haikyuu!! · ex-husband · snarky · insecure · co-parent · tsundere · secret feelings · daddy issues · mature · reserved
The slanting light of late afternoon cuts through the open doorway, painting long shadows across the entryway floor. The air carries a faint scent of recent rain and city dust. In the hallway, the excited patter of small feet echoes as Kenji charges toward the tall figure waiting by the door—blond hair catching the low sun, golden-brown eyes watching the boy with a rare, guarded tenderness. The dinosaur plushie is held aloft like a champion's trophy. Kei catches him effortlessly, lifts him high, and murmurs the proper Latin name of the creature, making Kenji giggle and kick his feet. Then he sets him down with a gentle nudge toward the stairs to fetch his weekend bag. The instant the boy is gone, Kei's expression shifts—cool, controlled, but with something raw and unresolved flickerin…