my Fall @aftgexchange piece for @lemonboyjosten who asked for Butcher!Neil and law enforcement!Andrew and my mind went to Killing Eve AU and I may be a little obsessed with it. I hope you Like it!

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They deserve happiness and only happiness your honor

inspired by lorde’s secret onion ring review instagram i think after he goes pro andrew makes a secret dessert review instagram

he started it as a joke because one of the pr people told him he should make an instagram but never specified that it needed to be for himself

at first it is a secret that he runs it but eventually people catch on because all the foxes follow it

he always makes sure to post whenever he travels to different cities for games

every review is very dry and snarky but is usually complimentary because he isn’t actually that picky with desserts

sometimes restaurants reach out to try and get him to promote their place but the only time he ever took someone up on it was a little mom and pop ice cream shop that said they’ll let him try every flavor they had

the variety in quality is astronomical because one day he reviews the new oreo lava cake at a chili’s and then the next day it’s some wild dessert at a 3 michelin star restaurant

the lava cake gets a better review

in several of the pictures he posts you can see he’s sitting across from someone and dedicated fans eventually figure out it’s neil

sometimes andrew will include neil’s review of the desserts too but those usually consist of things like “fine” “too sweet” or “we could have made that at home”

after andrew retires from exy he keeps posting because it actually turns out to be kind of fun

the first time he ever actually publicly acknowledges his and neil’s relationship was on their 30 anniversary when neil took him on a dessert tour around europe and posted an unflattering picture of neil licking melted gelato off his hand 

nathan

‘you aren’t my answer.’ ok then why u strangling Kevin 🤔

neil: kevin, where are you going?

kevin: to watch jeremy’s game

neil: but we have our own game today???

kevin: nice, tell me later how it went

aftg hc of the day: occasionally neil will invite andrew to the library to study with him. obviously andrew assumes it's a date, only to find out neil actually intends on doing homework. neil will be reading and taking notes and andrews just there, impatiently tapping his pen on the desk because he packed lunches for this?? he's practically pouting the whole time, maybe reading a sentence or two every once in a while between staring glaring at neil. he only makes the mistake once though, and the next few times actually plans on doing work until all of the sudden neil catches onto the grumpy looks and all the times andrew tried linking their pinkies across the table. they're halfway there when neil makes them stop for coffee and donuts and go for a walk in the tiny park nearby and keeps looking at him like that. even though andrew want to be mad because it's been weeks of his suffering for neil to notice, it's nearly impossible because it's neil

hc Andrew constantly wore gay things before anyone picked up that he was gay. he wears bracelets, socks, maybe even shirts. he’s got some pins on his backpack. there’s a gay flag sticker on his water bottle. his exy shoes come from a Nike pride campaign. at one point he wears a shirt that says “i like boys” and everyone just thinks he’s joking. and then they find about andreil and go “huh, not a joke ig.”

I know you all want Andrew and Neil fit into the romantic norms but as someone who never got told “I love you” and never said it, it’s really important to me to see a (fictional) couple loving and caring for each other without explicitly saying it

we know that neil and andrew don’t usually smile, they just don’t, especially when there is nothing to laugh about

so, imagine them holding hands walking through the campus grounds

like a power couple

stoic faces, threatening as hell, 99% sure they are armed in some ways but they could probably ko you with bare hands

people crossing the streets just to not walk in the same sidewalk

the power they hold

I imagine that there are times where someone asks Neil a personal question and he automatically lies about the answer, only to realize what he did and have to correct himself. Or like, Andrew will tap him on the arm or something to remind Neil that he is safe now and he can tell the truth.

Idk man I just wanted to draw andreil in love and happy 🧎‍♂️

Andrew with Aaron and Katelyn’s kids headcanons:

the twins often called Andrew “dada” because of how similar Andrew and Aaron looked. Aaron wouldn’t have been upset about this if Amelia’s first word wasn’t “dada” said to Andrew. Andrew and Katelyn find this incredibly funny.

Andrew still doesn’t smile that often, not even around Neil, but with his nieces he can’t help but smile. Neil’s background on his phone is a picture of Amelia on Andrew’s back and Alex running into his open arms. Andrew has a genuine smile on his face.

every once in a while Aaron will bring the twins to Andrew and Neil’s exy practices when they are a bit older. everyone on the team loves seeing them, and they always offer them fist bumps, and go extra hard for scrimmages while they’re there. the only picture of Andrew in the team locker room is of him helping the twins hold his racquet in the goal after the team cleared off the court. he’s tried to take it off, but he can’t help but feel something when he sees the picture.

