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[aftgficrec]

IT'S OPENNNNNNN!!!!!

You peeps are absolutely amazing. Love everything you do for this blog.

Do you have any recommendations for any new twinyard bonding fics, with or without Nicky. Or even any with Nicky and one twin?

Or anything around Wymack and Kevin having father son bonding or something like that.

Thank you in advance 💜

OK so sometimes I go off the deep end with these searches and it has happened once again. We’ve tagged a lot of fics with 'twinyards bonding,' even if it’s just a small part of the story — we’re just here for the healing, you know? So rather than delete this huge list of previous recs, I’m going to put them in another post.

Bonus: fics with background twinyards bonding here.

Nicky with the twins here and Kevin and Wymack bonding here are being bumped to their own asks. -A

twinyards bonding since our last ask

‘Shut Up and Dance (With Me),’ ‘never said that i didn't need you,’ ‘Inked Truths’ series and ‘prove your love’ here

‘A World of HIPAA Violations’ here

‘Nor are we forgiven’ here

‘Follow You Through The Dark’ here

‘Did You Get What You Deserve?’ and ‘The Ash is in Our Clothes’ here

‘take yourself home’ here

‘I Think Mom Was Hiding Something…,’ and ‘In Our Family Portrait’ here 

‘Poetry in Motion’ here

‘The Strays’ and ‘Arsonist's Lullabye’ here

‘Medical misunderstandings’ here

‘tall twinyards' series here

‘if you can't take the heat…’ and ‘Microsleep’ here

‘The first time Andrew let Aaron see…’ here 

‘Unique Souls’ and ‘Don't Mind Us’ here

‘Little Miracles’ and ‘Where There is Magic…’ here

‘Witness,’ ‘there’s a niche in his chest where a heart would fit perfectly,’ and ‘… cry over Aaron Minyard tonight’ here

‘Suddenly I see’ here

‘"Wrong Minyard" - Aaron Minyard’ here

‘False Equivalence’ here

‘I’ve been silent for so long,’ ‘in my life i have seen people walk into the sea…,’ ‘Trial,’ ‘You know I don't care,’ and ‘Lists’ here

‘The Road Trip’ here

‘What He Would Give’ and ‘let me tell you something…’ here

‘lamb to the slaughter’ (updated) here

previous twinyards goodness

Andrew supportive of Aaron here

twinyards relationship 2 here

twinyards growing up together here

healthy sibling rivalry here

canon divergent low angst twinyards here

low angst twinyards aus here

domestic fluff w/twinyards bonding, Neil & Aaron friendship here

Aaron & Neil rapprochement here

more Aaron relapse here

twinyards mistaken identity here

Neil mistakes Aaron for Andrew here

the twins with siblings/kids here

twins discover their dad here

why Minyard last name? here

twins meet later in life 2 here

twins meet later, without the trauma here

pre canon

breaking every finger, praying that it makes me clean by orionauriga [Rated M, 9505 Words, Complete, 2023]

Then: Aaron, on the other side of the bathroom door, screaming Andrew’s name in delirious rage. Between: Andrew, fractured between blissfully medicated and painfully sober, trapped with doctors meant to be helping him. Now: Kevin, hands twisted into his hair, watching in silent agony as Andrew sloshes his vodka down the sink. — No one has ever accused Andrew Minyard of being caring, but he is more than capable of handling his loved ones’ addictions. He’s gone through withdrawal before, after all. He knows what it’s like.

tw: alcohol abuse/alcoholism, tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: vomit, tw: withdrawal, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon

Both of you, against- by itallcomesbacktoandreil [Rated T, 618 Words, Complete, 2022]

idk what to tell you, this is a vent piece, it isnt even originally about the twinyards, but i wanted to post it and felt they could fit in this

tw: implied/referenced child abuse

In this Gemini weather by codename_adler [Not Rated, 1187 Words, Complete, 2023, Locked]

When Aaron found out about his twin brother Andrew, at 13, he wrote him a letter. Here is that letter.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse

this is me choosing you by thewintersolstice [Rated T, 7467 Words, Complete, AFTG Mixtape 2022]

In the months before Tilda's death, Andrew and Aaron try to learn how to care about each other -- aka twinyards bonding as only twinyards can (badly). or three times andrew tried to be a good brother and one time aaron finally got it.

