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let them smooch!! 

((neil is bending his knees a lil so andrew can reach🙏🏻🙏🏻)

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the "canon isn't real we make our own rules" to "i am begging you people to revisit the source material" pipeline

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👑 ROYAL AU TUMBLR LORE MASTERPOST 👑

Linked in order of when they were posted to tumblr.

Find the writing masterpost here 💕

The first sketch dump

A first meeting pt1 / pt2 A misunderstanding the king and queen overview/plot post pt1 / pt 2 confident Nathaniel how Abram got his scars no one will ever know where the prince's favor lies early possible twinyards backstory hurt/comfort of post-Evermore Abram's lashing scars caring for Abram's scars Abram doesn't realize Andrew is courting him A different kind of therapy (royal au inspiration pinterest board) Abram feeling guilty Lyndis's courting realization idea Another 'Abram realizes he's being courted' One of Abram's favorite courting gifts more sketches don't call Abram pretty Lady Allison's new head of staff Twinyard backstory second Tuesday of the month is Market Date day now Maserati is a courting gift from Abram sketches from that scene ^ Abram's experience with nobility and royalty blacksmith Jean (and more Jean) the cats Abram and gloves and touch Andrew's Darcy-hand-flex fencing High Prince Riko's court Abram's scars ache in the cold Andrew and Abram dancing The Spear family and Drake Abram and Katelyn Andrew and Renee Abram's brands pt1 / pt2 Andrew and Abram's hair care

Andrew’s casual behavior

Washing Abram's hair

Pet names

Kateaaron’s wedding

Andreil first kiss

whumptober 1: drugging

whumptober 6: forced to hurt others

Day and Abram; Abram’s recovery

whumptober 9: scar reveal

whumptober 10: branding

whumptober 15: muzzle

whumptober 20: dehumanization

whumptober 22: whipping

comfort (wip): getting Abram to relax

whumptober 27: locked away

comfort: forehead kiss for Abram

royal twinyards

Jean thoughts

nanowrimo update 1

Kissing Abram's scars

Clothing designs?

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university is destroying me at the moment

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Professor Neil (sneak peek)

I missed the guy and WIP Wednesday this week brought him back up so here's a lil gift for @jtl-fics for being amazing and closing on a condo today!!

(Snippet includes part of the WIP Wednesday piece in the beginning)

September 16, 2008 (Tuesday)

Tuesday was probably Neil’s favorite day of the week. He only had two classes in the morning and both were lectures that he didn’t mind sitting in. After his lectures, he always went to the small coffee shop that didn’t even serve good coffee, but it was cheap and it was routine. Routines helped and kept him focused. Besides, the coffee shop was the only one that hadn’t tried to demand proof of papers for his service dog. One would think that the prosthetic leg would be proof enough but Neil clearly overestimated the mental capacity of most people. 

Armed with subpar coffee and a warm bagel, Neil made his way to the library. The main floor was a communal hub, with no volume limits and plenty of chairs and couches for people to sit on. Tucked on the left side was an open room full of tables, the tutoring center. The woman behind the desk smiled as Neil walked up and wrote down his arrival in a notebook. Neil liked tutoring oddly enough, he didn’t care much for the people, but he enjoyed the subjects and the feeling of someone understanding a difficult concept was hard to beat. 

A good chunk of the people who frequented the tutoring center were those who were on big time scholarships and unwilling to risk a dropping a point in the GPA. Hyped up on coffee, Neil often had to fight them away from his preferred table. The largest portion however, were the athletes. All required to maintain a minimum of a 2.3 to play for the NCAA Division 1 league. Neil tutored football players, soccer stars, and dancers every day. For most, as long as they went to their classes and didn’t fail any exams, it was an easy gig. Five hours a week in the tutoring center was a easy gig.

The Exy team was no exception.

Neil had started tutoring Matt Boyd last year, the tall man hopeless with his French courses. His pronunciation was leaps and bounds better, and the backliner was steadily maintaining a passing grade in the class. Languages were difficult for athletes who traveled almost weekly for games. 

