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troops drop your fav neil pines for andrew fics because there’s so many andrew pining over neil ones but i want neil to lose his mind over andrew, better if andrew is oblivious about it. like are there any new long fics with this trope around? it doesnt even have to be new even old ones would do because i need this injected into my veins right this second. thank you my angels.😩🫶🏻

Our earlier ask ‘Neil pines for Andrew’ is chock full, and we’ve located many more previous recs for you! Finding oblivious Andrew is another beast entirely, and often it only takes clarification of Neil’s sexuality to get them kissing. I recommend Andrew with amnesia fics as a workaround, because Neil loves him and Andrew has to find his way back to that. Another tip is to look for andreil fics tagged with pining that are in Neil’s pov. -A

NB: Neil is smitten in all of these (and most are mutual pining) + denotes Andrew being at least slightly oblivious

previous recs:

Neil pines for Andrew here

oblivious andreil here

new andreil fwb/roommates to lovers here (many pining Neil fics; also +‘house rules’ and +‘Mistletoe of Paper’)

+‘12 Ways to Woo a Minyard,’ +‘Tart,’ +‘The Massive Continuity of Ducks,’ and +‘00:00 (Zero o'Clock)’ here

+‘Singularity’ here

+‘Revelation’ here

+‘wreck my plans’ here

+‘Secrets & Santas’ here

+‘Since The Last Nonsense’ here

‘Neil's Guide to Stalking Your Neighbor’ here

‘on thin ice’ and ‘winter, formal’ here

+‘always you’ here

‘This Version Of You And I’ here

+‘Character Development’ and +‘How to Write a Love Story’ here

+‘What’s Reality With All These Questions?’ here

‘When I’m In Your World (Gray Turns To Color)’ series here

+‘We Can Live Forever’ here

‘hopscotch heart’ here

+‘Love's Keen Smell’ here

+‘leave the room (with a little dignity)’ here

‘it was a murder but not a crime’ here

+‘All I really wanna do is love you’ here

+‘i just wanted you to know (this is me trying)’ here

+‘Maybe you’ll be coming over again’ series here

‘Only Fools Fall.’ (completed), ‘White Hands,’ ‘Cat Burglar,’ ‘You're different than the others,’ ‘Allurement,’ +‘If You Knew What I Know,’ ‘Whiskey Sour,’ ‘(a comprehensive guide to princes and knights…),’ and ‘CVS’ (completed) here

‘Hello World’ and ‘we should quit but we love it too much’ here

‘it's you i've been wishing for’ and +‘pull me closer (and hold me in your arms)’ here

‘One Last Time’ (completed), ‘like water.,’ +‘laws of motion,’ and ‘Trigger’ here

‘if you really love nothing,’ +‘Undefined Roommates Code’ (updated) and ‘over/under’ here

‘disarm you with a smile’ here

‘If you love me, come clean’ here

‘I Will Always Choose You’ series here

‘doubt thou the stars be fire’ here

‘The Bokeh Effect’ here

‘thnks fr th mmrs’ and ‘Do I have your attention?’ here

‘So Much Younger Yesterday’ here

‘Daily Special’ here

‘Spill Your Secrets, Your Fears, Your Truths’ here

‘not jealous’ here

+‘Somebunny To Love’ here (completed)

+‘this room, our universe,’ +‘Shark Bait,’ +‘What happens when you fall for your barista,’ +‘i've been blossoming alone over you,’ and +‘stone heart (broken open)’ here

Andrew has amnesia, Neil pines:

‘Muscle Memory’ (completed), ‘The Memories I Never Can Escape.,’ and ‘last piece of gold’ here

‘My Lover Writes Me Letters’ here

‘Back to the Start’ here

‘Secondhand Lovers’ here (completed)

‘The Tide’ here

you may also like:

flirty seductive Neil here

Neil climbs Andrew like a tree here

Neil snaps “not nothing” here

jealous!Neil here

andreil roommates with mutual pining here

BFFs Andreil with pining here

oblivious neil/crushing andrew here

pining!neil

it’s only you by sensetia [Rated T, 2156 Words, Complete, 2025]

“I don’t know. I think I like you or something. I can’t keep my eyes off you sometimes. You’re so muscular. It’s like- I don’t know. I’m sorry.” “Why are you apologizing?” Neil looked to Andrew, who looked wholly unbothered still, and shrugged weakly, “I shouldn’t think of you in that way. Especially when you don’t know about it.” “I think of you in that way too. So it’s fine,” Andrew said with an easy shrug of his shoulders. Neil blinked at him in shock, “You- What?”

