hargrieve’s fic recs — august
whoops, this post is a few days late because I lost all sense of space and time and forgot it was already september. life is funny sometimes. but I’ve been doing this fic rec series for ten months now, and I’m not planning on stopping anytime soon! hopefully I’ve recommended something that was fun to read for at least a handful of people :)
all haikyuu fic recs this month. I didn’t read a whole lot, so I really leaned on my friend dani for her recs. most of these seem to be on the heavier side, or are at least more focused on emotional development. if you’re looking for a lighthearted read, take a look at the akagin and the matsuhana!
a kind of swallowing by limeprint
atsumu focus; rated Gen; 3.7k words; 1/1
a letter from atsumu to osamu
it’s absolutely devastating and I nearly cried while reading. lia limeprint outdoes themselves again. tw dark thoughts and mental health
counting the breaths until you by jintimacy
tsukishima/kageyama; rated M; 21k words; 1/1
karasuno first-years after hs graduation. tsukishima pines HARD for kageyama, who pines right back, but they are obstinately Not Dating
tsukishima pink hair agenda
this was my favorite from this list
convergence by Fountain_Quill
semi/shirabu; rated T+; 9.4k words; 1/1
in college, shirabu visits a bar with his friends. semi happens to be playing there
lots of cameos from miyagi and tokyo training camp players
this fic has the best unexpected-meeting-after-several-years-apart scene I’ve ever read
emergency contact by sketchedsmiles
akagi/ginjima; rated T+; 20k words; 1/1
college au where akagi is an RA who somehow always ends up there for ginjima when he needs it. lots of typical college dorm-related problems and shenanigans
super sweet and touching. if you’re not half in love with akagi after this idk what to tell you
tw minor car accident (everyone is okay)
Northern Downpour by hatsuna
sakusa/atsumu; rated T+; 19k words; 1/1
miya atsumu character study about loving, wanting, and letting go
ao3 hatsuna is one of my favorite writers, and she absolutely did not miss here. totally a masterpiece. I don’t really have more words to describe it
recs I received (thank you dani and ushisaku anon):
cherry blossoming by mcbeefy
suna/osamu; rated T+; 14k words; 1/1
from dani: perfectly captures the pain of growing older and feeling like you never quite know what you’ll make of yourself. really insightful look into the process of growing up and, somehow, reconnecting along the way
tangled in your scaffolding by mareas
ushijima/sakusa; rated E; 42k words; 3/3
summary: “How’s Poland? It’s a first-week-in-a-new-country type of question. Wakatoshi has been in Poland for four months, and this is the first time they’re speaking.”
The Potentially Disastrous Exorcism of Hanamaki Takahiro by kataya
hanamaki/matsukawa; rated T+; 8.6k words; 1/1
from dani: what happens if a demon pops up in your bedroom and you have to pretend like everything’s fine and dandy? matsukawa had to find out the hard way. fun and exciting matsuhana meet cute, where even the devil can’t keep them apart
new fic by your recommenders, dani and scout:
(to be fully transparent, obviously this is biased because we wrote these)
the cockblockification of miya atsumu by comfortcharacters
sakuatsu; rated M; 9.9k words; 1/1
summary: atsumu decides to renounce his fuckboy ways. but when sakusa suddenly enters the picture, atsumu realizes it can never be that simple.
sakuatsu; rated G; 1k words; 1/1
summary: The MSBY Four are stranded in an airport, and Atsumu does not have a jacket.
