#katelyn reads the raven boys

[theridgebeyond]

“I want you to know, I was more when I was alive.”

“You’re enough now,” Blue said. “I missed you.”

#screaming crying throwing fists 😔 #the raven boys #the raven cycle #trc #noah czerny #blue sargent #katelyn reads #katelyn reads the raven boys #audiobook marathon

[dvrcos]

Ive been bothering everyone I possibly can by dropping asks abt Aaron in their inbox soo it's ur turn now

Any Aaron hcs? Your opinion on skater boy Aaron?

And because I love Kevin too, any Kevin hcs? I feel like people tend to forget that Kevin likes photography too canonically besides exy and history

OMG I JUST SAW THIS THANK YOU FOR ASKING HEHEHEHE

Skater boy Aaron is real and true and canon (to me at least)

He is the poster boy for the early 2000s skater aesthetic

Part of the reason he continues skating in college is because he enjoys the heart attack it gives Kevin

Kevin doesn’t want him getting hurt and jeopardizing the team and his wellbeing

So Aaron makes sure he finds time to skate everyday

Aaron is a lover of pop culture and is just a fucking nerd dude

He loves Lord of the Rings and read Harry Potter as it came out (and also very actively hates JKR in the modern day)

Aaron Minyard is a chronic migraine girly

He’s a med student and athlete who gets very little sleep so his head constantly hurts

And yaknow what he’s a little bitch about it too

He is constantly complaining to Katelyn and using it as an excuse to be an asshole

(I love him so dearly)

I also think he is constantly cold and has terrible blood circulation

His hands and feet are always freezing

Years of drug use and constantly needing to take Advil for his headaches has just shot his cardiovascular system

So he’s constantly cold and doesn’t run a lot because his stamina is shit

He has a raging addiction to caffeine and his vice is RedBulls

His sleep schedule is absolutely wrecked from both Exy and school so he’s rarely ever without a RedBull in hand

I don’t think he cares a lot about his diet but he does try to keep it pretty nutrient packed bc he knows the benefits of it

But he also has a sweet tooth (not as strong as Andrew’s but still strong) and he favors baked goods like cake and banana bread and pastries

His vision is bad and it just keeps getting worse over the years but he doesn’t wear his glasses often

He usually resorts to contacts but has to switch to his glasses late at night or when his head is hurting extra bad

OKAY KEVIN FUCKING DAY

He loves tea

Like has an extensive tea collection and will spend the money to buy teas from around the world

He also has a mug collection (the Foxes start gifting him mugs every holiday when they find out about it)

His favorite mugs are his vintage Trojans mug, a “history is not boring” mug the Foxes gave him when he graduated, and a Hogwarts mug Aaron gave him

(they read the series together :P)

Kevin’s favorite areas of history to study are Ancient Rome and the history of Ireland

He’s fascinated by the Roman Empire and studying Ireland makes him feel more connected to his mother

I think he continues school on the side and eventually gets a doctorate degree and teaches a bit after he retires from Exy

He always tries to sign with teams in or near the cities the other OG Foxes are in because he doesn’t really know how to function without the familiarity of his people

Kevin works a lot on undoing his Raven dietary habits and since he’s surrounded by people who can’t cook he grows a love for frozen food as well as caffeine

I think he takes a few art classes and really enjoys it even though he doesn’t think he’s that great at it

He’s actually not bad at all and makes a lot of really cool pieces

Kevin exclusively wears 5 inch inseam shorts

Anything longer is blasphemous

He has basically zero sense of style and just kind of mimics what the others are wearing

Until Allison forces him to go to the mall with her and they spend hours building him a real wardrobe that is him

Most of his closest still consists of PSU and USC merch though

And truly would this even be me if I didn’t put kevaaron headcanons? No

Kevin is basically a human radiator, especially after practice

And that is a blessing directly from God in Aaron’s eyes

Kevin comes back from night practice and Aaron just clings to him, absorbing all of his heat as they fall asleep

Aaron is a chronic clothes stealer like he just has sticky fingers when it comes to Kevin’s wardrobe

They spend a lot of time together in the library

They’re both in quite intensive and workload heavy majors so they study together a lot

It happened more as an accident tbh like Aaron was heading to the library to study for a midterm

And basically all of PSU’s student body had the same idea so there was no open tables

But low and behold there was Kevin, alone at a table tucked in the back corner, typing away at his laptop

Aaron joins him without asking and it kinda just becomes their thing

Kevin joins Aaron at the library between regular and night practices

They spend most of their weekends there and bring each other caffeinated drinks and snacks

Eventually they’re not even studying half the time, they’re just talking and spending time with each other outside of Exy and the other Foxes curious glances and prying comments

Aaron takes a history class with Kevin but Kevin refuses to take any science class outside of his required credits

He’s not a science person so Aaron doesn’t take it personally

Kevin can never properly wrap his head around how strong Aaron actually is

It just doesn’t compute for him, like how can so much strength be packed into such a small body

But he is most definitely not complaining, especially not when that strength is so clearly but on display or used against him

Kevin is practically drooling anytime he watches Aaron body check a striker twice his size and send them sprawling onto the floor

They become each others partners/marks during practices and it is simultaneously the best and worst thing to ever happen

They’re just excessively flirting while tripping each other and fighting with their racquets

The other Foxes comment on their “weird and disturbing foreplay” every chance they get

#thank you anon for giving me the chance to rant #I love these little idiots #so I hope you enjoyed #the kevaaron demons are loud and I cannot control them #aftg #all for the game #aaron minyard #kevin day #aftg headcanon

[jostenjorts]

Nathaniel Wesninski meets Aaron Minyard, Mary and Nathan aren’t that involved this time, sorry guys😣

In all fairness, Nathaniel was looking for Andrew after the shorter male had threatened him with a knife

All because he showed up to see Kevin and all Andrew saw was a “Raven Bitch Boy”

Kevin, instead of clearing up the misunderstanding, had just sighed and left the locker room in search for Wymack to go over the details for their next game

Only Nicky and Matt had been present when Andrew met Nathaniel and Nathaniel met Andrew

They both attempted to get Andrew to put his knife away and let the Raven go but the smirk on the redheads face had them backing off and a knife pressing against his throat

“Hey, this is fun but I need to speak with Kevin.” He hummed, pushing the knife away from him without any restraint coming from the blonde

Nathaniel dipped immediately before the other had time to process how casual he had been about having a knife held to his neck

He honestly found it attractive, though blamed his parents for that view but at the same time he also thanked them…mentally, he would never tell them that

Finding Kevin was a lot harder then Nathaniel thought it would be

Met all the Foxes in the process, introduced himself as Neil Josten and told them he was a childhood friend of Kevin’s

Allison and Dan had pointed out where Kevin could possibly be and gave him a brief run down on how to get there after he declined their offer to take him there

Matt was staring at his neck, trying to see if there was a cut there but he didn’t see any blood

Nicky was questioning how he had even gotten away without a scratch

Half an hour later and Kevin was being pulled away from Wymack, struggling against his friends grip as he was dragged to the foxhole court

The duo throwing heated words in french at each other, taking turns in mocking the Raven drills and by default Riko as well

Nathaniel was asked about Ichirou

He sighed, scoring another goal before throwing his racquet to the ground

Earning a glare from Kevin for doing so

“A pain in the ass, no hate for the guy but some days I would prefer dealing with Riko over him.”

The conversation continued, drifting to the topic of Andrew

Kevin bit his tongue and turned away for a moment, looking around to see if anyone was near before speaking

“Please don’t tell me you have a thing for him, he threatened you the moment he laid eyes on you and that 3 on your cheek.”