Dancing in the Dark by Shadow_Lux362 [Rated G, 1202 Words, Complete, 2024]

Andreil prompt: Tipsy/drunk Neil on the dance floor Andrew's reaction- Alternative Universe

Nothings Gonna Hurt You Baby by LeaflessMonarch [Rated T, 3532 Words, Complete, AFTG Mixtape Exchange 2024]

The foxes take Neil to a Karaoke bar.

A Leaf Named Regret by Moondal [Rated T, 1349 Words, Complete, 2025, Locked]

Jealousy had Neil in its tangled snarls, a gnarled spike growing through his stomach.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced torture

one kiss, bad for me by kieka [Rated M, 13220 Words, Complete, AFTG Mixtape Exchange 2025]

“Will you be able to play?” Dan asks, voice layered with concern. Neil blinks, confused. “Why wouldn’t I be able to play?” “What our fearless leader means is—will you be able to focus on the game instead of Andrew’s mouth and impressive biceps,” Allison clarifies, saddling up next to Neil with a knowing look. “I—” Neil starts. “I mean I get it,” Allison continues. “He has really nice biceps.” - Neil lets a rival goalie take a body shot off him at a bar. Things devolve from there.

tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: noncon touching, tw: violence, tw: panic attacks, tw: implied/referenced child abuse

Kiss the Pavement by OftenIAmPermitted [Rated M, 1556 Words, Complete, 2025]

Neil had gone outside of Eden’s for some air. He didn’t expect to die like this, but he didn’t think he had any more chances left.

tw: panic attacks, tw: assault, tw: robbery, tw: major character injury, tw: blood, tw: implied/referenced torture

I Don't Wanna Be Well Known (I Just Wanna Be Known Well) by lacklusterlion [Not Rated, 2933 Words, Complete, AFTG Pride Zine 2024, Locked]

“Your staring is rather noticeable.” Andrew’s explanation left out one key factor; to know someone was staring, one had to be looking at them to begin with. It was to his benefit that Neil wasn’t a fraction as observant as him. What Neil lacked in perception, he made up with high cheekbones and a freckled face. “And if I see something I like?” Neil wasn’t usually so bold but he also wasn’t used to wanting. He knew that wanting left the door open for not receiving and not receiving led to disappointment. Neil weighed his options and knew that the possibility of something more was worth so much than a hypothetical hour of awkwardness. “The director will have a better reason to yell cut.”

NB: includes art for @aftgpridezine by @/konaiiro on x

pining!neil (probably mutual pining) with varying degrees of oblivious andrew

streetlights and speed bumps by Sepulchralblues [Rated M, 13123 Words, Complete, 2025]

The bones of Neil’s wrist shifted delicately against the faint scars on the back of his hand as he brought his hand up to take a drag. “Looks like you’re picking up more than one bad habit from me.” Andrew stayed silent, but Neil wasn’t feeling cooperative anymore. He wrapped the strings of Andrew’s hoodie around his index finger and tugged until Andrew felt agreeable enough to face him. He knew he’d fucked up as soon as he turned though. Neil was right there, close enough that Andrew found it difficult to breathe out of sheer proximity. His blue eyes were dark, the pupils blown. Andrew blamed it on the darkness, on Neil’s exhaustion, on the nicotine in his bloodstream. It was a trick of the light that made it look like Neil was focusing Andrew’s mouth. That the look on his face wasn’t confusion, but something that resembled the heat spiking in Andrew’s gut. ~ Best friends to lovers, High School AU

Hanahaki AU by IntrovertedBookWorm [Rated G, Collection, 2 complete works, Updated May 2025]

