#i just enjoy the idea of them being assholrs together

[thespineoftherighteous]

I feel like Andrew would be vaguely amused watching the earlier stages of Aaron and Neil's relationship--from the initial animosity through their wary-of-each-other period--because he looks at these two assholes, two of the select few people he cares about, and sees so much of them in the other

and it's smaller things, like the particular, biting way they use sarcasm and the faces they make when they're unimpressed and how they can't be bothered with things like tying their shoes (Aaron just tucks his into the sides and Neil leaves his loosely knotted together all the time)

but it's also more significant things, like the way they have the same calculating distrust towards new people, and things he himself doesn't get but still sees reflected in the two, like how they were both utterly screwed over by their mothers and yet continue to mourn them

and that's why he almost seems to expect it when they don't get along at first and yet is also the only one who isn't surprised down the line when their relationship develops into one of mutual understanding and grudging acceptance

#aaron and neil developing a relationship eventually is the one thing that i will never let be taken away from me #idec if its not totally on brand for them- the way they are in the series leaves room for maturation and development #i just enjoy the idea of them being assholrs together #and the position that it puts andrew in because god damn theres two of them #aftg #all for the game #tfc #the foxhole court #neil josten #andrew minyard #aaron minyard #aftg hc #mine aftg