“Okay.” A pause, waiting patiently for Kevin to sigh in relief before adding on. “Was hot though.”

A curse in french had Nathaniel laughing, dodging a ball that was thrown his way and running off the court so he wouldn’t be hit with a racquet next

Fitting in on campus was easy, touch of makeup hid the number on his cheek, a ‘borrowed’ Fox hoodie had him standing out but also had other students not sparing him a glance

The bright orange hurt his eyes

He did interact with a few students, using the name Neil once again while asking if any of them had seen Andrew anywhere

Which is how he ended up in the library, staring at the blonde but something was off

It looked like Andrew, same hair, same eyes, same height

But something was missing

Only one way to find out, so he sat down at the same table as the other and continued to stare until the blonde looked up annoyed

Suddenly the eyes were different

“You’re not Andrew.” He sighed, disappointed and hit his head against the table. “All this effort for nothing…I’m Neil by the way.”

Silence. And then, “I’m Aaron.”

Neil looked up, resting his chin on his hand and stared at ‘Aaron’

“Twins?”

“Clearly.”

The eye roll was funny, the opportunity for a new favourite pass time was sitting right in front of him and Nathaniel was excited

“Any idea where I can find your brother? I asked around but clearly no one can tell you two apart.”

“And why are you looking for Andrew?”

He contemplated, eyeing the notes the other had been scribbling down and reading over

The name Katelyn written in the corner of his book, a heart drawn around it with an arrow added for effect

“Same reason you have Katelyn written amongst your notes.” He hummed, reaching over quickly and took the book to read over the notes

Which weren’t even notes, they were different scenarios in how to ask this Katelyn girl out

Nathaniel struck gold and couldn’t wait to pester Aaron, was already planning to leave the Raven’s and transfer here just so he could

The blondes ears flushed red and he wondered if Andrew would react the same if he were flustered

Aaron took his book back and closed it, tapping his finger anxiously and looking around the library

Looking for someone

“Ah is she here?”

“Can you fuck off?”

“Sure, just tell me where I can find Andrew.”

Aaron bit the inside of his lip, looking ready to possibly throw his pen like a dart and the dart board being Nathaniel’s face

“I wouldn’t know.”

“His number would do then.” He responded instantly, grinning at the look he got. “I’ll help with Katelyn in exchange for your brothers number, deal?”

Andrew’s number was added to his phone, Nathaniel was quick to send a simple text that said; Hey, I’m the guy you threatened with a knife like an hour ago because of Kevin :) Didn’t know you had a twin!!

Nathan and Mary were sipping tea, arguing over something petty when their son sent them a short message

Telling them he was transferring to PSU and had already signed up to join the Foxes Exy Team

Mary was delighted, she hated the Raven’s and especially its coach

Nathan wondered how he was going to explain to Kengo why one of his investments had left and transferred somewhere else

Unaware that Nathaniel had already called Ichirou and had an hour long talk before meeting for lunch to discuss a deal that would work in both their favours

yknow, I only have motivation to type when it hits like 1am and I have no idea why

#Ichirou and Nathaniel besties #Kevin is done with Neil’s shit #Nathaniel instantly attracted to Andrew because of a knife #Aaron has so many regrets #starting with going to the library #aftg #all for the game #andreil #andrew minyard #dan wilds #kevin day #neil josten #nicky hemmick #renee walker #matt boyd #nathaniel wesninski #riko moriyama #ichirou moriyama #kengo moriyama #nathan wesninski #mary hatford

[perfectcourts]

over the influence — a kevin day x oc fic

after riko’s death, kevin manages to piece himself back together into some semblance of a person with the help of wymack, abby, and bee. it’s his junior year at palmetto state, classes are starting up again, and the team is still riding high on their championship win against the ravens. the only problem? kevin is distracted. there’s a boy in his medieval history class who catches him off guard and he can’t stop thinking about him. when this distraction starts cutting into practice, he realizes it might be time to confront some feelings that have been eating away at him for years.

based on the song of the same title by the neighbourhood.

warnings: no archive warnings; anxiety mentioned throughout, references to past abuse, panic attacks, will mention any trigger warnings before chapters when necessary

ao3 tags: bisexual kevin day, kevin recovers from his past and learns to grow!!!, plus he falls for a cute skater boy c’mon, plenty of kevin and wymack bonding, background andreil, renison, aaron/katelyn, nicky/erik, matt/dan

read it here!

#SHE'S HERE!!! #took me long enough #i had to bite the bullet #treat them right pls <3 #kevin n eli type beat #over the influence #kevin day x oc #kevin day/oc #kevin day x eli #kevin day #kevin day fic #aftg #aftg fic #bisexual kevin day

[percontaion-points]

Raven King chapter 14

Click to see the rest of the snark & image descriptions.

Chapter 14

"He's underage," Abby said.

"So are Aaron and Kevin, but you're not stopping them," Nicky pointed out.

"I'm not encouraging them, either," Abby said.

You should be going out of your way to discourage them. Not only is it illegal, but the adults who provided the booze could face charges as well.

It wouldn't have been a problem, except somehow a cheerleader ended up between Kevin and Neil. Neil recognized Marissa from the night they played JD Campbell. He didn't remember much else about her, except that she was Katelyn's roommate, but judging by the brilliant smile on her face that was good enough for her.

Neil regretted talking to her almost immediately, because she hounded him the rest of dinner. Neil had grown up making small talk with a thousand strangers all over the world, but he was long out of practice. He spent all of his time with the Foxes now, and they'd outgrown those shallow conversations months ago. If Marissa would at least talk about Exy Neil could stomach it, but she bounced between every other possible topic in the world.

Okay, so I've seen my fair share of dunking on the cheerleaders, they're all evil, shallow, manipulative bitches who are often cast as the token mean girl but not the central evil.

But this is somehow worse than all of those other roles. At least those girls served some kind of a point towards the overall plot. Here, the narration clearly hates Marissa simply because she exists.

The southeastern district Christmas banquet was held at Breckenridge that year.

My god, how many fucking banquets does this sports league need to have?

*realizes that this is a crappy plot device to get Riko and the ravens in the same room as the foxes*

Kevin had slept most of the drive, since he'd had as much liquor as he did coffee that morning

Being an alcoholic is not a personality trait.

“I won't let you play a single damn game this spring.”

Damn, this is a year-long sport? I'm exhausted just thinking about it. There aren't any other sports that go that long, not even professional sports. Maybe extend the season with play-offs or whatever, but never the entire goddamned year.

Neil half-expected aggression, since the Foxes had won that match, but with the season over the Hornets were laid-back and rowdy.

This is probably because most people don't make sports their sole personality trait.

"Don't you dare 'Coach?' me, you malfunctioning retard."

CAN WE NOT.

"I am King," Riko agreed, "and you are going to spend Christmas at my castle. You're coming to Evermore for winter break.

[…]

Neil looked around at them, at the cold rage on their faces, and focused on Kevin. He tried again in French with an insistent, "Do you have my ticket?"

"You're not going," Kevin said. "Do you know what he'll do to you?"

"Do you know what he'll do to Andrew if I don't go?"

This is the stupidest goddamned plot device I've ever seen.

AND I'VE READ ALIEN EROTICA WHERE THEIR TONGUES HAVE MAGICAL HEALING PROPERTIES. AND RIKO GETTING NEIL TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH HIM IS SOMEHOW STUPIDER.

