#Andrew and Neil: So...busy day?

[jtl-fics]

Fluent Freshman - Part 23

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There were a few reasons that Andrew and Neil could not get past reception to go see FF or get updates on his current condition.

The first reason was that visiting hours were long over by the time they had arrived a little after midnight.

The second reason was that hospitals, in general, don’t just give out information on their patients to any random person that walks in and asks for an update on their condition. They are ESPECIALLY hesitant to give out updates on patients when the people who are asking can’t give you anything other than a first name, general description, and the reason that the patient is in the hospital.

Somehow “Completely average looking guy with the last name Smith who was stabbed in the stomach” is not enough for the receptionist to go off of.

“There are multiple people here that fit that description. I would need at least a first and last name before I could even begin to start seeing if you were someone who we even could give updates to. No, I will not continue to play your fun little game of guess the first name.” She says when Andrew opens his mouth to start listing off names alphabetically again.

So now Andrew and Neil found themselves under the watchful eye of a security guard as they sat in the back corner of the front reception area.

“I can’t believe we still don’t know what Smith’s first name is.” Neil says his face is buried in his hands as he and Andrew sit in the uncomfortable chairs trying to figure out where to go from here.

“I think she knows exactly who we want to see.” Andrew scowls towards the receptionist who, long used to the ire of the public, pays him no mind. Andrew just refused to believe that there were that many brown haired, brown eyed, average height and weight guys who had suffered a stab wound to the stomach that would have been admitted in the last two hours.

“I just hope they actually are looking after him and that no one went and forgot about him in an hallway somewhere.” Neil says hands sliding up into his hair to grip.

“That wouldn’t happen.” Andrew dismisses despite knowing that Wymack had ABSOLUTELY forgotten FF at a stadium once during the period where FF had been low presence to keep his family from bothering him.

The U-turn he had pulled had definitely been illegal when FF called and asked where the bus was when they had been on the road for five minutes. Wymack had felt terrible about it but FF had just seemed relieved that the bus had come back for him.

Wymack.

Andrew pulls out his phone and dials a familiar number. Wymack, reliable as always, picks up on the fourth ring with the sound of cursing as he got the phone up to his ear. “What.” He asks and Andrew can hear the sounds of driving and Kevin’s infamously train-like snoring in the background.

“What’s Smith first name. You know it.” Andrew demands.

“Classified.” Wymack clips back immediately.

“I need to know it so that we can get updates.” Andrew hisses.

“He isn’t interested in people knowing it and you wouldn’t be able to get updates anyways.” Wymack dismisses.

“We want to be able to head back to see him.” Neil tries.

“Visiting hours are long over Josten. You know that I’m not settling that bet that you little fuckers have floating around about this.” Wymack responds back.

Andrew grits his teeth and then forces himself to relax his jaw, “It’s not about the bet.” Andrew shuts his eyes in irritation.

That stupid bet.

The betting culture within the Palmetto State Foxes Exy team that Reynold’s had cultivated held strong even after her graduation with the remaining Foxes. The Bet had started when one of the other freshmen had mentioned that it was funny that FF went around like Cher or Madonna. The realization that none of them knew FF’s first name was one that had them placing bets on a multitude of things. Things like: “Do you wanna bet it’s a super normal boring name?”, “Do you wanna bet that it’s a weird foreign name?”, and “Is FF intentionally not giving it out to people or since he goes by his last name normally he has no idea that anything is amiss?” Had lower pools since you were betting on a spectrum. The bet with the highest pool is: “What is FF’s first name”.

Wymack had categorically refused to answer it and all other attempts to discover FF’s first name had been met with frustration. There was a solemn agreement that no one could just go and outright ask him since that would ruin all of the fun. Andrew had agreed to not ask when the team had collectively filled his freezer with ice cream cake and he was a man of his word.

The general belief (after the revelation of his major and the number of languages FF spoke) was that FF’s name was just not easy to pronounce for English speakers.

Andrew hadn’t participated but he know that the Foxes do have a running list of names they know it’s not. (Greg, Will, Smith (again), Matt, Kevin, Neil, Andrew, Aaron, Nathaniel, Jack, Beyonce (Sheena’s drunken guess), Nicholas, John, Fred, Garfield, Frank, Alfred, Augustus, Adam, etc. (Andrew had been trying to guess with the receptionist for a while))

“You’re coming here aren’t you? We can get updates when you get them.” Neil says.

“He’s in emergency surgery right now and will remain there for the next few hours most likely. There’s not going to be any updates hopefully.” Wymack says with a sigh loud enough that they can hear it over Kevin’s snoring.

“Surgery? He needs surgery?” Neil asks sounding surprised s if FF hadn’t been stabbed to the hilt into his stomach with one of Andrew’s knives. He’s about to give Neil some shit for the question before remembering that if there was any person who would think that a stab wound to the stomach wouldn’t necessitate surgery it would be Neil “I’m Fine” Josten.

“Yes Josten, he needs surgery. They have to stitch up his stomach and the surgeons are also going to be dealing with some of the ulcers that were ruptured by the knife.” Wymack explains likely coming to the same conclusion that Andrew had on Neil’s stupid question. “They were a bit worried about him bleeding out but he stabilized before the surgery.” Wymack sighs.

“I’m going the hospital since I’m Smith’s medical proxy. If anything goes wrong with the surgery I want to be there so I can make an informed decision on his care.” Wymack says and… Andrew figured there’d be surgery but to hear it and the possibility that something could go wrong, that the last thing FF had said to him had been something non-sensical about “Gracie Hart wouldn’t have gotten stabbed. I’m Cheryl at best.”as he’d started succumbing to all the blood loss. “If you could stick around long enough for me to drop Kevin off with you I would appreciate it.” Wymack says.

“What if he needs a blood transfusion?” Andrew says.

“Smith is AB-, it’s the second easiest blood type to transfuse into. Go home Andrew.” Wymack repeats.

