good night." His back is a deliberate wall between you. you... are you going to let that wall stand?