Thankfully, there was no one at the table Neil had claimed as his own. Despite the years of therapy he still took a table in the back of the room. There were other reasons, which his therapist had been good to point out, the fact that being further back in the room kept his dog focused on the task. Babe Ruth was a large golden retriever who seemed to forget that he had an additional appendage attached to his rump. The dogs tail was a weapon, thumbing hard enough against a leg to leave bruises. It was a disappointing scenario, considering Babe Ruth walk to the right side of Neil—tail smacking against his good leg. At the table, Neil took care to sit with his back to the side wall rather than the back. It was the little things, his reminded himself mentally. By now, his voice in the tutoring center was easily ignored as he commanded Babe Ruth to lay at his feet. The dog wasted no time, flopping onto the hard carpet and splaying out his limbs. 

Neil checked his watch, Matt would be arriving in a few minutes. He always came right after his French class. Neil had managed to arrive a little early, so he went ahead and pulled out the workbook and folder that they’ve been using over the semester. This was their fourth meeting and already Neil liked how they were able to review the French that had just been covered in Matt’s class. He made a mental reminder to email his thanks to the French Professor, she’d been helpful in sending Neil her presentations for the classes.

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neil be like "i did a thing" then you find out he fucked andrew minyard

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neil "i have to be quiet this year" josten looked riko in the eyes while the entire stadium was chanting the foxes' win and shamelessly said "i'd ask how it feels, but i guess you've always known what it's like to be second, you worthless piece of shit" and i just think it's beautiful

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neil: god released me into the wild and now he's hunting me for sport

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first book neil: people think i'm insane now imagine if i said everything that came to mind

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a fan: aww he's so cute

andrew: thanks he's a rescue

neil: stop telling people that

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The Raven Cycle fake covers. Animated because in my dreams book covers move <3

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neil: you're stupid

kevin: that's it?

neil: give it time it will eat at you

later, kevin: am i stupid?

andrew: yeah

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OOC: Hello everyone! Surprise Behind the Pod! This chapter is all about the boys being vulnerable, so please make sure to read the author's note!

- The Creators <3

Content Warning: Explicit sexual content - it's the entire chapter Mentions of trauma

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Staff Recs - Faves of 2022

Friends, we’ve made it to January again (already half way through, actually)!  Once again, we’ve tried to pick out our favourite reads from the past year, and once again it was a painful process:  we can only include so many fics in one post, and there have been so many fics that delighted us over the last 12 months.  So we’ve tried to be very strict and only included completed fics whose early chapters didn’t reach too far back into 2021 (believe me, this wasn’t easy).  Enjoy this little roundup of 2022! - Aftg Fic Rec Fam

Here are some of our favourites from 2022:

Andreil:

Flavors of Fall by NikNak22 [Rated E, 146194 words, complete, 2022]

When Andrew came to Palmetto, he never thought it might become home – and even now he’s still not sure it is. Despite living there for nearly six years now, he doesn’t really feel like he belongs. He feels like he’s drifting, simply surviving day after day of whatever life has in store for him. Then Neil Josten shows up – a redhead with a fiery attitude and a million secrets, and Andrew's interest is instantly captured.

Featuring second chances, making mistakes, budding relationships, and as many fall shenanigans as possible – welcome to the smalltown world of Palmetto!

tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: panic attacks, tw: homophobia, tw: violence, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: self harm, tw: animal abuse

The Missed Connections Support Group by scribbleb_red [Rated M, 25331 words, complete, Aftg Winter Exchange 2022]

Welcome to the Missed Connections Support Discord. This is a safe space for people who have suffered bond rejection or the loss of a soulmate.

AKA the story where Neil and Andrew meet on a self-help discord for people who found their soulmate but lost them. How many holidays will it take for the two of them to realise that maybe they’re better off together? And maybe their soulmarks aren’t quite as unrequited as they seem?

Where The Wild Things Are by justadreamfox [Rated T, 27051 words, complete, 2022]

Andrew’s life is just fine. He’s got a brother he mostly doesn’t hate, a job he actually loves, his platonic soulmate Kevin, and a tiny mountain town he calls home.