Andrew works his jaw irritated that there didn’t seem to be a path to getting his way.

“We’ll stay here until you get here.” Andrew agrees, “But you’ll get an update before we leave.” He adds.

Wymack sighs, “Fair enough.” He says before hanging up.

It’s 45 minutes of waiting and tossing a few more name possibilities at the receptionist who seems more amused than anything at their continued attempts to guess their friend’s first name (Neil goes through the entire list of names that he’s gone by and none of them get the thumbs up).

Wymack comes through the doors with a half awake Kevin Day following his steps. “I have another favor to ask you.” Wymack says instead of any form of greeting.

“I’m not going to leave Kevin in the car overnight again. It was just that one time.” Andrew says with a roll of his eyes and honestly he’d been punished enough listening to Kevin bitch, moan, and sneeze for the following week while talking about all the supplements he was taking.

“Not that,” Wymack pauses, “I have two favors to ask you. First don’t do that. Second, would you be able to pick up Smith’s grandma from the airport tomorrow?” He asks.

Andrew blinks.

“She’s coming here?” He asks.

“I updated her on my way here. She booked a flight and will be arriving around noon tomorrow.” Wymack says and Andrew doesn’t know why he’s confused by this. FF’s grandma got him two still warm pies to cheer him up on Thanksgiving.

He’d stabbed that woman’s grandson.

“I’ll pick her up.” He agrees.

Shorter one today

NEXT

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[just-another-dream-about-yuu]

first time sketching kevin.. he is upset noone wants to play stickball with him at 3am in the morning...

[purpleshadow-star]

And with this, I've joined the bandwagon.

[stick-ball]

My design for the second volume of AFTG cover ❤️

[cowpants147]

I neeedddd more Foxes on TikTok content! Them doing their own versions of trending videos and challenges like the "dress up as something that starts with your first initial challeneg"

Allison, looking ethereal dressed like a literal Greek God, glammed to the heavens: I'm Allison, I'm dressed as Aphrodite and it's the onw year anniversary of my boyfriends death so I better be the drunkest tonight.

Renee, wearing a real leather F1 jacket/jumpsuit that Allison for some reason has in her closet with a blow up steering wheel in her hand: I'm Renee, I'm a race car driver and I think Nicky might be the drunkest.

Andrew, dressed exactly the same as normal but has a stethoscope around his neck and a piece of paper saying "Aaron" duct taped to his chest just stares into the camera for 30 seconds until it's obvious Allison will not be leaving without an answer: when Kevin starts puking I'm leaving.

Once everyone has given their answer the video enda with a pic of Nicky and Kevin passed out in a bathtub together.

Or the Trauma Dump Candy salad video which goes off the rails immediately and PSU makes them take down 3 hours after posting

"Hiiiiiii, I'm Nicky and I'm a gay teenage father of two and I brought Nerd Cluster Gummies"

"I'm Aaron and instead of going to rehab my evil doppelganger locked me in a bathroom w a blanket and a weeks worth of canned food and I brought Reeces"

"I'm Allison and my parents didn't even yell at my brother when he got expelled from boarding school for having coke in his room but I got kicked out of the house when I showed up to my deb ball with a black eye and a busted lip after playing (and winning) an exy game. They didn't even ask if I was OK. And I brought cherry flavoured Twizzlers"

"I'm Neil ans whenever I burn something while cooking I have a panic attack cause I start to think about burning my mother dead body in a ditch on the beach and I brought ... Andrew what are these called? Oh, I brought sour patch kids"

"I'm Kevin, I grew up in a cult and I brought raisins" except he's body tackled by a blonde blur before he gets a chance to dump the raisins into the bowl.

Them posting stupid shit to popular sounds:

Aaron, sat on the couch, study notes laid out around him, energy drink cans littering the place: I want to sit back and enjoy my my evening when all of a sudden ...

Camera flashes across the room to Neil just minding his own business: ... I hear this aggravating, grating voice

***

The "My Shalya" sound over clips of Neil absolutely violating people.

***

Zoom up of Kevin in full Queen Day sttess mode on the sidelines of practice with the sound "yes I'm a drama queen, but it's not by choice" playing over it and when it gets the "it's genetic" part the video zooms out to show Wymaxk next to him with the exact hand on hip, stressed look on his face

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Renee doing the "actually I do cuss a little" sound while she's getting her gear on to spar with Andrew and when it reaches the "probably fuck" portion of the audio the clip switches to her taking Andrew downnnn. And then there's a beat drop just cause.

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Another edit of Neil but with the "am I the drama? I don't think I'm drama" sound.

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Upperclassmen scrolling through news articles or flipping through sports news channels rhag are reporting on them while miming along to "is this fucking play about us"

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Some teammates, probably upperclasmen, definitely Nicky also miming along to "I'm sorry, not everybody fits in the bad bitch genre, it's a genre, not everybody fits on the he roster" while dressed in full exy uniform, with the caption "when you're coach only recruits the most traumatised bitches"

And forcing teammates to do "day in the life" "what i eat in a day as a member of the most fucked up exy team" and "ootd" videos.

Andrew (bribed with alcohol, ice cream and ten dollars) does a What I Eat in a Day as depressed mother of 3 whose forced to play stickball. There's no sound, its just the picture carousel style w block letters next to pics of his food:

Breakfast is a massive mug of hot chocolate with half a can of squirty cream and marshmallows.

Breakfast 2 is a big bowl of whatever sugary flavour cereal that's overflowing w E Numbers and almost illegal food dye you guys have in the US.

Snack 1 is a chocolate bar.

Lunch is a slice of pizza, fries and then there's a hand forcing salad onto his plate. Andrew adds a note to this pic saying "I'm allergic to green, Kevin's trying to kill me"

Snack 2 is a an energy drink and a cigarette

Dinner is a pint of ice cream

Midnight snack is just a pic of Neil which Andrew thinks is an obvious coming out without coming out vibe but everyone is immediately worried about Neil's safety and there endals up being a Reddit thread about Andrew being a cannibal.

