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HELLO MY BEAUTIFUL PAS ~ finding one I haven’t told you about was a CHALLENGE but I think maybe this one?
(Also yea I absolutely have Andrew’s whole half of this story written out if you want that as well. Plus one snippet I might have posted before)
What’s in a Name:
Nathaniel Wesninski and Andrew Doe were childhood best friends. Completely inseparable, pinky promising to stay with each other forever. Andrew knew he why he couldn’t ever play at Nathaniel’s house, and Nathaniel knew why Andrew moved homes and changed families. They both knew why the other had bruises. It was okay though, because they could grab each other’s hands and sleeves and know they weren’t alone.
But then one day Andrew was moved towns, far enough away Nathaniel couldn’t follow. Shortly after Mary takes Nathaniel and moves them far away from Nathan. But by the time he tries to find Andrew Doe again, Nathaniel is someone else and Andrew is nowhere to be found.
And months pass, and Neil and Mary move again. And again. They make it a few years, bouncing around. Eventually, they go to the FBI for help. They almost have Nathan’s circle rounded up, so Mary finally gives in to Neil’s pestering and takes him to an Exy game. They don’t make it to the court, and only Neil makes it out.
He spends the last few of his teen years in the foster system. After his father’s death, he gets his name changed to Neil Abram Josten. When he’s 18, he takes everything he has and moves to the city Andrew was moved to when they were kids. He doesn’t watch Exy anymore, but he still listens to the games on his radio, reads the game reports and stats.
Every day he looks up Andrew Joseph Doe.
He’s giving up hope on ever finding his best friend.
Until one day when visiting his neighbour and she turns on the TV to an exy match. And Neil sees one Andrew Minyard with the same scar over his brow that Neil’s best friend had.
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