When he finally slept, he dreamed of death and blood.

Chapter 14 summary: Some time passes. Aaron gets out on bail, although he's kind of surly and rude towards everybody. I guess with his brother's absence, he feels he needs to pick up the slack. They have a game on Friday, and they win that one without much fuss, or excessive descriptions of every swing they make. Afterward, Renee tries to invite everybody, including the cheerleaders, to celebrate with them. Aaron is rude and argumentative about the entire thing for no real reason.

And then it's Thanksgiving. For some reason. Which I though was what they'd gone to Nicky's parents for, but I'm past the point of caring about the timeline. Most of the others go off to their various families, but the misfit boys end up at Abby's with David.

After the thanksgiving break is over, it's the last week of practice, and they all put everything into it. They go to the dining hall together, where Neil ends up trapped in a tedious conversation with one of the cheerleaders. As they're leaving, Marissa tries to give Neil his number, but he pointedly tells her that he's not interested in relationships outside of the foxes. They go back to their dorm, where they talk about how it's almost December, and winter break is coming up. Matt thinks that it would be depressing if Neil spent the holidays at the campus, and invites him to spend it with him and his mom.

And then, because of poorly designed plot reasons, they all go to another exy banquet. Some of the coaches come up and bore everybody to death giving us all of these details. They aren't important, and why none of this was cut is beyond me. After the dinner, as the others start partying, Riko comes over and issues more threats. He does admit that he orchestrated Seth's death and says flat-out that he had something to do with Andrew. But aside from that, this guy's personality is so one-dimensional and boring; move on already. But then Riko implies that he's gotten to somebody at the rehab place Andrew's at, and Neil starts a physical fight with him. A bunch of the coaches break up the fight. The others are upset when Neil tells them what Riko said to him about Andrew. However, Neil says that he has to go to spend the break with the ravens on Riko's orders. Nobody likes that.

#All For The Game #The Raven King #chapter 14 #casual sexism #Neil Josten #can we not #shitty adults are shitty #shitty plot device is shitty #Kevin Day #alcoholism is not a personality trait #what the fuck #do you even know how sports work? #playing sports is not a personality trait #David Wymack #can we not? #i'm done goodbye #Riko Moriyama #HEADDESKING

[foxsoulcourt]

Chapters: 9/9 Fandom: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard Characters: Andrew Minyard, Neil Josten, Aaron Minyard, Katelyn (All For The Game), Nicky Hemmick, Kevin Day, Thea Muldani, David Wymack, Abby Winfield, Matt Boyd, Danielle "Dan" Wilds, Renee Walker (All For The Game), Amalia Day Additional Tags: Cats, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe, Post-Canon, Mentions of past abuse, andrew eats a lot of pastries and neil knows nothing about cats, neil still has a great ass even though he's not 20 anymore, grandpa wymack, aaron has chaotic twin toddlers Summary:

Former Fox and pro-exy goalkeeper Andrew Minyard owns a cat rescue. Neil Josten, former Raven and current pro-exy striker, needs a cat to calm his fiery temper or else face anger-management therapy to keep his contract. Neil's never wanted anything other than exy, Andrew's never wanted anything other than to be left alone. But sometimes not getting what you want can be an....interesting surprise.

~*~

All credit to Nora, I own nothing.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Have you read this work by @andthenthefirenationattacked yet? If not, you have a treat ahead of you. There's something for everyone here. It's a great story about 30something Raven!Neil who isn't doing so well towards the end of his Exy career but --surprise, surprise!-- doesn't want to admit it. He meets Andrew, Aaron + Nicky and life slowly begins to change for him, and then he + Andrew. Kevin's here, Thea too; Aaron + Katelyn have two adorable boys-born-within-minutes-of-one-another, Jace + Jude. There are many cats involved (as you would guess from the title) + some pretty cool carpentry. E N J O Y!

#just finished it + skimmed chapters to remember jace + jude's names #and dang #now i want to re-read it #totally forgot the part about college andrew imagining neil when he jacked off #searched for ja... #and found that tidbit #snort #whisker me away #love your writing style #raven!neil #cat clinic extraordinaire owner!andrew #neil josten #needs an emotional support cat #or three #andrew minyard #doesn't make it easy for him #aaron minyard #katelyn minyard #nicky hemmick #jace #jude #all for the game #aftg #foxsoulcourt aftg fic rec

[ao3feed-trc]

sitting next to this gun beats your heart in your mouth

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2VKjJb7

by softgr3mlin

it's the raven boys' senior year at aglionby, and ronan lynch was ready to fade into obscurity. drink his liver to destruction, subside on stolen glances of dirt-stained skin. but fate seems to have other plans. ronan was approached by david wymack, coach of the palmetto state foxes, and was offered to chance to play with them (henry, adam, gansey, noah, and blue included). will they manage to work with a team that's already bursting at the seams? or will everything crash and burn?

Words: 1026, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic, Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Rape/Non-Con

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M

Characters: Adam Parrish, Ronan Lynch, Richard Gansey III, Blue Sargent, Noah Czerny, Henry Cheng, Andrew Minyard, Aaron Minyard, Kevin Day, Neil Josten, Nicky Hemmick, Allison Reynolds (All For The Game), Renee Walker (All For The Game), Matt Boyd, Danielle "Dan" Wilds, Thea Muldani, David Wymack, Abby Winfield, Betsy Dobson

Relationships: Ronan Lynch/Adam Parrish, Richard Gansey III/Blue Sargent, Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, Kevin Day/Thea Muldani, Nicky Hemmick/Erik Klose, Allison Reynolds/Renee Walker (All For The Game), Katelyn/Aaron Minyard, Matt Boyd/Danielle "Dan" Wilds

Additional Tags: Trans Female Character, Trans Allison Reynolds, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Eating Disorders, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, no magic or cabeswater or psychics or anything, just a bunch of idiots who play exy, Childhood Trauma, Psychological Trauma, also everyones gay

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2VKjJb7

#ao3feed #fanfic #the raven cycle #trc

[lazy-queen]

Andreil Ficlist

So, I’ve been away from Tumblr for a while but my love for the fandom is still strong. I’ve read some awesome fics from this pairing, and if you are looking for something too, you’re welcome to use this as guide.

Pairing: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard

Fandom: All For The Game (Nora Sakavic)

All of them are taken from AO3, and all of them are marked as completed. Enjoy!

Hold Each Other by exactly13percent (superagentwolf)

He came along and showed me how to let go. - A series of stories about Andrew and Neil, with occasional Fox Family-centric feels. Current lineup: SMUT / Neil bringing up his torture / Neil protecting the Foxes / Neil using Nathaniel for good / AU: Riko, Canon divergence / Fixing Nicky's Kiss / Post-Canon AU / 5+1 bonding / Andrew & Nathaniel / Neil & Nicky bond / Magic!AU with tattoos / Post-Canon Piercing & Aaron bonding / Neil & minor PTSD / Neil & PTSD, Andreil / SMUT / Andrew and jealousy (kinda) / Baltimore AU & Kevin, Matt bonding / Neil trauma & Andreil / normal!AU Andreil in 3 parts / Raven!Neil AU in 8 parts / Andreil tea shop!AU / Andreil flower shop!AU / Andreil no Exy&college AU / Andreil no exy & college AU again lmao - UPDATE: This has turned into a series where each fic is a different AU! 