Then they post a follow up video of Kevin reacting to this and he just watches on in despair saying "no. no. Andrew you have a nutritionist!"

[iam-anordinary-human-orami]

For the sillies, I raise you Nicky Hemmick has a vine account. Stay with me

What he usually does is he just goes around and asks the monsters their opinion on pop culture stuff. And let's say for this post's sake that both vine and omegaverse was created earlier in the 2000s rather than the 2010s.

One day he posts a vine asking Kevin "are you an alpha, beta or omega?" And Kevin is like ???? "Like the greek alphabet? Probably a Kappa, since I'm Kevin" cut to a picture of Kevin from a photoshoot with the biggest celebrity smile on and the words 'KAPPA' and underneath in smaller letters 'he's Kevin'

Next victim is Aaron. Nicky asks, Aaron looks annoyedly at him and says "I'm ym", "What's ym?", "your mo-" video cuts to an edited picture of Aaron looking like he's pregnant next to a small Nicky (only Nicky hasn't used a baby picture, he's just shrank a picture of himself as an adult), caption reads "OMEGA"

Nicky gets brave so he goes and asks Andrew who is just minding his own business. Nicky asks the question and Andrew responds with "I'm carrying" and makes a move to take out a knife from his sleeve. Cut to a blurry photo of Nicky running for his life, Andrew in the distance with a sharp and shiny object in his hands, caption reads "We'll be right back with our regular programing"

Last vine from Nicky is Neil. He's fixing his racquet or sth, Nicky asks "Are you an alpha, Beta or omega?" "What?", Nicky repeats the question, Neil is obviously not paying attention so he says "the first one?" cut to an edited picture of Neil in a forest, the full moon behind him and 'ALPHA?' on screen.

Other teams start copying the trend, Cat post's a vine asking Jean the same question but it's Jean after practice, "is this one of your kink-" jump cut and we can hear Cat saying "Just answer the question". Jean looks deadeyed at her standing behind the camera "I am tired of your incomprehensible american lingo is what I am". Cut to a still of Jean, a cigarrete edited on his mouth and a beret on his head, and the word 'FRENCH' in cursive.

The vines go viral. No one is happier than Nicky and no one is more miserable than Kevin whose KAPPA , he's Kevin, reaches worldwide audiences.

[feverdreamsandlucidnightmares]

Okay!!!! I finished TGR!!! I’m never going to shut up about it!!!! But first order of business, and this should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me….

[SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT, I MEAN IT, SO MANY SPOILERS]

JEANEIL BESTFRIENDISMS COMPILATION 🎉

Starting off strong, Jean finding out Grayson is dead and quoting what Neil told him when Riko died. Both of them physically forcing the smile off their faces when their abusers die. Grayson being dead because of Neil, Neil keeping his word and protecting Jean without needing to be asked. I’d die for them both.

Next! Cat asking Jean what Neil did to him when he visited and Jean being offended! Only Jean can insult Neil’s character. JEAN SAYING OUT LOUD THAT HE TRUSTS NEIL. Moreover, Jean saying the Trojans should trust his judgement on Neil.

Now!! The moment I’ll never ever recover from!

Genuinely how am I meant to recover from that? I won’t. Ever. Misplaced forever partners making me cry always.

Sweetheart, that’s not even remotely the same thing.

Neil giving Jean hope for his own future by refusing to hide. Neil being Jean’s first point of reference that he doesn’t have to just accept how he’s been treated. Neil being proof that he could have a relationship without retaliation from his team.

Yes!!!! Yes, you do deserve to get better! And you have people who love you now!!! (And you can call Neil your friend, he’s literally killed for you.)

I am distraught???? This is just like Jean watching the finals match and trying to save Neil, begging for Andrew to get there in time. Psychic damage.

Tbh I think there are more, but I’ve been reading all day. Just know that I love them and they’re best friends in my head.

(maybe I’ll make a compilation for Cody and Jean’s friendship next because they’re sooo so sweet I love them, Cody is my new child)

[exyrpf]

Exyblr Dashboard Simulator based on what I personally see on sportsblr:

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👑 girlbossriko follow

how many bro jobs do you think it took before riko moriyama and kevin day realized that uh.....maybe this wasn't just a bro thing

👢exyinaphonebooth follow

how many times do they have to come out and say they're like brothers before you freakos stop shipping them

👑 girlbossriko follow

????? do i know u

#it's a tumblr post about two exy players that you'lll never meet in your life it really isn't that deep

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ngl that newest fox is kinda 👀

#psu lb #exy lb

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👨🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 talk-exy-to-me

The NARRATIVE that kevin day and neil josten have........son of exy! scouting the rookie-est of rookies from fuck knows arizona........no listen you dont GET IT winning is EVERYTHING TO KEVIN and he would risk it on the foxes? And NEIL? who has only played exy for a year! NEIL Gets his attention!!!!! And hes good and he's getting better every game and he keeps bitching about kevin's ex on live tv BUT WAIT!???? NOT QUITE WHAT YOU EXPECT! Bc then neil shows up with a number on his cheek BECAUSE WELL it turns out they've known each other since they were KIDS! how is everyone not insane w me THEY'RE LITERALLY PERFECT

#where r my fellow njkd truthers #how r u all not here with me this isnt even the start #kevneil #210 #psu #njkd

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☀️ usctrojanny

every smiley blonde striker (jeremy knox) needs a brunette wet cat emotional support backliner (jean moreau)

#jerejean #usc trojans #i'm just saying 🤷‍♀️

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👸🏻 kevindazed follow

did he just......

👸🏻 kevindazed follow

guys please tell me i'm not insane

👸🏻 kevindazed follow

HE'S NEVER BEEN????? SKIIING???? KEVIN WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ?????? KEVIN PLEASE

#i i'm going insane i will literally die if someone doesn't explain this to me HE'S NEVER BEEN SKIING?!!!!

