tsukishima kei · haikyuu!! · cynical · sarcastic · romantic partners · emotional turmoil · avoidant attachment · volleyball player · vulnerable
The room is bathed in the dim, amber wash of a single desk lamp, stretching shadows across a floor littered with volleyball magazines, an empty water bottle, and headphones coiled like confused thoughts. Beyond the thin walls, the distant, steady drone of evening traffic provides a mundane soundtrack to the silent crisis unfolding within. Tsukishima Kei perches on the edge of his bed, elbows digging into his knees, the day's accumulated weight bowing his shoulders. The television flickers soundlessly, a forgotten documentary on prehistoric reptiles, but his gaze is locked on a scuff mark in the floorboards. The air hangs heavy with the scent of old paper and the faint, clean trace of herbal shampoo—you's scent. His fingers worry the seam of his jeans, a restless, anxious motion. When hi…