Hic Sunt Draconis by exactly13percent (superagentwolf) 

Andrew is just trying to keep Kevin alive when an elf jumps into the fray, flashing daggers and blue eyes. He hires the Foxes to help him catch a demon from his past, but it starts to feel less like he's the client and more like he's the protection. Andrew hates how entranced he is by the scarred rogue, with magic on his skin and a tongue as silvered as the city's statues.

It's a good thing Andrew needs something to hold his interest. Neil is doing his best to meet the expectation, whether anyone asked for it or not.

It's Way Beyond Ice Cream by nekojita for Blurredminds

(part 1 of the Ice Cream AU)

Fic for the AFTG Summer Exchange - Neil's doing his best as a new freshman at PSU, helped by Renee as he navigates life as a normal 'person'. That includes classes and studying, and dealing with a certain stubborn employee at the local ice cream shop who seems to delight in messing up his order each time he goes there for some unknown reason....

Of course Allison and Renee will eventually explain what's going on to him (and help poor Andrew out).

Life Never Tasted So Good by nekojita

(part 2 of the Ice Cream AU)

It's time for Andrew's date with the cute freshman he's been tormenting for the past couple of weeks by messing with his ice cream order. Still not convinced that Neil really wants to go out with him (in part because of how Neil is cagey about anything to do with his past), Andrew prepares for the night out.

In other words, continuation of 'It's Way Beyond Ice Cream'.

Feels Like Wasted Youth by conniptionns, exybee

Neil’s current living situation is … complicated.

Between his roommates’ badass rager parties and his neighbors’ constant barging into his apartment, Neil’s sure he can handle anything junior year throws at him

That is, until someone leaves a passive-aggressive noise complaint on his door. Unfortunately for the second floor, Neil has skipped the passive and gone full aggressive.

Or the Neighbors AU featuring post-finals parties, ill-timed fire alarms, and helpful campus squirrels.

Forever Home by moonix for lolainslackss

Neil works at a movie theatre. Andrew is his favourite (and only) customer.

The Kids Are Alright (Now) by Marmeladeskies for BakaDoll

When they're two years old, Aaron and Andrew are adopted together- and it changes the course of their fate drastically. A story about scars, healing, dogs, and the little boy with the auburn curls who just moved in next door.

Foxglove Fridays by moonix

(Part 1 of Foxglove Court)

Every Friday, Neil comes into Andrew's shop to buy flowers.

Wishbone Wednesdays by moonix

(Part 2 of Foxglove Court)

Attraction is a slow creature for Neil. It sneaks up on him over time and winds him tighter and tighter in its coils until he’s smothered in it.

In which Andrew is a florist with magic hands, Neil is a tattoo artist with a tragic past, and everyone else is busy wooing Renee at the coffee shop.

If You Must by Tourmaline147

Neil's whole world went up in flames the minute he burned his mother's dead body. Mary prepared him for almost every possible scenario, except this one. Now he's stuck in the middle of California trying to restart his life.

Andrew's world had been dark long before Neil Josten came into town. He's been barely living the past few years but he was working on that.

Together these two strangers who only knew how to survive take on a new challenge: learning to live.

*** Featuring the other foxes, the bad guys, copious amounts of music, and, hopefully, happiness.

*** Basically a high school au with music. Enjoy.

TFC High School AU by Moonix

1.  Take Shelter by moonix

After his mother's death Neil Josten just needs to keep his head down until graduation, then he's going to leave this town and identity behind like all the others and start over somewhere new. There's a small hitch in his plans though: his deal to protect Andrew from bullies in exchange for some quiet company.

2.  Guns And Horses by moonix

A year after they run away together, Andrew and Neil finally find themselves in Columbia where they make a temporary home, get jobs, and meet Aaron.

3.  Stop The World by moonix

Neil’s mother is dead. His father is in prison. If he’s lucky, things might just be working out. Except Neil isn’t usually lucky…

4.  Up In Flames by moonix

Neil keeps his promise.

The Proposal by PalmettoFoxDen

Andrew said he was engaged to Neil to get Nicky to stop telling him he would die alone. Now, Nicky is expecting Andrew to bring Neil to Columbia to meet them all. Meanwhile, Neil just found out he's going to be deported. Even though they can't stand each other, Andrew makes Neil a deal. If Neil visits Andrew's family and convinces them that they're really engaged, Andrew will marry him and convince the investigator on Neil's case that they're in love. But if they're going to convince anyone, they'll need to learn a lot about each other. 

A Thief and a Liar by ClockworkDragon, gluupor

After two years in prison for a crime he absolutely did commit, Andrew has his next heist all planned out. All he needs is a team of thieves as talented as he is.

An Ocean’s Eleven AU where the Foxes like to steal things, Riko owns several casinos, and Andrew has a score to settle.

Shake My Tomb by exactly13percent (superagentwolf)

Nathaniel Wesninski takes his father's life and his father's title at the age of twelve. He kills a man at thirteen.

At eighteen, Kevin Day comes to him for help.

The Butcher of Baltimore is a name that used to mean something. Under Nathaniel's direction, the Wesninski Family has become an entirely different beast. They are the shadow thrown by the fire of the Moriyamas. Nathaniel isn't one to interfere with something bigger and more dangerous than him, but Kevin's position means something to him. Kevin, and the strange family he brings with him.

Maybe even Andrew, the one that challenges Nathaniel the most—and the one that Nathaniel finds himself drawn to. There's a lot at stake, though, and Nathaniel has nothing left to lose. Nothing but himself.

Pressure Points by puddlejumper99

(Part 1 of Out of the Ashes)

Neil enrolls at Columbia High School and remarkably fails at remaining invisible

False Equivalence by sunrise_and_death

Some part of her had known it would come back to Neil. He was the one who had cracked the twins the first time. Of anyone, he was the most likely to have a solution for this as well.

Although the events of the previous year resolved a lot of issues, Katelyn quickly discovers that not every problem has been addressed. As she attempts to map a future in which Aaron has both her and his family, she finds herself once again working with Neil Josten—to unexpected results.

Only You by wematch

In their second year a deal is made. Andrew wants to explore his boundaries and there’s really just one person he trusts around himself.

Set in a universe where everything is the same except that Andrew never kissed Neil on the rooftop that night. Instead, they just got closer and more comfortable around each other.

stars may collide by broship_addict, llheji

Moonlighting as Abram, member of the city's crime-fighting Foxes, Neil is doing a very bad job at staying under the radar. He's busy enough between his friends, patrol, and bickering with Andrew at work, but with the Ravens gang finally within reach and the reappearance of the Monster, he might have bitten more than he can chew.

(Or, how both Neil and Andrew accidentally fall in love with the same person twice. Lame.)

finger on the trigger/pedal to the floor by badacts, lightning_struck

Neil and Kevin, operatives for the highly secretive US body known only as ‘the Agency’, are very good at their jobs. Maybe Neil isn’t the patriot that Kevin is, but he can recognise the need for people like him, and, if nothing else, he is loyal. However, in the wake of an assassination attempt on the president foiled with the help of talented-but-civilian sniper Andrew Minyard, of the chipped shoulder and the uncanny knack for seeing right through people, Neil begins to question who it is giving him orders.

However, asking questions is a dangerous game. If Neil isn’t careful, he’ll end up dead - or worse than.

falling. by Idnis

The sun was bearing down on the park, on Andrew, on Neil Josten’s sketch, his auburn hair and blue, blue, blue eyes.

After a dozen tries, Andrew clicked through his photos. All the way to the first one. The one where Neil was staring straight at the camera.

Andrew’s breath caught.

flour petals, sugar stitches by ephemeralsky

“Thanks for coming with me,” she says, keeping her eyes trained in front of her.