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🧚 goalie-stan

oh....i'm feeling so weak......it'd sure be nice to have a big strong goalie (renee walker) hold me up (renee if you're free on tuesday i am also free on tuesday.........on tuesday this tuesday, any tuesday?)

#literally passing out just thinking about her holding me don't call don't text i'm busy

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🌄 softkevinday follow

do u think if u offered kevin day essential oils to heal his hand he'd beat you to death

#it'd be hard for him bc he only has one hand but he could probably do it #legally this is a joke don't do this

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feeling normal

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📜 realexyblog

actually exy rpf is fine, i asked kayleigh day herself and she told me it was fine

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🐋 sexyexy

'exy is a stupid name for a sport' have you considered that a) i don't care and b) it's named that solely so i can make sex jokes about it

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is he, ya know *mimes jerking off* an ncaa exy player

#i don't believe that straight exy players exist

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Andrew Minyard!!!!!!! 🥰🥰 short king!!!!🤏🤏😋😋 Awwwwwwww the scrunkly!!!!! 🤗🤗🤗 My boinky boy!!!!!🥺🥺 Crinkly doo,,,,shronkle scrimblo......🥺🥺🥺 rb if you'd scrunkle!!!!!!! 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

📖 sapphic-exy follow

he literally killed someone

🙈 ittybittyminny follow

And? God forbid women do anything

#also no proof he did that #yeah there's proof his twin bro killed someone but that's not the same bc theyre different people #almost killing someone doesnt count

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🐦‍⬛ edgarallenexy

got told i'm problematic for liking the ravens? THAT'S LITERALLY MY SCHOOL OH MY GOD

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🌸 softexy

Kevin Day - A Study

#kevin day #psu foxes #palmetto foxes #exy #web weave #poetry #psu foxes #palmetto #edgar allen

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[hmmm-shesucks]

Kevin Day is Babygirl.

The upperclassmen want Neil to be Babygirl so badly that it literally kills them that he’s not. He’s just not. Nothing about him gives Babygirl. He only exudes feral street cat who was given a can of tuna on a good day and stuck around vibes. They hate it. They want him to be Babygirl so badly.

Eventually, though, when they finally accept it, and Neil has literally done everything possible to fend them off, they realize Neil is not Babygirl. But then, from out of the shadows, emerges Kevin Babygirl Day. They’d been so busy trying to make it work with Neil they had been missing what was right in front of them this whole time. They’d failed to see what the monsters already knew. Kevin Day is The Babygirl.

Of course, the only person who acknowledges this fact within the monster circle is the monster himself, Andrew Minyard, but once it’s been seen, it cannot be unseen. Kevin goes from being Andrew’s Babygirl to the team's Babygirl. And Kevin not knowing but responding positively to it anyway makes it so much better. The sudden praise and care that comes with it? The attention and affectionate indulgence? He’s unsure why everyone’s started being so nice to him, but he’s not complaining.

Don’t get me wrong, when Kevin gets in a mood, they all steer clear, and they still fight with him when they want to, but he’s just so precious. How could they ever stay mad? And the crazy thing is that Kevin is better for it. He’s happier and softer around them. He learns to feel not only safe but comfortable and relaxed with them. His bad moods don't last so long and he's genuinely a lot happier. He doesn��t need Andrew or Neil by his side to feel protected anymore.

The upperclassmen’s inside joke unintentionally becomes what helps Kevin heal and open up as a person rather than remain the hollowed-out shell from The Nest. Kevin thrives under their attention and praise, so much so that he starts to seek it out subconsciously. He gets mopey and upset when they don’t acknowledge him. It actually hurts his feelings when they ignore him. He actively becomes a better person, someone who is healing because they so positively love him. All because they jokingly Babygirlified him.

So anyway. Yeah. Kevin Day is Babygirl.

[allfortheslay25]

Hey!! I just saw ur Siren!Neil fanart and I’m intrigued do you have any hc’s about it ?? :)

Ofc!

Sirens are unisex and some identify more with one gender than the other. Neil identifies as male.

The Moriyamas and Wesninskis are a connected pod. They’re very hostile and keep expanding territory. Neil was meant to join Riko’s new pod which would have taken over a farther territory. Mary found out about Riko’s sadism and refused to let Neil live with someone like that where she can’t reach. Their escape was in vain and Nathan injured her. Mary took herself to the surface to die there so her corpse smell wouldn’t stick to Neil

Neil’s sense of smell is weaker than most sirens

Neil eventually was found by Riko and was dragged to the new territory. Neil constantly runs away and either Jean or Kevin are sent to bring him back. Neil hates it when Riko comes himself.

Nathan’s people used to cut and bite Neil to torture him. Nathan only ever bit Neil once, on his shoulder where he tore out a chunk of him

Neil accidentally swam into Andrew’s territory the day they met, Andrew nearly broke his ribs with his tail

Kevin had contact with Andrew before Neil met him. Kevin would often extend olive branches or bribe Andrew to keep out of their business since their territories are so close

When Neil makes a deal with Andrew, he slowly starts integrating himself into Andrew’s territory. If he moved in too quickly, Andrew and his people could instinctively get hostile and the pod would never bond

Neil likes decorating Andrew’s tail since he’s negative about it

Andrew and Neil sometimes pile their tails together in their sleep. Some smaller pods do that (like how otters hold hands so they don’t drift away)

Neil eats Drake after Aaron kills him

[allfor-thegames]

there's this artist i follow @clementinecloudz who does younger version art of particularly andrew but they've started drawing lil neil as well and now my brain is full of kid headcanons.

- aaron and andrew live with betsy

- kevin and neil live with wymack and abby.

- kevin was obsessed when wymack started dating abby. he loved her, wanted to be her friend right off the bat. neil was suspicious asf and still isn't a big fan of her living in their house.

