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hmmm-shesucks · 6 months
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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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speciouspessimism · 4 months
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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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prettypipedream · 3 months
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i love seeing art of the foxes using KT tape, because let me tell you, that shit is a BITCH to get off.
i have chronic muscle problems, so my docs often use it on me.
if it’s applied properly, you can’t just rip it off, because it’ll take your hair with it lol, and it will obviously irritate the skin.
in my experience, showering isn’t enough either, you need to lather the adhesive area in oil.
so i just imagine the foxes all having an excessive amount of baby oil and coconut oil in their dorms.
every grocery run includes a huge amount of oils, and while on the bench or in team meetings, there is always someone distracted as they try and pick off excess adhesive off their body.
they aren’t even called on it because it is a shared annoyance they can all relate to.
additionally, i think it would be funny if abby had fox print KT tape ordered for the team, but also always orders plain black KT tape because andrew absolutely refuses to use it otherwise.
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ravenexy · 10 months
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“meet cute” they say as he shoves a sports racquet so hard into his abdomen he falls to the floor and continues to say he’ll be fine with a bandaid
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the original foxes, much less the new ones, never really saw Andrew and Neil hug. In fact, between all of them, they don’t think they had EVER seen them hug. Touches here and there, glances, them standing extremely close? Sure loads. The occasional Neil has his legs over Andrew at the team movie nights? Yep. Accidentally walking in on them making out? Absolutely. But a hug? Never.
That was until Neils last game as a Fox. All of the original foxes came and were sitting in the locker rooms (by luck of fate it was a home game) and they are all sitting around the chairs while the team finishes getting ready. Neil is of course, already prepared, but Andrew was late. Something about his flight being delayed and then traffic to the stadium being awful. Neil is fidgety. He knows Andrew is coming, knows he’ll be there to watch the game, knows he’s staying for the next week but Neil wanted to see him now. The foxes can tell he’s trying to pay attention to the conversation but his mind is elsewhere.
“Neil, he’ll be here”, Renee assured him as it was almost time to go out. The new foxes were starting to filter into the room.
“I get 50 dollars if he’s late, so I don’t mind”, Aaron shrugs.
Neil flicks him a glare and Matt nudges him. Before Neil can retaliate though.
“Like I’d give you the satisfaction,” Andrew says from the doorway.
Neil spins and locks eyes on him. The others thought he’d be effectively jumping with joy that Andrew was finally here. But instead, he simply relaxes, walks straight over and into Andrews arms. Andrew has one hand cradling Neil’s head, the other on his back and Neil’s arms are tight around him as he shoves his head into Andrews neck.
The new foxes, who are all in the room now, are gobsmacked. The originals, while not as taken a back, are still shocked at the tender display of affection.
“None of us bet on this,” Allison complains, “a good pool gone to waste!”
“Stop your whining, and quite acting like this is groundbreaking, it’s nothin’ new”, Wymack says as he enters behind, glancing up at Neil peeling himself off Andrews body.
“Wait, coach you’ve seen them hug before?!” Nicky asks.
“You’re telling me it’s been 4 years and you haven’t?”
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grooviestguru · 1 year
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so i was just thinking about how, in trk, neil goes to talk to andrew for the first time since easthaven, and nicky is like, hm probably don’t give him knives??? and neil is like it’s fine -_- and he goes to andrew and they literally don’t say a word to each other, neil just gives andrew his bands and knives. we know that scene, right?
but i’m thinking that, for andrew, that neil’s first action was to give him back these things, things that make andrew feel safer on his own terms, is SO IMPORTANT. andrew surely knows that everyone else, even his brother and cousin, is nervous around him now that he isn’t medicated (nicky literally says not to give the knives back yet!). neil is the ONLY one who knows, who trusts, that andrew knows best for himself (we also know that andrew doesn’t really need knives if he feels like attacking someone, but anyway). like i just think about how sober andrew is putting all this together before he and neil even speak, how it’s adding up to an auburn haired boy who is clearly too good to be true, mostly because he respects andrew’s agency. no wonder he thinks neil’s a pipe dream
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mildew-dread-mold · 1 year
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a fucking groundbreaking thought...twinyards trivia night...
andrew has eidetic memory and aaron is a fucking nerd who seems like he would write "as a person with an unquenchable appetite for knowledge,," on his college application and wouldn't even need to lie about it.
so every tuesday evening they go downtown and find restaurants with trivia events and then they fucking dominate.
edit: i bet they're also friends with some of the old ladies who are regulars at certain restaurants they also frequently go to. the old ladies think they're very smart and handsome young men and ask for pictures of their boyfriend/girlfriend.
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one year, as a joke, aaron gifts andrew croc martens (see picture below). andrew is disgusted (that's their tradition: give weird ass gifts to each other). neil wears them once. andrew burns them.
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intradaya · 3 months
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I'm so curious about voice HCs for the foxes. . especially andreil. .
- I think Neil's is smooth and slightly higher pitched (after reading everyone's ideas i do also like neil having a slightly deeper than avg voice after years trying to blend in), maybe a bit prone to subtle voice cracks when he gets loud. .