“It is not like I had a choice in the matter,” Andrew says, blowing out a stream of smoke through his mouth.

Renee’s lips curl into a smile. “Maybe you’ll win our next sparring match and I’ll finally have to buy you ten cartons of Haagen-Dazs.”

“It cannot be worse than tagging along to a bridal boutique.”

“Maybe,” Renee allows, humor in her voice. “But what kind of man of honor would you be if you didn’t come with me to choose a dress?”

(or: Andrew is a baker, Renee is a bride-to-be, and Neil is a dressmaker)

Neil Josten the Sex God by manya

“Okay, look. My friends were kinda getting on my back about me being single, and I said that it was by choice and if I wanted to I could get anyone I wanted. And obviously that’s an extremely presumptuous thing to say, so they told me to prove it. So, uh, here I am. And here you are. And if you’d like to maybe help me out with this, that would be awesome.”

Andrew stares at Neil for a moment that seems to stretch on forever. “You want me to play along with you and pretend that you’re some kind of sex god?”

Crystal Clear by exactly13percent (superagentwolf)

Your crystal is your heart and soul, manifested. You must keep it safe. Neil and Andrew don't have typical crystals. For one, they aren't whole. They're little pieces, broken by years of wrong. But Kevin's magic shop brings them together, and they figure maybe broken doesn't mean destroyed.

Paint Me The Color of You by exactly13percent (superagentwolf)

Sound is supposed to be the language of love. Neil has never heard his soulmate. Never. Except he sees blue all the time, and then he meets Andrew and the entire world turns to color.

The Glass Mountain by exactly13percent (superagentwolf)

The apples from the glass mountain are all anyone cares about. Anyone but Andrew, that is. Andrew is just trying to keep Kevin alive, despite Kevin's attempts to reach those apples again. The apples, and the captive prince at the top of the mountain.

Minyards' Magical Mischief by moonix for alexjosten

“No,” Aaron said. “Andrew, no.”

They locked eyes, and for a moment it was like they were eleven again, catching sight of each other for the first time across a crowded train platform.

“I confess,” Andrew said tonelessly, “to the murder of Drake Spear.”

(Or: an Auror and a murderer walk into an ice-cream parlour.)

If I Tried by exactly13percent (superagentwolf)

Neil is getting used to high school. He ends up getting used to a group of mismatched students, and he gets a little too used to one of them in particular. Maybe enough to go to prom.

library hours by lolainslackss for exybee

Andrew always sits across from the same guy in the library. The set-up suits him: they're both night owls, they're both relatively neat, and they both like the quiet. There's absolutely no need for them to get to know each other. This delicate balance shifts, however, when the guy sprains his ankle and Andrew finds himself breaking all his own rules and driving him to the emergency room.

A wintry college AU featuring all-nighters, homemade sushi, copious amounts of coffee, and many mixed-up feelings.

winter, formal by moonix for lolainslackss

Neil tries to get away from a boring conversation and accidentally ends up asking the most popular guy in school to dance with him at the winter formal.

faking it by flybbfly

After being photographed together, Neil and Andrew decide to roll with the rumors that they're dating.

Hot Thoughts by conniptionns

99: “Calm down. I look a lot worse than I am.”

Neil is hit by a car on the way to Dunkin Donuts, but he's totally okay

The Manny by mishaschmidt

Problem #1: Neil accidentally becomes the nanny of two adorable kids.

Problem #2: Neil somehow manages to fall in love with their father.

Fuck.

The Life of a Star by gluupor

Stars did not get sick and they did not age. If Neil's smart mouth didn't get him murdered (something which had a non-zero probability of occurring, according to Andrew) then he would continue on, immortal and unchanging.

It hadn't occurred to him that the same wasn't true for Andrew.

An epilogue for my Stardust AU.

None But You by gluupor

When Neil was eighteen he met and fell for Andrew Minyard. Their relationship seemed solid and unbreakable until Neil's mother found out about it and made him end it.

Six years later Neil still has a few regrets about breaking up with Andrew but he's completely over it. Really, he is. Although he does have to admit that it was easier to be over it before Andrew walked back into his life and started dating someone else.

A modern day adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion.

Tale as Old as Time by gluupor

In order to protect Aaron, Andrew ends up cursed into the form of a beast. The curse can only be broken if someone is able to see past his fearsome exterior and fall in love with the man he is inside.

Believing this to be impossible, he isolates himself in a run-down castle knowing he will be alone forever. After all, who could possibly be desperate enough to seek shelter with a beast?

Where You Lead by gluupor

When Neil promised Kayleigh that he'd look out for Kevin if anything ever happened to her he'd never expected to be a single teenage father hiding out in a small town. Luckily the town's residents seem keen to adopt them.

A Gilmore Girls AU where Kevin's a kid, Neil's his caffeine-addict father, and Andrew's a grumpy diner owner who loves them both.

Fake It 'Til You Make It by gluupor

Neil works three low paying, dead-end jobs and makes just enough money to afford a room to sleep in and to keep himself from starving. He has no prospects, no hope, no future. That all changes when a chance encounter results in a job offer that he can't ignore.

The job? Pretending to be professional exy player Andrew Minyard's boyfriend.

Andrew Versus the Truth by gluupor

Andrew has an unexceptional life working at an IT help desk in Southern California and living with his cousin. Then he gets an unexpected message on his birthday from his estranged twin brother and very strange things start happening. His computer catches fire, two attractive guys seem interested in him, and he keeps imagining that he knows classified CIA intelligence.

These things couldn't possibly be connected... could they?

Everything is Fine! by gluupor

"Hello," Dan said. "I'm sorry to tell you that you're all dead. This is the Afterlife; your placement here is dependent on your actions during your lifetime. Now, I have some exciting news for you-"

Nathaniel snorted loudly. "You don't expect any of us to actually believe that we made it into the Good Place, do you?"

"Why not?" asked Dan.

He jerked his thumb in Andrew's direction. "Well, before you came in, Exhibit A over here had just finished telling us that he died when he crashed a car on purpose in order to kill someone. What's the cutoff for how many murders committed before someone doesn't qualify for the Good Place anymore? Is it more than zero?"

"Speak for yourselves," cut in Kevin. "I think I deserve to be in the Good Place. I have a large number of devoted fans and am very talented."

Nathaniel was quiet for a beat, before pointing at Kevin. "Exhibit B."

Don't Break the Seal by gluupor

Living with the Spears and feeling desperate and alone, Andrew meets and befriends a seal who can turn into a boy.

In later years he comes to believe that the magical boy he met was just a hallucination. It is therefore very surprising when he meets him again after hitting him in the stomach with an exy racquet in a tiny town in Nowhere, Arizona.

Better Late than Never by gluupor

Andrew should have known not to ally himself with a lying runaway, he really should have known not to trust him, and he definitely should have known not to fall for him.

It's the Thought that Counts by gluupor

Andrew and Neil's relationship has many facets that are confusing to outsiders. The strangest may be their habit of giving each other the contents of their pockets and calling it a gift.

Too Gay to Function by gluupor

After school, Neil started to make the trek back to his uncle’s house when a shiny, black beast of a car screeched to a halt in front of him. The driver’s side window rolled down. “Get in, loser,” said Andrew. “We’re going shopping.”

Fast Boys and Hot Cars by gluupor

Minyard had gotten out of his car and was stalking towards Neil like a predator - a panther, maybe, or some other big cat. “Double or nothing,” he said, sounding unaffected and bored by the proceedings despite the fact that he’d just lost a race for the first time in years.