- aaron and andrew have entirely opposite tastes for food and it drives betsy crazy because whatever one likes the other doesn't so she's always making two different meals.

- andrew is all over the place and the thought of bringing him crowded places stresses betsy out because what if she loses him, but the first time they go to the zoo on a super busy day, he will not let go of her hand.

- aaron on the other hand, absolutely refuses to hold betsy's hand. he'll hold andrew's though.

- andrew, neil, and aaron are absolutely the kid who would shove another kid on the playground.

- kevin loves hanging out with the whole group, but will put on a show of rolling his eyes and complaining about having to hang out with little kids.

- the wymack household will go through a box of bandaids a week and solely due to neil.

- kevin and neil wrestle when they play and it stresses wymack out. they've broken a coffee table and two lamps.

- andrew, kevin, and neil are way more into exy than aaron.

- betsy meets wymack when he starts coaching the little league team for andrew/aaron's age group.

[otdiaftg]

The King's Men - Chapter Seventeen (19)

Day: Friday, April 26th / 27th* Time: 3:40 AM EST

Kevin gestures feebly to Neil, so Neil presses the bandage back into place over swollen, reddened skin. Neil drops his hand back to his side and clenches his fingers into a fist to hide the excited tremor. He doubts either Kevin or Andrew notice; they are too busy staring each other down. At length Andrew smiles, slow and cold. It is the first time he's smiled since coming off his drugs, and Neil can't help but stare. "Now it's getting fun," Andrew says. "Finally," Kevin says, equal parts exhaustion and exasperation.

Art used with permission by Emry-Stars-Art. Thank you @emry-stars-art!

*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.

[laurents-laces]

Only 20 days left until TGR! Here's all my rambling that I couldn't fit on a bingo:

Jean just found out about Elodie's death, Jeremy lost his relationship with his sister, and Lucas is about to lose his brother. I think sibling relationships are gonna be really important in this book. I also hope we get to meet Cat's sister Vivi when she drops off the motorcycle for Jean

So excited for exy with the Trojans! I hope they actually take some of Jean's advice because he's really good at seeing people's strengths and weaknesses. And I hope they interact with other teams more than the Foxes do. It would help Jean see that the Trojans are actually pretty normal and the Ravens are the weird ones. He still thinks it's the other way around

Jean thinks of Kevin as Riko's Queen or the Court's Queen a few times in TSC. Does he see that title as a symbol of independence like Kevin does, or does he see it as Kevin still having a place in Riko's perfect court?

I'm obsessed with the way Jeremy narrates events without telling us a single one of his emotions. Does he miss having his little sister in the audience when he plays a big game? Did he have feelings for any of those boys who were "exactly the kind of guy [he] was prone to trip himself up over"? Why hasn't he dated anyone before? He loves USC because it feels private and safe, so does he not feel that way at home?

I need to know what Jeremy's family did to him. He calls his mother the devil and dislikes his last name and gets angry just at the mention of his step grandfather. It's such an extreme reaction from a guy who barely says anything negative about anyone

I feel like Jeremy's family issues are gonna be too weird for anyone to predict. But I think his part of the story is going to be less about redeeming himself from past mistakes and more about letting his friends support him instead of acting like he's fine all the time

I think Jean might really struggle with holding back when they play against more violent teams. Would suck if it costs him a spot on the starting lineup, but maybe it would be good for him to see that there aren't any consequences for failing to be the best

I think Neil and Andrew might be too busy with Aaron's trial to go with Kevin to California but Jean thinks of them too often for them to not be relevant at some point, whether now or in book 3

I think Jean saying he learned the hard way not to look at another man too long has something to do with Kevin and the incident his freshman year. It's really weird that Riko only told Kevin half of the truth of what happened

"You cannot save me from what came before, and you help neither of us by trying to dig up those graves. Leave Evermore to me and Dobson... Help me survive what comes next.” I hope his friends listen to him about this. And I hope he starts actually talking to Betsy. He seems like he wants to, he's just worried it won't actually help

The way Jean describes the people he loves is so intense. We got some really lovely thoughts about Kevin and Renee from him in TSC, and I can't wait to see how he'll be when he gets to know Jeremy better. I don't think they'll be able to beat "you are a pipe dream" but I'd be thrilled to be proven wrong

[winningmymind]

Based on my kevaaron post (1st kevaaron ficlet)

"I'm gonna kill him." Andrew states in a deadly tone, staring daggers from across the dorm room at Kevin Day trying for the third time this week to convince Aaron to be his personal doctor over studying neurosurgery.

"Can you do it after dinner?" Neil genuinely asks, more concerned about his growling stomach.

He evenly splits his gaze between the wrinkly paper takeout menus of several food delivery joints nearby Palmetto and admiring how devastatingly hot Andrew looks when plotting the murder of their mutual friend.

"He thinks he's slick." Andrew seethes.

Steam practically comes from his ears at seeing Kevin boldly flirting with his brother, like Aaron isn't entirely dedicated to Katelyn, but according to Neil and Andrew's leisurely stalking reconnaissance of keeping up with Aaron's boring premed life, with Aaron none the wiser of his two most annoying people butting into his business because boundaries are still being learned/old habits die hard, the bubbly vixen cheerleader is going to have a big important talk with Aaron soon about evolving their relationship.

(Neil isn't above using Marissa's crush on him to fish for that information, having been taught by Allison on how to schmooze for exclusive gossip).

"Dumb as hell to do it front of you, though." Neil wonders if Kevin is playing dumb by ignoring Andrew's death glare. "That's, like, suicide."

Neil's leaning towards Chinese, but pizza sounds good also. Sandwiches are the fastest option, however, and Neil's hunger is unforgiving after that brutal practice they returned from.

"Either Kevin's survival instincts are slipping," Andrew starts, fingers itching to reach for one of his knives so he can stab Kevin right here, right now, "Or he's actually giving Nicky a run for his money on being a world class idiot."

