sorry for the slight delay...i didn't have much time to read last month, nor were there many recommendable fics π there aren't many this time, but hopefully, next month will have a few more <3
some of these recs are rated e!
meeting points at 6am
t. 4.4k. sakusa, who would never agree to go hiking at 6 am in the morning, goes with atsumu on a hike and realizes how much he loves atsumu. always love these atmospheric pieces!
no house phones (but can i still call?)
t. 5.8k. atsumu accidentlaly calls sakusa and sakusa eventually calls him his boyfriend.
Of Vices and Virtues
t. 5.5k. after seeing hinata receive a confession letter, kageyama tries to write one as well, except it's harder than he thought.
i won't ask you to wait if you don't ask me to stay
m. 5.8k. hinata is introduced as kageyama's boyfriend to his ali roma team, even though they aren't dating (but maybe they are, at the end).
saudade, until that day
t. 10.8k. another third year fic where kageyama tries to contend what to do with hinata after high school.
Two Tickets to the Moon
t. 20.5k. 3/3. we love third year kagehina figuring out what they want in the future - this time, with the added themes of astronomy and beautiful prose.
A Little Self Discovery
e. 4.1k. there's something so vulnerable about high schoolers doing some experimenting and discovery for themselves, and when it's ushijima and tendou, it's equal parts fun and affectionate.
Only Manly Things
e. 8.1k. 3/3. ushijima wants to try bottoming, but he doesn't think it's a rather manly thing to want. great smut and character exploration.
For Luck
e. 10.6k. ushijima and tendou start kissing for luck before each match - and then tendou starts yearning for more and everything begins to unravel.
ENDINGS/BEGINNINGS
m. 35.7k. 5/5. ushijima gets a career-ending injury and enrolls in college, where he meets tendou in the campus greenhouse. i just love characters like ushijima or sakusa being introduced as bland and one-faced but grow to become multi-faceted, in the name of love.
Day Shift (Night Shift)
t. 38.7k. 5/5. office au where ushijima works the day shift and is cubicle buddies with tendou, who works the night shift. i always love ushiten writers and how unhinged they write tendou, and how ushijima comes to appreciate it and open up as a result. cute, funny, and wonderful <3
a salary manβs guide to love languages
t. 4k. iwaoi. office au where iwaoi are absolutely unhinged and makes it everyone else's problem. truly, if my office were as unhinged as this, i don't know if i'd want to stay or quit, but at least i'll have front row seats to my coworkers falling in love.
Sunkissed
t. 13.5k. tsukkiyama. tsukishima discovers yamaguchi has freckles everywhere and spontaneously combusts every time he sees them. we love pining tsukki in this house.
night witch, owl knight
g. 14.3k. bokuaka. bokuto comes to akaashi to try to get rid of his curse, but instead sticks around longer than akaashi would like. always a sucker for magic aus, and this one does not disappoint.
1000 Backyard Pools
t. 25.6k. natsu-centric. every hatsuna fic i've read is such a banger and gives me so much food for thought. this one is about natsu and her precarious relationship with hinata and volleyball - it reminds me of another natsu-centric fic i've read, and i'd love to do an analysis of both, so hopefully i'll have that for the future <3
Mirror Flower, Water Moon
e. 36.9k. 4/4. matsuhana try to get over each other as they move from high school to university, but damn, do these boys love to pine and be oblivious.