An Overdeveloped Sense of Vengeance by gluupor

“No one could be following us yet?” Kevin asked suddenly. “No one,” Riko said impatiently. “That would be absolutely inconceivable.” There was a pause. “Out of curiosity, why are you bothering me with such a stupid question?” “Oh, no reason,” answered Kevin. “It’s just that I looked back and someone is there.”

It's a Cruel World, Mr. J by gluupor

“And you? You think I’m a monster?” asked Andrew. “Maybe,” said Neil. “But I don’t think that monsters are born. They’re made.”

A Truth Universally Acknowledged by gluupor

“Palmetto Court has been let at last!” said Mr. Hemmick in raptures. “Mrs. Wymack reports that a single man of good fortune has taken Palmetto for a twelvemonth at least! What marvellous news for my dear cousins!”

It's Called a Hustle, Sweetheart by gluupor

“We need to find out who owns this license plate, but I don't have access to the police database yet," said Kevin. "Relax," said Neil. "I know a guy at the DMV."

bloom (just for you) by godotco

For lack of any better explanation for what was happening, Neil was in uncontrollable full bloom.

- A little slice of witch au turned flower shop au

#all for the game #AFTG #Andreil #Andrew Minyard #Neil Josten #Foxhole Court #fanfic #fic list #andreil fanfic

[nickireadstfc]

The King’s Men, Chapter 10 – [Andreil Intensifies]

In which Mission Fix the Twinyards finally kicks off, Nicky values the important things in life (ice cream), Andreil have a Consent Talk, and oh, also the Foxes rule. Natch.

Sounds good? Then it’s time for Nicki to read The King’s Men.

After the game is before the game, so the team kicks off this chapter by sorting through the aforementioned applications for new recruits. This goes well by pretty much everyone but Kevin, whose Exy Elitism is making him kind of a little bitch.

             Kevin insisted Wymack put out a second request, to which Wymack demanded Kevin be a little more accepting of strikers who hadn’t been raised to be champions.

Exy-actly.

No offense, but chill, my man.

             Neil didn’t have the experience or insight to argue with Kevin, but he quietly clung to one of the choices he’d made and refused to let it go.

Okay, but do we ever find out who Neil recruited?

I need to know this for reasons.

REASONS.

             Abby stepped in when the argument got too loud and banished Wymack and Kevin to opposite ends of the locker room.

Bahahahahaha. Love me some good Fox mom moments.

In other news – Mission Fix the Twinyards has finally commenced!

Apparently, all is takes to get them to cooperate is to have them shout emotional murder confessions in each other’s faces. Who would have thought.

             “One of these days I want you to tell me how you roped Katelyn into it.”

             “I asked,” Neil said.

             “There goes that ‘asked’ thing again,” Matt said. “Does it mean something different where you come from?”

             “Most of the time, yes,” Neil said.

             The unexpected honesty startled a laugh from Matt.

Same.

Also, a laughing Matt is a wonderful Matt. In this household, we like all our Foxes laughing and happy, thank you very much.

However, of course, one counselling session isn’t enough to fix years and years of Twin Teen Trauma (even if it’s with Betsy and her magical cocoa powers), so the brothers still aren’t exactly BFFs, as the kids say.

             Wymack looked from one to the other. “Is this going to be an ongoing thing? I need tot know how to plan around you.”

             “No,” Andrew said.

             Aaron flicked him an irritated look. “Yes.”

BahAHAHA.

Wonderful.

In a rare occurrence, the Foxes get a night off, which everyone takes as an excuse to kick back and relax.

In Kevin and Neil’s case, this means marathoning Exy games and taking notes like fucking nerds.

Nicky, once again, manages to be my fictional voice in this universe:

             “It’s Friday night and this is how you’re entertaining yourselves? Give me a break! Think about something else for a while, would you? Like ice cream.”

SAME, MY DUDE.

Nicky, in a brave attempt to distract Neil’s nerdy ass (as we all know, all hope is lost on Kevin), tries to convince him to go to the store with him, which of course – works?

             Neil looked at Andrew and thought about Nicky’s worried appeal last fall, the warning that one day Exy wouldn’t be enough on its own. (…) Neil built his life around Exy after his mother dies because he needed something to live for, but Neil wasn’t alone anymore.

BITCH I’M CRYING.

I am SHOOKETH.

And all of this over ice cream.

The food of gods, my guys. The food of gods.

Also: Nicky apparently isn’t on Andrew’s insurance policy anymore and doesn’t have the keys to the new car either? Which means Andrew didn’t just give Neil permission to use his car, but gave it only to him?? What kind of gay FUCKERY????

I can’t believe I’m really out here having feelings about car policies. What the fuck has this book done to me.

Speaking of gay shit!

You thought we were done with a little angsty kissy-kissy on the rooftop?

SHIT NO.

THERE IS MORE.

             “Question,” Neil said, “when you said you don’t like being touched, is it because you don’t like it at all or because you don’t trust anyone else enough to let them touch you?”

HELL yes, this is what I am about.

Give me that sweet sweet consent talk.

             “It doesn’t matter to a man who doesn’t swing,” Andrew clarified.

             Neil shrugged. “I don’t because I’ve never been allowed to. The only thing I could think about growing up was surviving.”

Hell yeah again for Neil not having a Gay Freakout over this <33

Only like, a General Life Anxiety Freakout, but when does he ever not have that one.

             Maybe this was why this was in that gray area of what was acceptable. It didn’t matter that Andrew was a would-be sociopath or a man; the idea of Andrew was so intertwined with the idea of Neil’s safety that this too was a means of self-preservation.

That’s… kind of poetic, actually.

Damn, Josten.

             “I trust you.”

             “You shouln’t.”

             “Says the man who stopped.”

Ohhhhhhhh, you clever boy, you.

I LOVE this.

Please know that I am giggling gleefully, almost manically, during this entire exchange.

             “So are you completely off-limits or are there any safe zones?”

             “What are you hoping for, coordinates?”

             “I’m hoping to know where the lines are before I cross them,” Neil said, “but I’m open to drawing a map on you if you want to loan me a marker.”

Bless these boys and their sass at all times.

Also DID I MENTION HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS CONSENT TALK I DON’T THINK I DID.

Seriously, this is so, so important and so, so wonderful.

             “I’m still waiting for a yes or no I actually believe,” Andrew returned.

             “Yes.”

BITCH, YES.

             “It’s fine if you hate me,” Neil said.

             It was the truth, if a bit of an understatement. So long as Andrew was only physically attracted to Neil, this was safe to experiment with. Neil’s death wouldn’t be more than a faint inconvenience to Andrew.

My boy…

Yeah right. A faint inconvenience, my entire fucking ass.

             “Good,” Andrew said, “because I do [hate you].”

Again – yeah right, my entire fucking ass.

             “Stay,” Andrew said, and leaned down to kiss him.

And the next part I’m sparing you all because this is, frankly, unholy.

I want to quote everything.

I want to quote nothing, and let us all treasure the absolute gloriousness of the following makeout session in peace.

Because honestly – I read a lot, and I read a lot that has kissing in it, and this is still one of the best, most real, most heartfelt-without-being-tacky descriptions of kissing I’ve ever read. All the kudos to you, Nora.

I am way, way too invested in this pair by now. Holy shit.

All good gay things come to an end, though, and eventually Nicky comes back, diverting the good gay things with ice cream and horror movies.