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

It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to by love_in_the_city [Rated G, 2782 Words, Complete, Twinyards Appreciation Week 2022]

Part 1 of Twinyards Appreciation Week 2022 Five times the twins have cried on their birthdays and one time they didn’t have to

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

until then I walk alone series by rekikiri [Rated T, Collection, Updated July 2023]

Part 1: sometimes, I wish someone out there will find me [3291 Words, Complete, 2023] Andrew gifts Aaron a guitar, and that may just be the start of them learning to exist with each other.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse. tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon

NB: inspired by this art by @foxesrefuge; this art also inspired the fic ‘rooftop songs’ recc’d here

Part 2: another turning point, a fork stuck in the road [7718 Words, Incomplete, Updated July 2023] aaron is hurt, and andrew won’t let his mother hurt the only family he chose to keep, no matter the cost.

tw: child abuse, tw: graphic depictions of violence, tw: blood, tw: drug addiction, tw: alcohol abuse/alcoholism, tw: canonical character death, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: car accidents

My life by diangelonico [Rated T, 562 Words, Complete, 2023]

“You were miserable. You were so unhappy. You hated your life.” Andrew said, angry. “Is was my life.”

tw: canonical character death, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: implied/referenced child abuse

we'll take it slow (and grow as we go) by pipedreamparrish [Rated T, 2755 Words, Complete, 2020]

the Twinyards's birthday's through the ages, featuring very ugly ties, large sugar intakes, and lots of growth and healing)

tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced csa, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced self harm

post canon

Mirror, Mirror by This_Witch_Writes [Rated T, 7347 Words, Complete, Dec 2022, Locked]

Part 3 of Heimkehr means Homecoming series, parts 1 & 2 here

Aaron and Andrew spent the first 16 years of their lives apart, so they aren’t exactly those twins with the telepathy and in-jokes. Except sometimes. Two mirrors as seen through two imaginary friends, one visitors day in juvie, two relapses and one late night phone call.

tw: self harm, tw: blood, tw: drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced csa, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: abortion discussion

Give Me Another Minute (to Lay Here in Your Echo) by This_Witch_Writes [Rated T, 26732 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]

A year post-canon, when they thought they were safe, Neil goes missing.

tw: implied major character death, tw: kidnapping, tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: self harm, tw: suicidal thoughts, tw: drugs, tw: alcohol, tw: implied/referenced human trafficking, tw: graphic nightmares, tw: gun violence, tw: blood/gore, tw: major character injury

Don't Strike Me Down by crymeariversong11 [Rated T, 5021 Words, Complete, 2022]

Kevin ends up in the hospital and the Minyard Twins realize they have feelings.

Trial Talk by sirfatcat_mccatterson [Rated G, 1638 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]

Prompt from anon on Tumblr Twinyard bonding before Aarons trial.

tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon

No Words Necessary by emmy (emmy7) [Rated T, 820 Words, Complete, 2023]

Aaron in the aftermath of Drake's murder trial.

tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon

Thicker Than Water by exy_shmexy [981 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]

Aaron himself found himself at a loss for words. He had tossed and turned over what to say for a couple days ever since he sent the text to Andrew telling him he wanted to visit his mother’s grave and if he could come with him.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse

Raw Sugar by Paradoxolotl [Rated T, 3686 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]

Betsy tells Aaron and Andrew to find something they can bond over.

NB: fic art by @fortheloveofexy here

I was born sick by Harmonique [Rated G, 3082 Words, Complete, 2023]

Part 2 of AFTG whump

Aaron is sick. Aaron should rest, but he has an exam, classes, and a match in the evening. Aaron is an idiot. Thankfully, he has a boyfriend and a brother to make sure he rests

After thousands of cold days by LadyTimelessness [Rated T, 3310 Words, Complete, 2023]

Double sessions was originally a stupid idea. None of them cared about building (or establishing) brothers relations anymore. Andrew always knew it wouldn't work, and neither did Aaron. They learned to live with each other at the level of neighbors, and it seemed to suit everyone. None of the twins needed more.

tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced murder

Contraposition by Reiss [Rated T, 3595 Words, Complete, 2023]

Andrew and Arron have an emotional and tearful bonding session on the roof of Fox Tower and a breakthrough in their emotions follows.

tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: violence

Twin Calls series by makememakesense [Rated T, Collection with 2 complete works, Twinyards Appreciation Week 2022]

Part 1: The pressure in my veins (Talk it down, talk it down) [1573 Words] Andrew deals with being a single Cat Dad. Part 2: We're doing alright [1478 Words] POV you're freaking out about having Twins. Who do you call?

alternate universes

I'm leaving this town (and I'm changing my address) by zweimam [Rated T, 21028 Words, Incomplete, Updated July 2023]

Aaron has been looking for his brother for six years. Right when he's beginning to lose all hope, he meets Neil Josten.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: implied/referenced suicidal thoughts, tw: dissociation, tw: implied/referenced drug addiction

Damned If You Do by Inthewritespot [Rated T, 13508 Words, Complete, 2022]

When his cousin Nicky calls about some friends disappearing under ghostly circumstances, Andrew Minyard forces his twin back into the family business. This is a Twinyard Supernatural AU

tw: canonical character death, tw: blood/gore

gutterwitch blues by nanatsuyu [Rated T, 20882 Words, Complete, 2023]

It isn't the worst job Andrew's ever been not paid to do. He and Aaron grew up managing the place, after all. Five years of silence doesn't change that. He can handle visiting 'home' one last time.

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

togetherness by Nightingale231 [Rated T, 683 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]

Andrew and Aaron are brothers. Andrew is the alpha of the twins, and Aaron the omega. Neil and Aaron are friends.

Art

book scene: Aaron’s drug detox art by @nniivek

The Minyard Twins art by @alef-art

Aaron and Andrew sand castle building competition art by @emry-stars-art

Twinyard AU with ghost Andrew art by @ol-unreliable

au where aaron and neil are best friends first comic by @02511213942

Nicky’s picture of the twins art by @prince-peachie

we face the fire together, brothers to the end art by @scribblesandsuch21

aftg inktober day 4: twinyards art by @tigerjawed

twinyards in a campus coffee shop art by @/whyzard on twitter

[exycourtbesties]

i wrote the first chapter of some precanon kandrew partying + drunk flirting 💥💥🧡‼️

[kevin-cable-photography]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwf3GXEgHGk&t=76s The Winter Solstice News for Kids at LNEnews - Veh's World #thewintersolstice #wintersolstice #kidsnews #Newsforkids #littlenewsears #nevaehcable #wintertime #winter

[tadashiura]

Title : for Freedom
When the darkness gets deeper… Our bond will gain in the sparkle. Though we are in the many difficulties right now... We will be sure to arrive at the light of freedom. Daddy Mouse (freelancer) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 題 : 自由のために 闇が深いほど 絆は輝きを増す どんな困難な今ここでも 私たちはきっと自由の光に辿り着く 鼠父（自由業） ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 地球はもうすぐ冬至を迎えます。 鼠父さん曰く、20211222の冬至に陰が極まりて、陽のエネルギーへと変わるそうです㊗️ 我々も陰の世界に留まることなく、愛と調和の今ここを選び続ける鼠一家と一緒に、陽の世界へ旅立ちましょう✨ #浦正 #tadashiura #水墨画 #アート #art #sumie #somoku #奏墨 #掛軸 #ネズミ #mouse #prayforpeace #sparkle #freedom #thewintersolstice #冬至 #祈り#調和 #自由 #絆 #陰陽 #yinandyang #bond #love https://www.instagram.com/p/CWz0FhbPF-9/?utm_medium=tumblr

[katoena]

"Hey man, why don't you take bath, it's the winter solstice. Chillax buddy ~~~" Yuzu fairy tale popped in our place last night. へいへいへーい、 おいらに浸かってまずは落ち着こうぜっ。 と突然柚子の妖精が家にやってきてくれました。 #illustration #illustrator #london #thewintersolstice #solstice #yuzu #柚子湯に入ろうそうしよう #柚子の妖精 (London, Unιted Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJGNyoqHL1F/?igshid=h30gjz7rdmoz

[myanmar-fortune-telling]

