#he doesn’t eat it but he does take a few bites before stealing Neil’s burger

[lovelylittlegrim]

HC that when Kevin offhandedly mentions thinking about going to AA once Andrew gives him a list of ones in the area and says, “pick.”

Kevin takes the list but they don’t talk about it for days, maybe even weeks. Until after one brutal practice where nothing was going right and all Kevin wanted was alcohol, he drops the list next to Andrew with his chosen one circled.

They don’t make it through the first meeting. Or the second one. Or even the third. But Kevin still meets Andrew at his car every Wednesday to go again. so they go. And each time they stay just a little bit longer, their seats moving a little closer to the front. Kevin’s white knuckle grip easing just a little more around the curve of his chair.

No one says anything about the meetings or acknowledges where Andrew and Kevin go. But somewhere around the fourth meeting Kevin notices Nicky has stopped asking to go to Eden’s. That Neil drags him to the court when Kevin’s hands start to fidget. That Allison doesn’t bring up whatever parties she’s gone to. That Wymack liquor cabinet has suddenly become an open shelf of cookbooks.

Kevin can’t believe he ever thought less of the foxes when they’ve given him more than he’s ever had or asked for.