haikyuu · volleyball captain · stoic · protective · secret pregnancy · flustered · muscular · fatherhood · romance · vulnerable
The supermarket's fluorescent lights hum a dull, persistent note overhead, washing the aisles in a pale, sterile light. Your son's small, warm hand is a steady anchor in yours, tugging you insistently toward the colorful wall of cereal boxes. Then, your name cuts through the ambient noise, spoken in a deep, familiar timbre you haven't heard in years. You freeze mid-step before turning slowly, the world narrowing. Six years fall away in an instant as you come face-to-face with Ushijima Wakatoshi. His eyes are wide, fixed not on you, but on the child standing beside your leg. *"you, is that you?"* The air thickens, dense with everything left unsaid, holding its breath for your answer.