So what if some people get two soulmates? Andrew already has everything he never thought he could have….and yet, he’s about to get so much more than he bargained for.

tw: self harm, tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced csa, tw: homophobia, tw: alcohol

Follow You Through The Dark by sambutwithbooks [Not Rated (we say T), 22461 words, complete, AFTG Mixtape 2022]

When Andrew Minyard's twin brother signs them both up to participate in the strangest trivia competition known to man, Andrew agrees to participate under the stipulation that he is the sole recipient of this year's grand prize: three hundred and sixty-five days worth of free ice cream from Sweetie's. Instead, Andrew discovers a connection of his own with fellow loner and competition participant, Neil Josten.

tw: anxiety, tw: implied/referenced abuse  

Of Smoke & Bone by wishbonetea [Rated M, 187751 words, complete, 2022]

In general, Neil Josten managed to keep his two lives in balance. On the one hand, he was a nineteen year old art student in Prague with a part-time job in a mostly-normal coffee shop. On the other, he, Allison, and Renee worked for an inhuman creature, running errands in exchange for wishes. For the most part, these two lives rarely intersect. But it's fair to say that the Foxes bring their own brand of trouble, and Neil's two lives soon start to collide.

tw: violence, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: recreational drug use

NB:  find art for this fic by @wishbonetea here.  Check out their blog for more info on this series!

does the dog die at the end? by stillmadaboutpetra [Rated M, 50000 words, complete, 2022, locked]

It starts with a ball. Story of his life.

Better yet: It starts with a ball, a dog, and Kevin Day up his ass. That sounds right.

Or

Andrew meets a dog, and then he meets Neil Josten.

tw: ableism, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: suicidal ideation, tw: implied/referenced csa,  tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: referenced car accident, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: canonical character death, tw: alcohol, tw: nightmares, tw: dissociation, tw: mental health issues

the hunger at the heart of me by foxdemon13 [Rated T, 7316 words, complete, 2022]

There is a board in the local library where everyone can leave a note.

Andrew decides to reply to a particularly assholish one.

He didn't expect this to turn into sharing truths with a complete stranger he has never seen. He expected falling for him even less.

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

Read between the lines series by butallmystars [Rated E/T, 39169 words, complete, 2022]

Part 1:  Read between the lines (E, 32722 words)

In which Neil has a work conference across the globe and Andrew is not above lying to corporate for a week in Italy with his best friend.

Part 2: I wasn't pretending (T, 6447 words)

Read between the lines chapter five from Neil’s point of view. Radio silence, the gala & drunk texting.

Get Home Safe by mostly_maudlin [Rated T, 9364 words, complete, 2022]

Neil’s survived much worse, but a layover in Baltimore is bound to be unpleasant — especially when his flight home keeps getting delayed.

But there’s an Exy game on the TV screens at the airport bar, there’s people as excited to watch as he is, and there’s a stranger who feels more familiar than most of the people in Neil’s life. He has survived much worse, and he’ll survive this. Maybe, he’ll even have fun.

tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: implied/referenced abuse

Dear Advice Guy by fuzzballsheltiepants [Rated M, 60050 words, complete, 2022]

Paramedic Neil Josten has been lost since his mother died, moving from town to town, searching for something. He's not sure what. Himself, whatever that means. Or a life that won't keep shrinking in on itself. But after Kevin, his best friend from paramedic school, called and ordered him to move to South Carolina, Neil ends up with a new partner, a group of friends he can't avoid, and the local advice column he can't stop reading. He finds himself interested in the writer behind the column...

But then he meets Andrew who is weirdly good at everything, and maybe life is not so small after all.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: mental health issues

a little bit special by moonix [Rated M, 6153 words, complete 2022]

Andrew goes to a campus party and hooks up with the boy of his dreams, only to immediately lose him again. Fortunately, there are clues to follow and people who may or may not help along the way.

The Shoulder of Orion by ringenthusiast (Deadist) [Rated M, 33220 words, complete, Aftg Big Bang 2022] 

In the futuristic city of Palmetto, illegal racing runs the underground.

The Foxes have managed to maintain a semi low profile since the infamous Kevin Day inexplicably joined their team three years ago. That is, until Kevin brings on a curious new teammate from his past: Neil Josten, the long lost brother of the deceased racing prodigy Nathaniel Wesninski.