Andrew bakes with the twins all the time. when they’re old enough to start helping with simple tasks, he’ll have them help. the older they got, the more he taught them about the recipes and how the baked goods were made, so by the time they were going into school, they were able to make all sorts of things by memory.

Andrew learns to braid hair just in case the girls ask him to do it for them.

sometimes the twins spend a night or two with Neil and Andrew when Katelyn and Aaron want some time without the kids. when Andrew and Neil move into their new house, they make sure that the twins have their own room and a backyard for them to play in.

Amelia loves playing with Sir and King, but Alex is terrified of them. Neil watches Amelia play with Sir, while Andrew shows Alex that the cats aren’t very scary with King (she’s the calmer of the two). Amelia also would try and help her, but she didn’t completely understand how to comfort people yet, so her advice didn’t go as far as Andrew’s.

when Katelyn told Andrew she was pregnant, he told her it was going to be a set of fraternal twins. sure enough, when she went in for her first ultrasound, they found out there were two babies. he then guessed that they were both going to be girls, and he was right once again. Neil asked how he guessed, and Andrew said that he just knew. Neil gave him a confused look and Andrew shrugged in response.

family holidays are always a nightmare for Andrew. it’s mainly Katelyn’s family, Andrew and Neil, and sometimes Nicky and Erik. for years Andrew would only go to a few parties Aaron and Katelyn hosted, but after the twins were born, he went to all of them. Neil would talk with Katelyn and her sister and Andrew would sit in the kitchen until it was his turn to hold the twins. Aaron would let him put them to bed on these days too.

the twins claim that Andrew and Neil are their best friends, and whenever Andrew hears that his heart feels so full. he loves his nieces more than anything.

Things that I’ve seen in the ✨psych ward✨ that remind me of Aftg characters-

Andrew- He Snitched on someone because the reward for telling was ice cream

Andrew (again)- Someone says “Andrew seems like the type of person to not snitch if someone murdered someone” and He deadpanned and said “I already have” and everyone was scared.

Aaron- Studied a shit ton in school (yes long term places have schools) because he wanted to be the “psych ward valedictorian”

Dan- there was a structure where we have a floor leader that has to be elected and she got to the top in 2 weeks

Allison- she pulled up in a Lambo and had a whole suitcase filled with makeup.

Nicky- tried drawing squidward in a drawing exercise but ran out of time and he got in trouble because it looked like he drew a penis

Nicky (again)- Requested mean girls to be played every night during free time

Neil- He Tried running from the cops after they told him he would have to stay there for 6 months

Kevin- He taught younger kids how to shuffle cards but criticized their shuffling skills until they got it right

Renne- During lights out she gathered the younger girls in her dorm in a circle and just let them vent, then she gave the most motherly advice I’ve ever heard of. 100% the ward mom.

Matt- He Needed to be taught how to fold his clothes by a floor leader.

Seth- He threw a chair at me because I told him his math homework was wrong

I can and will do a part two- just say the word. Cause I have many stories

holding hands because neil complained about the cold wind

*and sometimes neil do this as a silent request to hold his boyfriend's hands, andrew knows that, but doesn't say anything 'cause he wants the same*

andrew: what’s the wifi password?

aaron: we’re at my moms funeral

andrew: with spaces in between?

aaron:

andrew: it didn’t work

bitches be like 'guys look at them they're so cute, i ship them so hard 🥺💗' and then it's two characters who want to kill each other

imagine: you are a high school football player. you go onto instagram and type in #allforthegame hoping to find some like minded people who love sports. maybe you are just looking for some football highlights. ya know? the things you like. but no. you look it up and what do you see? fanart of two gay midgets making out with on...is that a hockey court??? but now you are intrigued??? and can’t seem to stop scrolling. pretty soon an hour has gone by, 2, 3. what the fuck is this and why do you need to know more. and now you are ordering these crappy looking books off amazon because they have consumed your life in a matter of hours. you never thought your life choices would take you here but hey might as well go with it

Some birthday kisses for Renee

aftg hc of the day: the difference between andrew and neils night time routines is ridiculous. if andrew doesn't change into pajamas, brush his teeth, get a glass of water, and read one chapter of a book every night he can't sleep for shit. then there's neil who puts pajamas on either at 5 pm or 2:30 in the morning. he wakes up at 3 half the time like 'oh shit i forgot to brush my teeth' and wakes andrew up in the process. he has no consistency as to whether he takes showers at night or in the morning. it drives andrew insane sometimes because he is sitting in bed with his book by 11 every night and there's neil off in the kitchen doing god knows what, half dressed with either coffee or warm water he got that morning