Neil snorts. "Could be both." Then his face melts into consideration and he ponders aloud. "I thought Kevin didn't swing. Doesn't he have a girlfriend?"

"That's never stopped any of Aaron's admirers before." Andrew is still unblinklingly staring down at Kevin poorly peacocking for a clueless Aaron, making it an awkward and frustrating interaction to watch.

Kevin's "act normal" socialization skills when not in front of a camera talking exy, or taming loyal fans that catch him in the wild public for an autograph or picture, is absolute dog shit garbage levels of disaster thanks to spending the majority of his years with the cult known as the Ravens.

And Aaron is so tunnel visioned on dating Katelyn, busy stressing over his pre-med courses, and conserving 90% of his energy to be a grumpy hater of almost everything in life that irks him, that he's the type of person who's totally oblivious to when anyone has the hots for him. Blatant or not. Blame it on the lack of sleep as a college student athlete, maybe.

This is sadly now Andrew's cross to bear as the more observational twin. His uncanny curse and blessing that he never asked for. The ability to know and witness firsthand when his twin is being hopelessly pursued both romantically and sexually. Especially if said admirer has no idea they themselves are deeply attracted to Aaron. Most said admirers being men with the misfortune of having Aaron be their awakening.

Andrew instantly noticed this soon-to-be reoccurring issue when he and Aaron began living together and attending the same high school officially as Minyard twins. Andrew had joined their high school exy team as a goalie, then proceeded to clock four of their shared teammates either in the closet, in denial, or completely unaware of their sexuality that always hovered around and pined for straight as an arrow Aaron.

Aaron, who was either too doped up high as a kite, too depressed over Tilda's death, or too much in pain suffering the urge to relapse to realize he had a mini fan club ready to have just have one chance, one shot at the hint of a hookup or homoerotic locker room jock horseplay. If only Aaron thought outside his rigid box of science and discovered experimenting didn't just have to mean his labs. But alas, Aaron stuck to girls only.

"I'm just saying, if I was your patient I'd pay well." Kevin crosses his arms and shrugs, propped against the kitchen counter like he's posing for a cover magazine shoot. He peers down at Aaron, pupils clearly dilated and brow playfully arched, his voice dropping seductively low. Surely, he must know what he's doing. He has to.

Aaron scoffs up at Kevin, not picking up the vibes at all. "You'd be my whiniest, bitchiest patient. I'd end up losing my license killing you or whatever."

"Just think about it." Kevin smiles. It's his winning smile. The one exy fans all over swoon for and it goes right over Aaron's head, his expression unimpressed.

"I have thought about it." Aaron goes into depth of why neurosurgery is his best route. "Now, if you get brain damage or paralyzed, then we could work with something."

"This is just sad. I need popcorn for this." Neil doesn't try to hold his laughter at Kevin's disappointed frown. Looks like Aaron is immune to Kevin's pretty face. How can Kevin recover?

"I would trust you to fix whatever part of me is wrong." Kevin isn't a quitter and smoothly recovers quickly, which is a surpise because his earnestness seems to have stumped Aaron and left him speechless, albeit a tad flattered at the blind faith.

"I'm ending this." Andrew takes a step forward, unable to take this any longer, yet Neil puts his arm in front of Andrew to halt him, making sure they don't touch without Andrew's consent.

"But it's getting interesting."

"It's getting on my nerves."

"Aaron doesn't seem bothered. Kevin isn't a threat." Neil reminds.

As much as he supports Andrew's rights and wrongs, he'd like to do it on a full stomach, and they haven't chosen what to eat for dinner yet. Kevin can at least eat his last meal before biting the dust.

Andrew gives Neil a blank look. "Aaron doesn't swing. So, he should know Aaron's off limits."

"Nicky hits on people who don't swing all the time." Neil counters and Andrew raises a brow.

"Your point?"

"Kevin's harmless."

"Oh, yeah."

"Yeah. I mean, I don't even think he knows he's into Aaron."

Which is true, from both Neil's and Andrew's perspectives of the other exy striker. There are things Kevin does that makes one question if Mr. It's Easier to be Straight himself isn't obliviously internalizing a lot of feelings. Feelings that now are sprouting full force whenever Aaron is in eyesight.

"I knew I never should've let Aaron touch Kevin." Andrew clenches his fists, nails digging in his palms, scowling deeper at what's happening before him.

Last week, Kevin trained too hard and his muscles were sore, worse than usual. He asked anyone to rub icyhot on his back since he couldn't get to it. Nicky was too desperately thirsty to be considered. Andrew and Neil were preoccupied with each other on one of the beanbags and whispering Russian, lost in their bubble. Aaron, about to cram in an intense study session, was sick of hearing Kevin complain and gave Kevin the best rub down ever of his life just to shut him up. It was then and there when the Monsters discovered Aaron is great at deep tissue massages. And most likely when Kevin found a new obsession in pestering Aaron like a schoolboy teasing his crush. Silently debating if his skin was tingling from the balm or from Aaron's skillful fingers.

Neil hums, amused. "Who knew Aaron's so great with his hands."

"Say that again and I cut out your tongue."

"Jokes on you. I always wanted us to try knife play."

Andrew needs to smoke. His patience is thinning and Neil's penchant for feeding chaos isn't helping.

"Guuuuuys!" Nicky's booming voice interrupts everyone. He's returned from face timing with Erik in private, looking flushed and satisfied. "Why is there no food? It's been, like, an hour! Did anyone order dinner or did I miss the memo that we starve?"

"Undecided." Neil holds up the takeout menus for Nicky to choose from.

Kevin seems to get an idea, turning his attention to Aaron again, and never once acknowledging Andrew's disapproval.

"Wanna go check out this new food truck? It's on the other side of campus." Kevin specifically asks Aaron. Aaron is about to protest at the mere thought of walking that far past sunset, but Kevin plants the bait. "Don't worry. I'm paying."

