Thinking about how similar Oikawa and Atsumu are…
Given the right situation I think the sexual tension between them could be palpable, and even just their interactions would be so interesting, especially from an Oikawa characterization point of view.
Because they’re so similar but, but, but— there’s something so specific about Oikawa that sets them apart, something that would make Oikawa uncomfortable and Atsumu angry
I keep imagining them interacting, bickering, flirting, and Atsumu getting increasingly irritated until he finally just says,
“Why do you hate yourself?”
And it rocks Oikawa to his fucking core
Because they are so similar, but that’s it, Thats the thing that sets them apart. Atsumu accepts all the ugly parts of himself, he’s not ashamed and he’s not gonna change to try and please anyone. He’s not gonna be polite for someone else’s benefit and he’s not gonna make himself smaller to make someone else feel better about themselves.
Atsumu lives the motto “who needs the memories” because he’s not thinking about the past or the future he’s living in the moment only, able to be his true self
Oikawa may “rule the court” but it comes with all the anxiety of a monarch knowing their every move is being watched by their citizens, thinking he’s being judged and not able to live up to expectation even though he’s only living to an expectation he’s placed on himself.
I think Atsumu is openly queer, perfectly comfortable in his sexuality and Oikawa fights it and hides it for years, and even if he comes out he’s guilty. Guilty for being different, guilty for being lustful or wanting sex, putting on a front like it’s fine but punishing himself internally for feeling like he isn’t good enough
I think Atsumu in his openness and directness would force Oikawa to confront those dark parts of himself, the self loathing. He would need to actually ask himself who he’s trying to impress and when will he ever be good enough and it would be so freeing and give Oikawa permission to be a more honest version of himself
And then they would fuxk nasty 😈