Part 1: For You I'd Bleed Myself Dry [23843 Words] (And when the vines reached my heart? I didn’t pull them out. I named them after you.) -- Hanahaki: love that takes root where it doesn’t belong. Neil was never meant to feel it. He wasn’t supposed to survive long enough to. But then there was Andrew. Now Neil is coughing up flowers—blooms that carry every unsaid word, every moment he couldn’t let go. But this disease only ends in one of two ways: You confess. Or you die. And Neil has always been terrible at both

tw: body horror, tw: choking, tw: vomit, tw: blood, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: suicidal ideation, tw: implied/referenced child abuse

Part 2: Every Bloom a Bruise, Every Breath a Promise [31776 Words] Petals in his lungs. Blood on his teeth. A silence between them sharp enough to carve ribs into a coffin. Neil Josten would rather choke on flowers than confess—would rather take the name to his grave than watch it wither in someone else’s mouth. But some roots won’t stay buried, no matter how deep you dig. Andrew Minyard has survived knives, darkness, and ruin. He’ll be damned if he lets Neil die of something as stupid as love. If this is how they go down, they’ll do it bloody—thorns and teeth and no regrets --- (For You I'd Bleed Myself Dry from Andrew's POV)

tw: body horror, tw: choking, tw: vomit, tw: blood, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced csa

The Lie by Queenlost9 [Rated T, 22524 Words, Complete, 2024]

“Neil’s my boyfriend.” His heart came to an abrupt stop the moment the words left his mouth. He felt his mask of indifference begin to crack as he looked across the table to where Neil was looking at him, a spoonful of mashed potatoes halfway to his open mouth.

tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced child abuse

andrew minyard's incomplete (but very important) list of where not to kiss your best friend by kowarubunga [Rated T, 8607 Words, Incomplete, AFTG All For the Bingo, Updated July 2025]

Of course Andrew wants Neil—he’s beautiful and infuriating and, even though Andrew refuses to acknowledge it, actually funny. Neil cares about Andrew, makes him feel seen in a way no one else has ever made him feel before. Neil likes being around Andrew, says it every chance he gets. There is no world in which Andrew Minyard is not head ov]er heels in love with Neil Josten. And as much as he knows Neil cares for him, Andrew’s pretty sure there’s no world in which his feelings are reciprocated, either. - or: 5 times andrew and neil don't kiss + 1 time they actually do

At the Crack of Dawn by myicedcoffee [Rated T, 6451 Words, Complete, 2022]

They often woke up sometime just past the crack of dawn, Neil sometimes waking up first and stirring Andrew awake on his way out for a morning run, Andrew sometimes waking before Neil and slipping silently out of bed to smoke on the roof, and they went their separate ways without a single word about the night before. Never did they talk about fleeting touches or words whispered so quietly they were barely meant for the other to hear. But they knew it happened, and they knew it would happen again, and that was enough. In fact, it was already more than it should have ever been in the first place. Still, he never left.

Jinxed All The Way by moonix [Rated T, 4165 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]

Andrew is the local reclusive curse-breaker. Neil has a knack for getting himself hexed, but it's been happening suspiciously often lately, even for him.

The Curious Case of the Anonymous Photobooth Exhibitionist by moonix [Rated M, 5920 Words, Complete, 2023, Locked]

Someone's taken a dick pic in the arcade photobooth. Detective Andrew Minyard is on the case.

Art

where's my oblivious Andrew representation comic by @habakos

‘it’s always yes with you’ art by @evyltalks (nsfw)

a collection of andreils art by @konaiiro

I promised beefy Andrew comic by @frisslimbim

when he’s copying your snaps….YEEEESSS GOOOD art by @rhhe

when he’s copying your snaps….he fell for my evil plan art by @em-xzm

soft head kiss art by @dshr-art

all I want to do is read about Andrew and Neil again art by @linneart

He didn’t know what this thing between them was anymore art by @laurafromnowhere

Staring. art by @wuzeio

“Neil, watch the ball!” art by @captainchaosghost

🤍– butterflies art by @alekdar

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