But – our boys don’t quite walk away from their, ahem, encounter quite as unscathed as they’d like:

             Andrew had stayed by the door after letting Nicky in. Thinking that Andrew needed space and time to regroup the same way Neil did almost wrecked Neil’s attempts to get his neutral façade back together.

This is the most beautiful shit I’ve read all chapter, what the fuck.

Any time we see indicators of Andrew not being an Emotionless Void With Arm Bandages, I gain +5 years to my life expectancy.

Phew. We survived the gay shit once again, folks. What’s next?

Oh yeah.

SPORTSBALL.

More specifically, Neil and Kevin have an argument about whether to be a Technical Mastermind Player, The Very Best, Like No One Ever Was, or whether to be an Intuitive, Impulsive Heat Of The Moment Player, Because Fuck You Kevin.

Basically, Kevin wants to bone the perfect game, while Neil wants to bone the suspenseful game.

Oh, guys.

(Watch me revive year old memes at all times, watch me.)

In related Sportsball News – the Foxes have their first death match coming up!

And apparently they’re… Crushing it?

             When the Foxes hit the court February 9th, no one was expecting the fight they brought to it. (…) The sportscasters were shaking their heads in amazement.

             “I’m not entirely sure who we’re looking at now or what they did with last year’s Foxes, but they’ve completely blown me away.”

BITCH, ME TOO.

Also hah, we almost made it exactly to the date again – three days late, but this is still such a nice touch to be reading this in almost real time.

             “This is the kind of synchrony you’d expect from top-notch schools. A few weeks ago we all laughed when freshman Neil Josten said the Foxes were raring for a rematch with the Ravens. No one’s laughing now.”

Hell fucking YEAH for my children. I am such a proud soccer mom.

Exy mom. Whatever.

             The seniors exchanged a long look, exhausted and triumphant. (…) The girls came to Palmetto State University knowing it’d take work to salvage that sour reputation and knowing Wymack was their only ally. (…) Despite every loss and every roadblock, they’d made it, and now they were finally getting the nod they deserved.

Uhm, YOU GUYS IMMA CRY.

Honestly, this bit right there just got to me. These three fought so hard, wading through patriarchal bullshit every day of their lives and going on still, and now they finally fucking made it, and we get to see them as a unit, standing proud.

More love towards our Fox girls always, y’all.

TREASURE THEM WITH ME.

(Also, did I mention I’ll be cosplaying these three ladies with two friends of mine at a con here in Germany next month? With full jerseys? And did I mention I’m hella excited? And does that heighten my feelings over this bit hardcore right now??

Absolutely.)

Back to the death match – hey, remember last book when Andrew actually gave a shit about Exy for 0.2 seconds and pulled some really sweet stunts?

Apparently, our boy has decided to up his Giving A Shit game to 0.3 seconds now, because I manages to give Neil a goal shot by – hold on – making Nicky take a red card for fucking flooring a dude, taking the penalty shot, deflecting it like an absolute badass, and clearing the ball all the way up the long ass court.

Holy shit, my dude. Do I want to see what you’re like when you give 0.4 shits, or even one (1) entire shit?

Unbelievable.

Also, there is a description in there of Neil running “like his father was on his heels”, and if that isn’t the funniest, most unexpected bit of gallows humour I’ve seen in this chapter I don’t even know.

             [As the match went on] Andrew stopped every shot on goal and bounced a couple rebounds off the strikers’ helmets just to rile them further.

Andrew, I love you.

And of course, what happens as soon as Andrew moves so much as a little finger?

             The buzzer sounded on an eight-three win. They’d dominated their first death match and were on to round three for the first time ever.

HECK FUCKIN’ YEEAAAAAHHHHHH.

Sadly, even though he may give a tiny bit more of a shit on the court, as soon as the game is over Andrew is back to being his angsty self. Shame.

Petition for their final game to be the one that finally gets through to Andrew, please.

However, Nicky more than makes up for his mood.

             “Can you believe it?” he asked, amazed. “We are such hot shit sometimes!”

Nicky, never change. <3

When they go back to Wymack And Abby’s for a mandatory team celebration, there is another bit of Quality Nicky Content that had me in absolute hysterics:

             Matt commandeered the sound system in the other room. Nicky and Allison argued with all of his choices and each other, but they didn’t sound serious so Neil didn’t intervene.

I cannot, cannot stress how much I love this.

PARTY DJS NICKY AND ALLISON. GIVE ME THEM SWEET FANARTS NOW.

Brb, making a playlist instantly.

Neil, sadly, isn’t super hyped about choosing the latest bops, and goes in search of his boyfriend instead, who he finds sitting on a car gazing into nothingness – as one does when one is Gay, Angsty and Dramatic.

             “We won,” Neil said. (…) “Would it kill you to let something in?”

             “It almost did last time,” Andrew said.

YIKES.

Hope your foot tastes good, Neil, because you just put it real nicely in your mouth.

             “You sound like a wind-up doll with only one topic,” Andrew said. “I have nothing to say to you.”

             “If I talk about something else, will you talk to me?”

             Andrew quirked a brow at him. “Can you talk about something else?”

Oh, burn.

One last thing before we go –

             Halfway across the lawn his phone went off. Neil was annoyed enough to answer tonight’s “28” in his inbox with an “Enough”.

             No one responded.

Seriously guys, what the happ is fuckening.

If you like what I do here and you want me to continue writing fun things for you, why not buy me a coffee? Every lil bit helps, getting me through uni and all that jazz. Thanks so much!

#tfc #aftg #the foxhole court #all for the game #andreil #tkm #the king's men #nora sakavic #nicki reads tfc #sorry for the delay y'all #uni life is stressful rn but hopefully the worst is over soon #also we're more than halfway through by now???? what the heckie????? #where has the time gone #ANYWAYS hope y'all like it #drop me a line if you did #byeeeeeeee

[theridgebeyond]

One last Tumbling-past-my-bedtime thought about Ronan (for now…)

While the Dreamer Trilogy is definitely showing a rawer, truer side of Ronan than the original Raven Cycle (notably The Dream Thieves), it is my humble opinion that Ronan hit peak Ronan in The Raven Boys.

The mystery. The awe. The jagged pain. Ronan hiding the true origin of Chainsaw even while drunk and yet joking about how she was found in his head (a very dangerous place… but not for a chainsaw). Gansey fearing that Ronan is going to do something terrible to himself one minute and then Ronan massacring a wasp that could kill Gansey the next. Ronan feeding his baby bird every two hours. “A secret killed your father and you know what it was.”

It’s just,, it’s there! It’s all there! Ronan laid bare, and yet overwhelmingly shrouded in the inexplicable. I can’t tell if it’s more tantalizing as a first-timer or on re-read, but no matter who’s reading, Ronan is Ronan is Ronan.

#ronan lynch #trc #the raven cycle #the raven boys #katelyn reads #katelyn reads the raven boys #audiobook marathon

[noahcznerys]

aftg or soc for the fandom ask??

