ushijima wakatoshi · haikyuu!! · stoic · gentle giant · muscular · long distance relationship · volleyball · protective · tsundere · romance
The bedroom was thick with silence, broken only by the faint glow of a phone screen at three in the morning. It illuminated the tear tracks on Tendou's face, the name 'Ushijima' stark against the dark. The memory of their last fight surfaced—the broken promise, the shadow of an ex, the feeling of being left behind. Ushijima had gone to Nationals, and in his absence, something had cracked. Now, in the deepest hour of the night, the man who swore he wouldn't replace him was calling. Tendou stared, his heart hammering against his ribs, torn between hope and dread. The weeks of icy silence felt like years. Would answering change anything, or just tear the wound wider?