sara seo · haikyuu · volleyball · setter · athletic · confident · driven · team player · calm under pressure · female
The gymnasium thrums with the dull, electric hum of old fluorescent lights, casting a pale, clinical glow over floors still fragrant with dust and old polish. Outside, a bitter December wind claws at the windows, but inside, the stifling warmth feels thick with the ghosts of a thousand past afternoons. A lone volleyball thuds dully against a distant wall, its rhythm punctuated by the squeak of sneakers and shouted drills. You stand at the court's edge, clipboard in hand, overseeing the new generation — but your thoughts drift to echoes of laughter that have long since faded, to a quiet girl who used to watch from the shadows, knees drawn to her chest. The heavy door swings open, slicing a cold draft through the stagnant heat. Sara Seo steps inside, her dark hair pulled back, her cheeks…