今日は、冬至❗ 冬至とは1年で最も日が短く、翌日から日が長くなってくるので、冬至はある意味、太陽が生まれ変わる日。 太陰太陽暦（旧暦）では冬至が暦を計算する上での起点でもあります。陰極まって再び陽にかえる日🌅 みんなが上昇運に転じますように…❤️ #thewintersolstice #冬至 #midwinter #theshortestdayoftheyear #yangon #myanmar #fortunetelling #fortuneteller #myanmarfortunetelling #tokyo #gold #金運アップ #start ミャンマー暦八曜日フォーチュンアカデミー認定「パーソナルライフメッセンジャー」資格取得 、1日集中 『ミャンマー暦八曜日運勢鑑定ベーシック講座』詳細はこちらから↓↓↓ https://bit.ly/38ocTw9 https://www.instagram.com/p/B6V_qLZJgqx/?igshid=2hxvuoyqbu2w

[gemsnloans-blog]

It's officially #TheFirstDayofWinter, the shortest day but the longest night of the year. Shop with us, we're open till 6pm, five locations to serve you. #TheWinterSolstice (at Gems N' Loans) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrqSE8knRKZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11yuplk51xq2j

[blogofhistory-blog1]

#Science..! #TheWinterSolstice..! #Midwinter, is an #Astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the #Shortest period of #Daylight and the #Longest #Night of the year. .! It occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt away from the Sun..! It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere..! In the #NorthernHemisphere this is the #DecemberSolstice and in the #SouthernHemisphere this is the #JuneSolstice..! https://www.instagram.com/p/Brnuck3l_ILLqIDaUKuLPFNGd3Os3WrEj8HX_00/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1iab4yimdfytv

[ao3feed-thefoxholecourt]

this is me choosing you

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/ynreuXP

by thewintersolstice

In the months before Tilda's death, Andrew and Aaron try to learn how to care about each other -- aka twinyards bonding as only twinyards can (badly).

or three times andrew tried to be a good brother and one time aaron finally got it.

“I’m just calling to ask if you’d leave the door unlocked,” Aaron ground out. “And if I don’t?” “I’ll climb in through the laundry room window like I usually do,” Aaron said, tired again. Andrew’s antagonism was the first thing Aaron had figured out about him. You could always count on it to appear.

Words: 7467, Chapters: 2/2, Language: English

Fandoms: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Aaron Minyard, Andrew Minyard, Neil Josten

Relationships: Aaron Minyard & Andrew Minyard, Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard

Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Post-Canon, Canon Compliant, POV Aaron Minyard, POV Andrew Minyard, twinyards, High School, twinyards learning how to be brothers, Protective Andrew Minyard, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Angst, Miscommunication, neither of them know how the fuck to care about each other yknow, brief Andreil, tilda is mentioned but doesn't actually appear, lots of mentioned high school characters but they don't speak, twinyard bonding

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/ynreuXP

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[aftgficrec]

Hiiii lovelies! 💜 I'm looking for fics similar to Heavy Dirty Soul by alexjosten. Can you rec anything like that?

Something similar to ‘Heavy Dirty Soul’... you don’t make things easy, do you? (lol)

In the end, I scrounged around to see what Kevin/Neil fics I could find, and ended up with a mix of old and new. There seems to be an increase in interest in this pairing, so maybe there’ll be a little more new content in the future. Hope there’s something for you in the selection below! - S

Also see...

Kevin/Neil here (find the first 2 fics mentioned below in this ask)

More Kevin/Neil here

Even more Kevin/Neil here

tumblr Kevin/Neil here (with tips for tumblr searches)

‘Don’t Bury Me (With A Coin Under My Tongue)’ here

‘Hummingbird Heartbeats’ here

‘Fin Du Jeu’, ‘morbid stuff’ series and ‘Heavy’ here

‘Just Kevin’ here

‘Oops (Didn’t Mean It)’ here

‘Now that I have got you’, ‘5 things’ (now complete) and ‘not very good at this’ here

‘The Vixen’ and ‘Running in the Rain’ here

Heavy Dirty Soul by alexjosten [Rated E, 38356 words, incomplete, last updated Dec 2018]

Andrew doesn't believe Neil when he explains he has a binder full of Kevin's photos because he's in love with him. To catch him in his lie, he convinces Kevin to fake interest in Neil to get him to give up the act. Problem is, neither of them know how far Neil is willing to go to ensure his survival.

tw: panic attacks

What we become in the absence by zen_fox [Rated M, 46369 words, complete, 2018]

Kevin Day, Exy’s former superstar, is now relegated by injury to the lowly position of Assistant Coach for the Palmetto State Foxes. Neil Josten, PSU's newest recruit, has a promising future ahead of him— and a dark past behind him.

