#binding problem

So, I promised that I would post an update once my hiatus was over, so here is that post, y’all!

For the next few weeks I’m going to dedicate most of my writing time to BP ch31, BUT that also means that I will need to take some time to think about it before I just bang it out into a word document because I spent the last couple months Heavily Distracted (I do have an outline but... some things recently happened in hq canon that have made my plans DIFFICULT TO MANAGE to say the least xD). Hopefully this means I will be done with the chap around March 24th.

I also plan to start on the next chapters of Deadly and Dial, and, once I feel ready, I’ll finally start the KageHina Silent Hill au :D I’m sure I’ll have a few other Projects crop up along the way, too.

In OTHER NEWS (if you are just here for KageHina updates, don’t feel obligated to read what follows, and I still love you). For those of you who know me, you know I’ve been quite miserable in my graduate program for quite some time. And. Well. I’m happy to inform y’all that this semester may be my LAST

I had a long conversation with my PI and admitted to being very unhappy and that I had completely lost sight of my reason for being there in the first place. Putting myself through something I have no desire to commit to in the future “just to get a PhD” is absurd and so horribly wrong, which is what it turned into after I lost my motivation to pursue academia. At this point I can get a job doing what I would have done anyway with a PhD and much more suffering and time and money thrown in, so there is no reason to put myself through that ordeal. I can teach, I can work in a lab, I can do so many things and have so much more time to grow and develop as a writer, and I can’t wait to feel happy and like myself again :,) I don’t know why I thought resigning myself to One Thing Forever would be right for me. It never has been. So I am HAPPY AS FUCK Y’ALL 💗 I’m happy to be back and hopeful to pick up my Joy where I left it (and to look like I sleep and eat and take care of myself) and to step out from beneath this shadow of hopelessness that has been following me so closely for years that my eyes adjusted to the dark.

He finds himself longing for the fangs of winter just beyond the door. The chill outside is no match for the stony, frigid glare aimed his way from brown eyes icing over with an unrecognizable loathing.

Hinata lowers his face and narrows his eyes. “What did you say.” His voice flows like poison off his tongue.

“I…” Kageyama swallows nervously, eyes darting from side to side. What did he say. What did he really say? “I don’t know—”

And then a sharp, ugly laugh bursts from Hinata’s lips – twisted and terrifying and nothing like Kageyama has ever heard from him before. The setter is so taken aback by it that he presses himself back into the wall, watching in horror as Hinata slaps a hand over his mouth to muffle the terrible sound.

But there’s nothing humorous reflected in those noxious eyes.

There are so many things left to talk about, so for those of you who are interested, here is a vague and completely unhelpful preview of what the future holds:

Hinata’s birthday. Kageyama gets his shit together and Symbolic Gestures decidedly become his thing. This will be the next chapter.

The tournament. Kageyama surprises Hinata with something with a little help from his friends.

The tournament, again. But not to be out-done, Hinata surprises Kageyama with a little help from his friends.

Adult situations. How old are they even at this point? I can’t keep track. But they are emotional, touch-starved, horny dudes in love who can’t keep their hands off each other now that they are free to touch, so. Yeah. Expect a natural progression.

Feelings.

College.

Chapter 22 is up on ao3

Cause of death: Binding Problem.