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I fully believe Neil sent this to the foxes post Baltimore

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My take is that whenever Foxes play Marry, Kill, fuck they always chose to kill Kevin. Not because it's what they want, no no because it's the funniest option for three simple reasons.

A) Kevin believes every game can be lose or won, Marry Kill Fuck included.

B) And of course Marry is the winning option, Kill the losing one, while fuck is just lukewarm second place, in his world.

C) And the most important thing - Kevin absolutely hates losing.

That being said, anytime some Fox chose to kill him he rages and argues and in so many details its almost a presentation, explains how he would be a great husband! He would! Fuck you!

Foxes love it. Watching Kevin rage quit in marry kill fuck game is absolutely a highlight of the day.

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whenever Andrew or Neil are talking about Kevin to the other they refer to him as "your boytoy"

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Kevin: after much consideration I have come to the decision that you are, unfortunately, my best friend.

Neil: a horrible decision really. My condolences.

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Aaron getting into medical school and leaving exy behind at Palmetto. He makes some friends, of course, and he doesn’t feel the need to mention to any of them that he’s family friends with multiple professional exy players, including the son of exy himself Kevin Day. He’s moved on from exy and while he’s proud of the Foxes he doesn’t want to be known for it while starting this new adventure.

But obviously he’s not gonna cut ties with the Foxes, so he continues to text them and call them and he’ll be included in some of their social media posts and occasionally he’ll post something with them in it. And his new classmates and friends start to catch on that he’s the Aaron Minyard, former starting backliner for the Palmetto State Foxes NCAA champions, brother of one of the best goalkeepers in the league and close friend of many other professional players.

And Aaron absolutely dreads it when they connect all the dots. Like he refuses to acknowledge that he knows them. People will ask him like “omg do you really know the Kevin Day?” or “is all that stuff about Neil Josten true?” or “are you actually Andrew Minyards twin?” and he’ll just deadpan stare at them and just go “who?” Even worse when someone tries to treat him like a celebrity or ask him about his time as a Fox and he just gives them the most disgusted stare until they eventually walk away.

Yet he’ll keep posting with them he even increases how much he posts with them because he proud of them because he thinks it’s hilarious to watch people get pissed off at him for pretending not to know who they are and then turning around and posting a picture of himself at their games or on their annual vacations.

And when Kevin signs with the team that’s located in the same city that Aaron’s in they start hanging out all the time. They’ll go out to a bar and his classmates are shocked that this kid from their anatomy class is taking shots with Kevin Day. Aaron will just ask them “who” when they confront him and immediately turn back to Kevin to continue their conversation.

Idk just something about Aaron being this random med school kid with 3 of the best professional Exy players trailing him is my favorite thing. Also him being proud of his foxes and showing it in his own asshole way

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Half of Andrew Minyard’s internal monologue is just an exasperated “girl…”

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hc that once he feels comfortable, neil’s favorite thing is wearing (stealing) his friends’ (the foxes’) clothes. it’s like a physical anchor for him? something undeniable that says “i am loved, i am cared for, i am trusted” and most importantly “i must return”.

- he and andrew basically share clothes…. when it comes to clothing they forget who’s is who’s and accidentally wear each others’ jerseys

- matt’s mom is sentimental and has a lot of matt’s old clothes, and eventually matt brings neil home over a break and lets him thrift in his childhood wardrobe

- nicky gives him old t-shirts from bands he doesn’t listen to anymore and neil wears them as pjs

- kevin is a stylish bisexual in his early twenties so he has looots of nice jewelry of which neil picks a piece or two of to sneak every week, and Kevin lets him under the pretense of teaching neil to dress better

- renee notices that neil has no proper comfortable clothes and will always offer for him to take her sweatpants (they’re… kinda long) “for the night” but they both know she does not expect them back for a few days