"Fine." Aaron agrees instantly, hurrying to get his jacket.

"Ooh! Food truck sounds nice! What do they serve?" Nicky is excited at trying something new.

Kevin simply stares at Nicky all confused. "It's just me and Aaron. You guys fend for yourselves."

"What?" Neil has never heard Andrew and Nicky speak in unison. The cousins sound offended; Nicky for not getting an invite, and Andrew for Kevin's audacity at getting Aaron alone. Neil finds this all very entertaining.

Nicky immediately asks a million questions while Neil acts as a human barrier between Andrew and Kevin. Aaron heads to the door, ready to leave and uncaring that he's been chosen to get a free meal. Kevin sprints after, just now belatedly realizing Andrew is infuriated with him, and is puzzled at what he did to set Andrew off.

Aaron's ushered down the hall to the elevator by Kevin's insistence. "Why are we rushing?"

"No reason." Kevin clears his throat and checks behind him if Andrew has followed them. He hasn't. Good.

He doesn't get it, really. Kevin Day just wants to return the favor for Aaron's hospitality from the icyhot massage. He's trying to be a better friend. Sometimes friends spend money on each other and heavens know Aaron forgets to properly eat with all his difficult STEM courses to pass.

Kevin isn't, singling Aaron out and playing favorites on purpose. He isn't doing this in hopes of Aaron offering up his magic hands again, luckily in the near future, for Kevin's spasming muscles. He wouldn't go after someone who is taken, let alone for that someone to be a man.

Kevin's straight. Aaron's straight. Straight men can grab dinner just the two of them. With only one of them footing the bill. Why did Andrew look at Kevin like he was crossing a line? Did the goalie forget the only queers in their Monsters squad are him, Neil, and Nicky? Kevin and Aaron are the token straights and they both have longtime girlfriends.

"I'm not thanking you for paying, by the way." Aaron grunts, pulling Kevin from his thoughts as they ride the elevator down.

Kevin rolls his eyes, smirking down at Aaron's resting bitch face, his heart racing to the challenge of reigning in a stubborn Minyard.

"You'll thank me in other ways."

[tinmate]

AFTG Social Media Headcannons

Part Two: The Foxes.

(Organized in order of their jersey numbers)

Dan: Twitter and Instagram. Both are verified after she becomes the first female captain in Exy. Her twitter is a healthy mix of Exy and her personal life. She doesn’t shy away from her past as a stripper and occasionally but passionately advocates for better protections and regulations around strippers and sex work in general. She posts a lot of candids of the team on Instagram and has Matt tagged in both bios

Kevin: Twitter and Instagram. Verified. Had a twitter while still with Ravens and was the only Raven other than Riko allowed social media. It was similarly monitored and ran by Tetsuji. Neil gets the password before leaving Evermore but Kevin doesn’t log in again until after changing his tattoo. He unfollows the Ravens, Edgar Allen, Tetsuji, Riko and anyone else even vaguely related to the Ravens. He also deletes everything but the username. He eventually starts tweeting but has trouble balancing his true self and his public self. He finds his stride after he begins to publicly decry the Ravens and defend Jean and Neil after the championships, loudly backing up and reinforcing his statements to the press. He advocates for mental health awareness in sports and anxiety and PTSD in men. He goes hard for the Trojans, much to the public’s amusement. He posts pictures of the places he’s traveled on Instagram, especially fond of historical monuments and tourist traps. He writes surprisingly insightful and concise captions, having had years of practice writing to Jean.

Andrew: Gets on every single social media before it’s trending and popular just to claim his username and then never ever posts.

Matt: Twitter and Instagram. Gets verified after going pro. Only has instagram so Dan can tag him in her bio. Has her tagged in both bios as well. Rarely tweets about Exy but retweets Dan when she does. Goes hard for his mom’s boxing career. Really into the monster truck community. Mostly tweets about his personal life and keeps a pretty normal twitter feed but also speaks up about drug addiction, mental health, and how to help children during a divorce. Someone calls him a nepo baby because his mom is also in professional sports (even though Exy and boxing are entirely different things) and the Foxes laugh about it for days. Dan posts him on instagram, calling him a nepo baby and it goes viral.

Aaron: Twitter. Very aware of his public perception. Very aware that future employers can see his twitter. Keeps it professional during the murder trial, following his lawyer’s advice to not say anything publicly. Not many Exy fans follow him because he rarely tweets about it, trying to keep his current and future professions clearly separated

Honorable mention, Katelyn: DOES tweet about Aaron and Exy. Has more followers than Aaron does because she’s so willing to talk about him. Goes hard for the Foxes online. She has a fan account ala Tess McCracken (Miss/Mrs. Pommel horse) to keep her Exy tweets separate but it’s more popular and stays popular because she remains a diehard Fox fan even after graduation and also posts about the professional teams Matt, Kevin, Neil, and Andrew go on to join

Allison: Similar to Andrew, she has every social media platform ever. Unlike Andrew, she uses them. Verified on all accounts. She had a strong following pre-Foxes and her Tumblr was the most aesthetic thing you’ve ever seen. Gets even more followers post-foxes. The Ilona Maher of Exy. Pretty, strong, and unapologetically feminine while being a beast in her sport. Leverages her popularity online and minor in marketing to start several businesses and turn into a millionaire in her own right, independent of her parents. Think the Kardashians without the sex scandal. Has her own fashion line, makeup line, and hair line. Redesigns Exy uniforms to better fit women and has a whole line of makeup dedicated to withstanding intense games of all sports. This line gets equally popular with dancers and performers of all kinds. Starts a charity for young girls and a scholarship for college women who want to play Exy but don’t have the money. Starts another charity for children who get cut off by their parents. Despite all her business success and turning into a brand, her social media remains surprisingly grounded and human. Goes viral regularly for being “an icon”