In the absence of anyone to protect them, what will they become?

(An AFTG AU where Andrew never signed for the Foxes, so Kevin never had the backup to return to the court, and Neil never had anyone to dig up his secrets. Will Neil's truth ever out, and will Kevin ever play again?)

tw: alcohol, tw: canonical character death, tw: referenced gun violence, tw: implied/referenced torture

Apartment 314 By Nikotheamazingspoonklepto [Rated M, 18715 words, complete, Aftg Reverse Big Bang 2019]

(Kevin/Neil leading to Kandreil)

Day & Josten run their Private Investigation business out of their apartment and manage to make ends meet without touching Neil's family money. Some months are better than others, but the two of them have been content in their inner city apartment, running around and spying on people for money. Over the last seven years, they've built a life together and it's been good.

Then Andrew Minyard, a lawyer from out of town knocks on their door and presents them with a case that they can't refuse - not with the amount of money offered - or the familiar look in his eye.

tw: attempted sexual assault, tw: torture, tw: murder, tw: implied alcoholism, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon

NB: art for this fic by @mr-im-fine can be found embedded in the fic

Surface & Symbol by OfficialStarsandGutters [Rated T, 50227 words, incomplete, last updated Aug 2021]

Fake dating KevNeil AU with art student Neil.

“Short version: I have to go to a homophobic event so I wanna bring a date to make a statement, but as Aaron has just made abundantly clear, the concept of anyone willingly dating me is obviously a huge joke. So Kevin has very kindly agreed to pretend he can stand me for one evening.”

tw: implied/referenced child abuse

Pull the trigger (Till the end) by eloquent_apollo [Rated G, 32036 words, incomplete, Aftg Big Bang, last updated Aug 2021]

Prodigy Kevin Day is always one step ahead of Nathaniel. He is always just a little faster, just a little better. They are rivals, who will never get along. That is, until they are transferred to the same team. Now they must learn to cooperate, as the clock is ticking for Nathaniel to prove himself to the Moriyamas.

tw: implied/referenced abuse

one of us has to make it by thewintersolstice [Rated M, 8324 words, complete, 2021]

When Kevin wins and Riko destroys his hand, Nathaniel's the one who gets him away. Nathaniel's also the one who gets left behind.

Raven!Neil AU.

“I — I can’t leave.” Nathaniel can see the panic building in Kevin's eyes, the realization, the fear. “Nathaniel I can’t, you know I can’t, he will kill me—“

“Hasn’t he done it already?” Nathaniel’s voice is ragged, broken, all of the anger but none of it for Kevin, all of it is because it’s fucked. It’s fucked beyond repair and it is perfect.

Kevin is going to get out.

tw: violence, tw: implied/referenced torture

celestial bodies by skullcaid [Rated T, 5604 words, complete, 2021]

Tangling fingers in hair and accidentally napping together. Sharing clothes and watching and playing Exy. It's an epiphany, a realisation, and confessions and exploring. Kevin and Neil. Day and night. Sun and moon. They match, because of course they do.

Kevneil in a perfect court AU by @kevindayisafrog [tumblr, 2021]

Here’s a painful one shot of Kevneil in a perfect court AU based on artwork by @knandersonart on Instagram

tw: blood, tw: anxiety, tw: panic attacks, tw: abuse

daysten baking au by @girloikawa [tumblr, 2020]

so, the premise is that for a competition you’re supposed to team up with another bakery in your area to compete for a $15,000 cash check that you have to spilt.

Art

Kevin has to leave Neil in the Nest by @koihoi [tumblr, 2021]

Early morning run with Kevin and Neil by @rainbowd00dles [tumblr, 2021]

Sleepy Kevin/Neil by @gthechangeling [tumblr, 2021]

Kevin/Neil by @bambazzle [tumblr, 2021]

Feral boyfriends by @cowboymoonking [tumblr, 2020]

Found this Kevneil piece in my wips… by @leloqier [tumblr, 2020]

Neil hit every cone in practice by @mr-im-fine [tumblr, 2018]

[ohsheswitchy]