- Andrew's is deeper and lower, he enunciates all his words (though when he was medicated he'd project more and enunciate a bit more theatrically, drawing out letters etc etc) ((I think the only concession for Andrew's voice I'm willing to make is that when he was medicated his voice was pitched a bit higher otherwise I think deeper voiced andrew is staying in my head))
- Kevin's is a bit deep and strong, very authoritative, also enunciates his words. Someone pointed out that it would also be a bit flat, though when he's exasperated thatll definitely show, and when he lies his voice gets higher and defensive
- Aarons slightly higher than Andrew's, talks a bit on the fast side, and kind of mumbles when he talks.
- Nicky's very boisterous, kind of an average timbre and his voice goes up at the end of a lot of his sentences.
- Renee's is also very smooth and a bit on the airy side, very sweet but not condescending.
- Allison's is slightly on the deeper side and ever so slightly (like very slightly) gravelly.
- Dan has a higher voice, and she naturally projects when she speaks.
- Matt has a very deep voice but it's pretty quiet- though it can be loud when he needs to.
As for accents and specific vernacular i don't know, I'd love to hear other people's opinions so I can refine mine (and if ppl have examples whew even better)
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eloquent-apollo · 10 months
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The foxes play a game called “how much shit can we throw at Kevin until he wakes up”
A comprehensive list of things the foxes have thrown, without waking up Kevin:
A book by Nicky
A pillow by Allison
His entire backpack, with books and laptop inside dropped on Kevin’s back as he slept by Matt
An exy ball by Dan
Four pens by Neil
A shoe by Aaron
His phone by Andrew (Andrew has a nokia confirmed)
A fork by Renee
Two forks by Nicky
A spoon by Allison
Nicky’s marketing homework by Aaron
Aaron’s biology homework by Nicky
The game, unfortunately, abruptly ended when Andrew pulled a knife out of his armbands, and Kevin was woken up by a chorus of “ANDREW NO!” (Dont worry, Andrew wasn’t actually going to throw it)
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crystalmethsthings · 1 year
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The foxes as memes I found on twitter p2:
Allison:
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Matt:
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Neil:
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Andrew:
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Kevin whenever Neil roasts someone:
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Aaron when he met Neil:
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Dan:
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Nicky:
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hmmm-shesucks · 7 months
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Aaron has been trying to get Andrew to stop smoking for years and years to no avail. He complains about it every time he talks to Andrew. If they are around each other, Aaron always comments on how Andrew smells like smoke; he's smoking too much, and the house will have smoke damage even though Andrew never smokes inside. If they are Facetiming and Andrew lights a cigarette, Aaron hangs up. It's a whole thing. Aaron tries everything to get him to stop. He even got Neil to agree to help get Andrew to at least cut back. Nothing works.
Until Aaron calls Andrew and tells him that Katelyn is pregnant, Andrew throws his brand new pack in the trash immediately after they hang up, picks up a pack of gum, and starts sucking on lollipops so frequently Neils thinks Andrews tongue will forever be blue.
By the time the Twins were born, Andrew has not smoked a single cigarette in almost six months. Three weeks after the girls are born, Andrew shows up on his brother's front porch. Aaron doesn't even get to say hello before Andrew pushes past him, the slightest bounce in his step.
“I haven't had a single smoke in six months. Give me a baby.”
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speciouspessimism · 4 months
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what if andreil having supports outside of each other… it does not minimize their relationship but in fact makes it healthier…
like andrew waking from a nightmare and he needs to talk to aaron. he just needs to know his brother is there, hear his voice, and then he can be done with it. or, so very rarely andrew and nicky take a trip to the columbia house, just them, for alone time away from the team (or for nicky, calling erik time), staying in their respective rooms and away from one another, but a few times a day they both emerge and cross paths and andrew will need to listen to nicky’s mindless joy ranting about everything in the world.
or neil is having a panic attack and he just really has to talk to matt! they both know comforting isn’t always andrew’s thing and every once in a while neil needs some more conventional care. he just needs to stay with wymack again for a couple days when he’s sick, and have abby tend to him and kevin stop by to argue with him about his health but also to make sure he’s taken care of properly. to walk him through delirious fever induced conversations about the nest...
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prettypipedream · 3 months
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so i definitely vibe with the headcanon that andrew gets a medusa tattoo, but hear me out:
so in the actual myth, athena doesn’t curse medusa out of pity or to save her from the men that aim to assault her. she did it out of rage and vengeance after medusa’s rape basically defiled her temple. on top of that, when she is beheaded by perseus, athena then puts her head on her shield to protect herself against enemies.
with this in mind, i think andrew having a medusa tattoo, or relating to medusa in any way, is kind of ironic and takes on a different meaning when you think about it.
he dealt with unwanted attention and sexual abuse his whole childhood. he was raped in cass’s home, a place where he put up with so many advances and assaults, and so much pain and confusion. he loved and respected her, and wanted to protect his brother.
in the end, he was punished for being assaulted by so many people in his life. It’s insinuated that cass knew what was going on, and she let it happen. his uncle blamed him, and his brother resented him in his ignorance.
then he was labeled as a monster, and used for his protection by so many people in his life.
i just think it’s a interesting comparison to make.
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ravenexy · 9 months
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andrew: i don’t do relationships
neil, simply existing:
andrew: well shit
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I love love love the idea that Kaitlyn is also a ginger with blue eyes who is about 3 inches taller than aaron and aaron and Andrew never really realise until one day Nicky (without thinking) goes “hey have you guys ever noticed how aaron and Andrew have the same type” when Neil and Kaitlyn are standing close to each other
Cue the foxes all losing it and Aaron and Andrew looking at each other with a disgust and a glare
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