Nicky: Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Vine (RIP), TikTok. Verified not for being a Fox but for being a meme lord. Gets the upperclassmen to do trends with him. Does a harmless prank of Neil that turns into an outright prank war before Wymack shuts it down. Several years after graduation, new fans regularly ask just HOW he knows so many professional Exy athletes and also theeeeeee Allison Reynolds. He has a funny answer to all of them but old fans are the ones who need to give an actual answer. His fans regularly beg to see Erik but Nicky shares him only occasionally as Erik doesn’t tend to like the spotlight. Erik will occasionally appear in a video or a trend, more commonly in a photo, but Nicky repeatedly states that Erik is not a toy and if his fans get too intense, he will stop posting entirely. Most fans respect this, the ones that don’t get blocked. He contributes regularly to forums about raising your family members (siblings raising siblings, cousins raising siblings, generally becoming a parent to a family member not that much younger than you are). As times passes, he talks more openly about his sexuality, his struggles with his family and his religion, conversion therapy, and where he stands now, still practicing (I'm not just making this up, he mentions in the books that he's still religious) but openly and proudly gay. He starts a not insignificant side hustle as a content creator. He participates in the “Things that surprised me as a American living in Germany” trends.

Renee: Twitter. Very private but very sweet. Doesn’t actually post about her religion that much but will answer when asked directly about it. Retweets her mother’s articles. Posts a lot about charities and relief work. Is the Fox most likely to respond to a fan. Rarely posts anything personal but responds when tagged in things by her friends. Secretly has a Tumblr and a reddit where she offers support and advice in communities regarding born again Christians, former gang members, foster kids, and recovery from abuse.

Neil: Twitter. Verified. Gets a twitter after the FBI make Neil Josten a real person. He avoided social media before this to avoid his father. Not as much of a menace as you would think, in part due to him wanting to deliver his roasts live and in person. Very careful about what he posts, not wanting to leave a trail and accidentally contradict himself in case he’s ever questioned about the Moriyamas or the Hartfords again. Still a bit of a menace though, he can’t help himself. Mostly gets tagged in videos and posts by Nicky and Dan for being a Weird Person. Unsurprisingly, most of his tweets are about Exy. Gains a sudden influx of followers during the Olympics, like Stephen Nedoroscik (pommel horse guy) or Henrik Christiansen (muffin man) for being a legend on the court, a menace to the press, and a weird ass guy online. Secretly has a Tumblr that goes very viral every few months because of “shitposts” about the mafia, his ganglord father, and the FBI. Blocks everyone who thirsts after his dad in the way that some people thirst after serial killers or irl gangsters. Nobody knows it’s him and one time Nicky shows him his own post about an FBI agent being obsessed with you and Neil has to keep a straight face.

Coach Wymack: Twitter. Verified. Mostly posts official Exy and Foxes news. Randomly posts crappy photos of the team plus Abby and Bee. His few non-Exy related posts have big Dad energy. People loudly thirst after him and it makes everyone, even Nicky, very uncomfortable.

Part One: The Ravens

[lovewisegirl06]

ANDREIL HEADCANONS PART 2

Neil and Andrew don't argue often, but when they do it's something big. And this time it wasn't different.

It started after night practice and Kevin decided to keep his mouth shut and his eyes close in order to ignore everything they were doing. If it affected the court, it was his business, but apart from that he was going to be as far away as possible.

Neither are particularly fond of screaming matches, their complicated childhoods would never allowed that (Plus, Andrew knows Nathan used to screamed at Mary, he won't go down that road with Neil) so their approach is a silent treatment.

Neil and Andrew spent time apart that week, careful to calm down before seeing each other again because hurting the other is never an option; Neil broke down the walls first, going up to the roof with Andrew's favorite coffee in hand.

They sit in silence, Neil's peace offering lying between them.

"It was raining" Andrew mutters. Neil understands what he means. You could have gotten sick, you could've gotten hurt.

"I needed a run" Neil answers, and he knows Andrew understands him too. I wanted to give you space and time.

Andrew comes closer slowly, a quiet aproachment they've develop now that they are past Yes or no. Neil nods and Andrew takes his cold hands, rubbing them. "Your scars hurt when they're cold, Junkie"

Neil smiles, resting his head on Andrew's shoulder; Andrew hums, and shivers when Neil places a kiss on his neck. Neil can't even remember why they fought in the first place, the only thing that matters is finally being back where home is.

"You call me the next time to pick you up, Yes or no?"

"Even after a fight?"

"Especially after a fight."

Neil smiles, placing another kiss on the blond's neck and grinning when Andrew sighs "Yes. Don't close off if we argue again, Yes or no?"

Andrew ghosts his fingertips on Neil's lower back, clear retribution to the ministrations on his neck "I talked with Bee after it happened" Neil listens closely "I'm not used to this Neil. When things got hard, people just leave"

Neil can see various unfamiliar faces throwing a young Andrew away after taking and taking "Hey, I'm not planning on leaving" He says, sitting straight and looking at him in the eye.

"The rabbit is setting down?"

"Maybe I'm more of a bunny now"

Neil can see the way Andrew's eyes darken, the use of such and intimate petname still new and precious between them.

"I mean it" He says, carefully "I'm not going anywhere."

"I know that" Andrew stays silent for a while and Neil gives him as much time as he needs to clear his thoughts "I'm going to let you know the next time why it angered me, but I might need time alone afterwards."

Neil knows why. They both can be hot tempered and say something they will never mean. He nods.

Andrew takes a sip of his coffee and Neil shivers from the cold and humid rain that was left from the cold. Andrew notices, as he always does.

"You know, Kevin is staying with Wymack today" Andrew says, taking another sip from his coffee.

"Really? And why do you tell me that?"

"I need to make sure you don't catch a cold. Body heat tends to work."

Neil flushes and Andrew helps him stand up. And if the both of them look awfully relaxed the next day at practice, well, it's just their thing and only theirs to know.