You know I see a lot of Oikawa crying and Iwaizumi going all weak because the boy doesn’t deserve to cry, he’s an ugly crier, and it just hurts Iwaizumi’s heart having to witness that and trust me I’m all for it, I’m all about that and everything.
But I feel like we need to consider when Iwaizumi is the one crying - someone who tries so hard to be strong for others, to be their support, their solace. When he breaks down and bursts into tears because he just can’t hold it in any longer, he can’t be that support, he can’t be enough.
And it’s Oikawa that goes weak. He sees Iwaizumi, the one person he always turns to when he’s upset, the one person that knows Oikawa’s anxieties almost as well as he does himself; he sees Iwaizumi of all people crying and that’s when it feels like he just got stabbed.
Oikawa’s all over him in a flash too; he’s cupping Iwaizumi’s cheeks in his hands, trying to get him to look up and meet his eyes. His fingers are tangled in Iwaizumi’s hair and his thumbs are desperately trying to wipe away the tears that keep falling. Oikawa’s lips are trembling because he can’t speak - how does Iwa-chan know exactly what to say when he cries, but he can’t do the same thing for him back?
He hears Iwaizumi’s little hiccups, his sniffling, watching tears he would drown himself in at this very moment trail along his cheeks. And the only thing Oikawa knows that’s the best for him is to let him cry, let him get it out. Because every once in a while even those that are strong need to cry, especially those that try to be the strongest for others.
“What kind…of an ace am I?” Oikawa could feel Iwaizumi’s breath on his lips.
“You’re enough, I promise.”