But Andrew, Kevin's hired bodyguard, does not trust him. As tensions grow both outside the Foxes and within and he digs deeper into Neil's missing years, Andrew finds himself less and less sure of what to believe.

tw: violence, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: nonconsensual drug use, tw: panic attacks

NB: art for this fic by @TeoMoy (twitter) and @underthemisosoup(tumblr) can be found here and here.

Hush, Don't Say a Word by waterwings [Rated M, 74972 words, complete, 2022]

Excerpt from local newspaper, January 10, 2016

A Killer Is on the Loose at Palmetto State. Are You Safe?

For a detailed re-telling of the gruesome events that gripped the Palmetto State campus over the past eight months, please see the pages below. But I beg you, dear reader, tread lightly. You don’t know what’s waiting for you, out there in the dark.

~Katelyn Golightly, Student Journalist

tw: violence, tw: murder, tw:  implied/referenced rape/noncon

NB: art for this fic by @stillmadaboutpetra is available here

quicksand by likearecord [Rated M, 79727 words, complete, 2022]

Andrew and the Idiotic, Thirsty, Ill-advised, Very Off-Limits Crush on his College Roommate's Younger Brother.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse

NB:  a Neil from this fic can be seen here (by @rainsoakedhello)

The Heat is On by NikNak22 [Rated E, 147740 words, complete, 2022]

Neil Josten only has one year at Palmetto - one year that he'd planned to stay under the radar, keeping his true omega status hidden, while playing a sport he loves before moving on.

But that was before he met Andrew Minyard. Before Riko drugged him into having a false heat. Before Andrew so carefully helped him through it.

Now Neil is questioning what it truly means to be an omega - and what exactly the price would be if he wanted to stay.

tw: nonconsensual drug use, tw: violence, tw: blood, tw: attempted rape/noncon, tw: explicit sexual content, tw: canonical character death

Jerejean:

Sixteen hours by lazarusthefirst [Rated E, 123223 words, complete, 2022]

started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this (affectionate)

tw: explicit sexual content, tw: alcohol, tw: recreational drug use, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced abuse

Aurora by lazarusthefirst [Rated E, 58187 words, complete, 2022]

Part 1 of the the light between poets and fools series

“A whole new band?” Jean had been doubtful as she explained it over the phone.

“Just trust me,” Renee had said, a smile in her voice. “I’ve got it all figured out."

The Collaboration Tour, 1985. In which Jean learns to love and play music again with a rag-tag group of musicians touring across America.

tw: drug use, tw: alcohol, tw: mild violence, tw: homophobic slurs, tw: disordered eating, tw: explicit sexual content

NB: find art by prince.soleil on instagram here

Kevaaron:

just a footnote by saturnwaves [Rated E, 29021 words, complete, 2022]

It’s the oldest story written down in prose. Two young men forced into a begrudging friendship due to proximity, said friendship turns into something secret, something hidden, and it smolders into a deep painful love inside one of them. One remains oblivious as kisses from the other turn soft and eyes grow fond with adoration. There’s a reason why tortured unrequited love stories are so popular. It’s because they happen, every day. Aaron Minyard is living it.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse

Kandreil:

The Shore We'd Come To Find by jaydreamz [Rated M, 17395 words, complete, Aftg Mixtape 2022]

Thank you. You were amazing.

Until we see you again.

Andrew hurled the envelope across the room and watched his entire world shatter to the ground like a glass tower.

━»•» 🖤 «•«━━━━━━━━

Neil and Kevin end up in Andrew’s house, hiding from the mafia. And for the first time in their lives, they’re safe. They’re home. They’re loved. Until their past catches up with them and threatens Andrew’s safety. So they do the only thing they know how to: they run.

tw: implied/referenced violence, tw: explicit sexual content

Can We Burn Something, Babe? by lady_flash [Rated E, 65378 words, complete, 2022]

In which Neil and Andrew break up, and Neil falls into Kevin’s bed. Things only get more complicated from there.

tw: explicit sexual content

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SPOILERS FOR TBONA

Taylor Swift wrote “The Archer” for Jacks and no one can change my mind

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could you share a romantic evajacks quote?

I couldnt really find a non spoilerly “romantic” quote but I thought this one was pretty funny