#Andreil

[s-hanna-h]

[kairospy]

30 min sketch of King and my king

[otdiaftg]

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.

[moonstainn]

Neil

[kohiandie]

my feral angels that continue to push me through dark times

sketches & process on patreon! :- )

[im-just-a-little-flower]

Andrew texting Neil:

[hmmm-shesucks]

One of my most favorite headcanons I have for Andrew is that at the start of aftg he and Aaron have buzz cuts. The reason being someone had a thing for pulling Andrew’s hair when he was younger so he got rid of the weakness before it could be used against him again. Once he starts to really make progress in his healing journey though, he lets it grow out a little longer each time before he shaves it all off again and eventually, by the time he goes pro, he’s got himself a nice head of what I can only describe as sports hair. Just long enough that curls bunch just under the back of his helmet. It’s a little mulletie and is so blond and so thick and wavy. Andrew still buzzes it from time to time, whether it be impulsively or just because, but long hair Andrew becomes quite the media start.

Bonus: The reason Aaron didn’t fight Andrew on this one particular thing is because 1 his hair was already super short to begin with and 2 the reason for that was so Tilda had a harder time grabbing onto it. Aaron, too, grows his hair out eventually, but once it’s long it stays that way and he does this many years before Andrew.

Anyway, this was just a long way of me saying Andrew starts growing his hair out when he truly begins to heal. Okay. Love you, bye.

[sunshineforjean]

i love this part so much

[detectivebambam]

more memes i made !

[eheavenlyy]

andrew is so annoying i love him so much. imagine beefing with someone and they just give you one of these 👍🏼 before walking away like hello??

[s-hanna-h]

aftg x howls moving castle au because I said so 😌

[palmettoshenanigans]

yet another Andreil fic trope I love with mine whole heart is when Professional Exy Player Andrew meets Nonplaying but Still Exy Junkie Neil and they fall in loooove, and Andrew shuts down the goal for him the first time Neil goes to his game and after winning [big number] to zero, marches to the stands and fucking smooches him live in front of Exy, God, and everybody due to sheer hype of Neil looking at him Like That-

dudes I've bookmarked over 200 Andreil fics, can you tell?

[otdiaftg]

The King's Men - Chapter Seventeen (19)

Day: Friday, April 26th / 27th* Time: 7:05 PM EST

"You two could at least say hello," Wymack says, somewhat aggrieved. "There's no point," Kevin says. "All they are is a distraction." "It's called a support network. Look it up." "Thea is watching from South tonight," Kevin says, looking to the elevated VIP box. It is too far away and too high up for Neil to make out any faces, but there is a small crowd gathered at the windowed walls already. Knowing the Court is here to watch them play sends a chill through Neil's veins. Kevin drags his stare back to Wymack's face and says, "and my father comes to all of my games. That is enough." On Wymack's other side, Abby's gaze softens. Wymack's jaw works for a moment before he can say in an even tone, "Your mother would be proud of you." "Not just of me," Kevin says in a rare bout of humanity.

Art used with permission by Kevinkevinson. Thank you @kevinkevinson!

*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.

[perfecteggpartyland]

I swear if some people still defend riko I'm going all Baltimore butcher on this one- like I get what riko could've been and he has trauma BUT what he is is also important and u can't say people hate complicated characters when riko is horrible - leave my jean alone

[heimonas]

I absolutely love discovering the parallels in the way Nora writes relationships. Secrets (teach me french when he's not looking / the truth game), promises (i will kill anyone who touches you / promise me not to kill yourself), giving agency back to people who have been on survival mode for far too long, giving them objects that signify a home (keys / the cross), "i will not be like them / I will not let you make me be like them"

[thief-of-eggs]

nothing beats the ship dynamic of “hissy black cat and his loyal golden retriever bf”

I eat that shit up every. single. time.