- dan and neil have the same shoe size… enough said

- allison will wear a great sweater and later neil will come by to hang out in just a t-shirt and jeans… and then oh nooo he’s sooo cold…. shiver shiver complain… nooo it’s fine..oh my goood are you sure….thank you soooo much allison thank you…. (they do this dance often and no one understands why allison lets him)

- even aaron once gets sweatpants just a couple inches too long and one day neil just finds them on his desk in the dorm, flung over a pile of notes and messing up his study space, but warm and brand new

- not clothes but when neil completes his first full year with the foxes, like to the day, on the calendar one year since he came to south carolina, wymack gives neil the blanket he used when sleeping on the couch in his apartment last summer

all of this makes neil feel safer than he would admit, but they all notice and play this game. if he’s wearing dan’s sneakers… well, he can’t run away with those on, it would just be inconsiderate

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Not trying to brag or anything, but I can wake up without an alarm clock now simply due to my crippling and overwhelming anxiety, so...

- neil josten during the first book, probably

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How DARE Tolkien omit in the final draft the information that the traditional hobbit marriage custom is to have unspoken vibes for years and then disappear without explanation for an indeterminate length of time!?

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Andrew calling Neil a junkie because yes his obsession with Exy borders addiction as he chases that high on the court, but because it’s also the root of his yearning for life. Neil uses Exy as a way to solidify his existence. He’s addicted to life. Not hiding or scraping by or running, but the thrill of living. Of existing. And Exy gives him that opportunity to be more than a ghost of a person. #10, Neil Josten, starting striker, Palmetto State University. And Andrew may never fully understand that intense passion for life himself, but maybe it could be a little bit contagious. Or in the very least, interesting. Enough to crack that bone-deep apathy just a touch.

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The foxhole groupchat:

Andrew: Neil and I are no longer dating

Neil: Andrew, this is the worst way to tell everyone that we're getting married

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We're all in agreenace that Neil has 100% fallen off the treadmill during gym practice because he wouldn't stop looking at Andrew's arms, right??

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things my coworkers and i have said as aftg

dan: i think we have a nice found family dynamic

andrew: someone put me back up for adoption

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allison: can you hand me the half and half? no that’s 2%

renee: don’t blame him, he didn’t have a dad to show him the difference

allison: neither did you

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neil: *with face shoved to office door window* MOOOOOM

dan: what the hell do you want

neil: a lady yelled at me and now she wants you to give her free food

dan: i’ll go kick her out

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dan: someone tell me i can lock the doors 3 minutes early

nicky: do it, no balls

matt: did you just say no balls?

dan: YOU DONT KNOW WHAT I HAVE

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The night before Andrew’s first pro game, he receives a box from a company he is intimately familiar with. Pretty pink calligraphy branding the pristine white box with Allison’s fashion logo. It’s a rather large box, and Andrew is expecting the worst, like bright pink pompoms, but when he opens it, there are several neatly folded piles of silky material—armbands.

The first pair in each bundle is a simple black, but as he goes through them, he finds the colors changing, colors matching his new uniforms, colors Andrew would never usually wear but was informed he’d have to during specific months of the year.

At the bottom of the box lay three pairs with a note labeling them “custom.” The first pair was all black, except for a small dagger on the insides of both wrists. The second set is similar in color, except when they catch the light, subtle color shines through. A stupid rainbow. The last set Andrew knows Neil must have had something to do with as they are bright orange and white, tiny little fox paws on the insides of both wrist.

There are two of each pair, thirty pairs total. At the bottom of the box is a note branded with Allison’s logo but also a tiny kangaroo, one that is also branded just above the elbow on every sleeve.

“First look at the new sports line. I call this one Rew.”

Andrew hates her, but he plays his first game, ensuring Allison’s logo is always visible.

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Andrew, answering tweets: "Were you written by a man or a woman?" Well, usually I'm just ridden by men.

Kevin: That's not what that means-

Andrew, shotgunning a tiny container of coffee creamer: Don't be homophobic.