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“Omission is the easiest way to lie.” Neil said. “You could have corrected me.”

“Could have, didn’t.” Andrew said. “Figure it out for yourself.”

(The Foxhole Court, p. 28)

^ Neil about to internalize it and tell no one about a certain countdown two books later.

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The King's Men - Epilogue

Day: Saturday, April 27th / 28th* Time: 3:10 AM EST

Neil waits off to one side while the others file out, knowing Andrew will be the last to leave. Wymack knows better than to stick around and follows his Foxes down the hall. Andrew brings Neil's duffel to him. Neil takes it but drops it off to one side. Andrew studies it for a moment, then shrugs out of his own bag and puts a hand to the wall near Neil's head. "Your close calls are getting old," Andrew says. "I thought you knew how to run." Neil affects confusion. "I thought you told me to stop running." "Survival tip: no one likes a smart mouth." "Except you," Neil reminds him. A year ago Neil had been a scared nobody, hating himself for signing the Foxes' contract and counting down days until he moved in with Wymack. Tonight he is the starting striker for the first-ranked team in the NCAA. In two years he'll be captain, and in four he'll graduate from Palmetto State. Neil will find a professional team first and then fight tooth and nail to make the cut for Court. Neil can already imagine the weight of an Olympics medal around his neck. He doesn't even care what color it is so long as it is his. Better than that bright future is what he already has: a court that will always be home, a family who'll never give up on him, and Andrew, who for once hasn't wasted their time denying that this thing between them might actually mean something to both of them. Neil didn't even notice the silence at first, too distracted by his dizzying thoughts. Now he can't help but smile and pull Andrew in. This is everything he wanted, everything he needed, and Neil is never letting go.

END OF ALL FOR THE GAME SERIES.

Art commissioned and used with permission by the incredible @hamrikaa!

*Due to the Leap Year, I have opted to highlight the day rather than the date to keep the events in occurrence to the 2007 year. I will continue to mark both days accordingly.

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Nothing. Nothing in this whole world will be funnier than the fact that Jean thought the foxes were protecting Kevin and Neil because they didn't know about the mafia angle and then him finding out they knew and being like "oh. These people be crazy crazy for shits and giggles" 🤣🤣😂

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neil josten is so real, because he tried to be mysterious and quiet for all five minutes before he gave up and started mouthing off to everyone

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"Kevin called me yesterday morning when he couldn't get a hold of you. He wanted to make sure you were okay."

"I know what he is like," Kevin said. Neil looked at him, but Kevin was studying his hands. "Riko. If you want to talk."

"Kevin was known for his talent not his sensitivity. Consideration and tact were as foreign to him as the German the cousins spoke. That he tried at all was so unexpected Neil felt it like a balm to every bruised inch of his skin."

Bonus: Kevin not telling Wymack the truth to protect him.

If anyone ever says again that Kevin only cares about Exy, I'll pull out the evidence.

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“He was years away, watching another beautiful boy lean in close to say, Will you teach me when he’s not watching? It could be our secret.”

and

“I didn’t ask.”

and

“Now I am not safe with you, captain.”

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Tsc really shows us why Neil josten is Nora’s favourite character (as he should be) (he should be everyone’s favourite character)

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Nora shared a thread on Twitter of in-universe memes and I had to join in

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What is it about the air in Europe what makes Misha Collins act like that edition. Yes those are quotes of his.

[Image ID: The Destiel confession meme edited so that Cas asks 'I fucked you hard and raised you from perdition.' and Dean answers 'If the CW had not been so homophobic we would have been balls deep for sure'. /End ID]

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Context:

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I'm having an amazing time picturing Neil at the sunshine court instead of Jean. like the probbing questions, the unrelenting demand for explanations and getting down to their feelings, Neil would have run Day One. and obviously Jean on the Foxes would have been a complete disaster.

the difference between Jean and Neil is that Jean is a stray dog who needs attention and love and Neil is a feral cat that will only stay around if u pretend to ignore him

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I am more than mildly obsessed with the idea of post canon andreil playing for different pro teams and having a weird psychosexual rivalry no one really gets

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thinking about Neil’s first game with the foxes against the jackals and how ‘the fractured mess of a team pulled it together on the court’ and how the twins are so in sync on the court to be a weapon, how dan is ferocious with her leadership to pull the team together, how Kevin simply says get him off me about gorilla and Matt delivers straight away, how Andrew is already the best goal keeper in the ncaa without even breaking a sweat—

Sigh I wish exy was real

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If anyone needs me I’ll be thinking about how Neil josten very sweetly borrowed a pen from a waitress to put out a hit on one of jeans abusers (I want to punch Grayson very badly) in literally the most casual way, made the literal fbi wait for hi to finish his drink, told them they were illegally parked, ate his takeout in the interrogation room, and did not stop sassing even when they like threatened him.

Please Never change Neil josten

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drop the link to the jerejean fic pls op

You need account to read it I think. Anyway, it's fucking perfect, the usage of language is wonderful and very creative

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Neil sounds like the bad boy mafia gang leader dark werewolf vampire billionaire that Y/N (Andrew) somehow manages to tame (enables his dark side)

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neil josten loses his chill like a few chapters into book 1 and just never finds it again