I’ll do aftg!! Thank youuuu

Top 5 favourite characters: Jean, Neil, Nicky, Andrew, DanOther characters you like: The rest of the Foxes, Coach Wymack, Betsy, Abby, the Trojans, KatelynLeast favourite characters: The Moriyamas can choke, I hope Tetsuji rots, and I hope Drake can also choke and rotOtps: Any canon ship and JereJean and RenisonNotps: aaron x any of the foxes, riko x anyoneFavourite friendships: NEIL AND MATT, Neil and the upperclassmen basically, Andrew and ReneeFavourite family: The Foxes :’)Favourite season/book/movie: The King’s Men was breathtakingFavourite quotes: Wymack’s entire speech at the last game between the RavensMoment that made you fangirl/boy the hardest: When Neil said “I won’t let you let me be”When it really disappointed you: n/aSaddest moment: Oh gosh there are so many but probs when Nicky realized that there was no going back on his parents. They were a lost causeMost well done character death: RikoCharacter you wish was still alive: SethOne thing you hope really happens: In the end, I wanted Riko dead and thank you Nora for deliveringMost shocking twist: Oh gosh idk I guess I can thoroughly say Baltimore shook me to the core but it wasn’t really a twistWhen did you start watching/reading?: Uhh I think I read them either the summer of my junior year or senior yearBest animal/creature: Idk?? In the bonus content, I’m love King and SirFavourite location: The Foxhole CourtTrope you wish they would stop using: n/aOne thing this show/book/film does better than others: It was just absolutely breathtakingFunniest moments: Oh probs when Andrew got the Maserati and played along with Matt’s excitementCouple you would like to see: Renison manFavourite item: This is the only time y’all will see me say i approve of a gun, but the gun that killed RikoDo you own anything related to this show/book/film?: I don’tWhat house/team/group/friendship group/family/race etc would you be in?: I’d probs be with the upperclassmen cause I’m too soft for the monsters, but tbh I’d probs be the unlucky student that has to sit next to Neil in classMost boring plotline: n/aMost laughably bad moment: idkBest flashback/flashfoward if any: I can’t think of one atm Most layered character: Andrew and ReneeMost one dimensional character: Drake cause I hate himScariest moment: The entirety of BaltimoreGrossest moment: Whenever Drake was mentioned or when he actually showed up in trkBest looking male: Oh man idk Matt maybe?? Kevin??Best looking female: Again ONLY ONE????? Allison???? Renee????? Dan????????Who you’re crushing on (if any): n/aFavourite transportation: Andrew’s Maserati I guess lmaoMost beautiful scene (scenery/shot wise): Oh gosh the last game with the Ravens when Wymack’s giving that speech and then Kevin making the winning shot in the last 2 secondsUnanswered question/continuity issue/plot error that bugs you: n/aAt what point did you fall in love with this show/book: the moment Neil ran and Andrew hit him with the exy stick

send me a fandom pls!

#I MISS THESE KIDS #thank youuuuuuuu for asking #people talk #jeanmmoreau

[foxes-evermore]

Hey,,,, if you wanna you know,,,, whip me some of that angst you got,,,, that could,,,,,, that could work,,,,, that could be cool,,.

listen,, im in physical pain and also am not able to sleep at the moment so im sitting up in the kitchen getting ready to eat a whole cheesecake and preparing to cry,,,, the angst hour is upon us,,, lets do it

if this is about the thing i said yesterday, the specific angst i was talking about was a Kevaaron Song of Achilles AU, which, im not sure if that’s what you were hoping for, but im emotional,,,, just @ me again if you meant something different sjksldjlksdf

anyway here we go its long im so sorry alksjlskdfj

I’ve said this a lot before but like

Sporty-Boy-With-A-Destiny Kevin Day

Boy-Whom-Was-Treated-Like-Shit-By-The-Only-Parent-He-Knew-But-Succeeded-Out-Of-Spite-And-Became-A-Healer Aaron Minyard

t his writes itself

originally….. listen… originally i was like “of course Riko is Paris and Ichirou is H*ctor,,,, and Jean is Helen”

bUT then i got to thinking

and i’ll be damned if the mcfucking USC Trojans aren’t the for real trojans

and like this adds a whole knew level of angst because like

hear me out, i want Jeremy to be Paris just because of the Jerejean™,, but in reality,, the boy is H*ctor. Honorable and Loyal to a Fault, and best of the best right after Kevin.

which also means that Riko is actually Menelaus, and Ichirou is Agamemnon. and that makes a lot of sense because honestly the tension between them and Kevin with everyone going “no, IM the Most Important, fuck you” is 100% there.

Back to the boys though,,

like here’s Kayleigh Day, a simple sea nymph whose only desire is to protect her son and also make sure he is remembered and worshiped forever,,, and young Kevin is so on board,,,,

meanwhile

Aaron gets in some Trouble for killing a man who dared to lay a hand on his twin brother, and Tilda is overly happy about getting rid of him for the crime, so she sells him to a king who is known for adopting outcast orphan boys for his army. Aaron never hears from/sees his mother or brother again, but ,,, he meets the stupidest boy he has ever encountered in his LIFE. the kid is an absolute IDIOT, but he is half a god and destined for greatness and everyone dotes on him. 

Aaron doesnt care.

Kevin does.

Why is Aaron ignoring him?? Why doesn’t Aaron fawn over him like the other boys do? why won’t Aaron pay attention? it’s frustrating but intriguing.

The second time Aaron gets in trouble with royalty, the king wants to know why Aaron isn’t training and sparring with the other boys. He doesnt care about anything anymore, that’s why.

But he still knows pain and fear, so he does the only thing he knows how to do when a superior is angry: he finds a small/dark place and he hides.

Of Course someone finds him, and OF COURSE it’s that talented brat.

Kevin drags him to the king because its the right thing to do, but instead of leaving him for the wolves, Kev is like “I choose him. as my brother-in-arms. i want him by my side at all times” and obviously the king is like “why” because look at this fucking tiny pale stick-boy,,, he’s not even 5 feet tall yet,,, will he ever even get over 5 feet?? (spoiler, the answer is no)

and Aaron is also like “????” and Kevin just smiles for the king and then gives Aaron this look that says “try to ignore me now, you piece of shit” :))

So these 2 spend some quality time together and for a long time it’s basically just like that one part in SoA where Achilles is training and Pat goes I stepped forward. ‘’fight me.’’

There’s so much bickering and whatnot and, just like in SoA, they don’t even truly realize they’re falling for each other until the Big Bad Ocean Mom comes and tells Aaron to fuck off and then sends Kevin away to train with the horse dad, Wymack, to keep him safe.

Aaron follows him and Kevin is like “I knew you would come :)” and Aaron is like “shut the hell your mouth” and they finish their journey together.

and they fall in L

they fall in Love on that mountain.

just two bois dicking around and experiencing foolishly strong emotions where no one can stop them.

But Then Aaron’s past that he conveniently forgot to mention catches up with him when men come to tell them that it is time to die to fight Troy. Kevin is an amazing warrior and it’s expected that he go to fight in the war, but Aaron can hear his own blood pounding, because he Remembers something that he hopes everyone else might’ve forgotten.

He’d made a promise to Jean of Sparta. not a promise. A blood oath, to go to war for the most beautiful boy in the world if something like this ever happened. and now it was happening.

Kayleigh warns him that if Kevin goes to fight the trojans, he’ll die, but she cant elaborate anymore, aside from telling them that Jeremy will die first.

Who can kill Jeremy, though? N o   o n e. Kevin is the only swordsman good enough to best him, and why would he kill the devout trojan prince? he’s an honorable man. an admirable man,,, in fact, Kevin has heard so much about him, and he adores the prince,,

and What has Jeremy ever done to him?

Kayleigh tries one more time to save her son, spirits him away to an island at night,, weds him to a beautiful princess named Thea, they promise her a child and in return she disguises him as one of her lady dancers whom she calls her “ravens”

Aaron finds him though, recognizes him, because he would know those green eyes a n y w h e r e.

Thea invites Aaron to stay, too, says that the three of them could work something out. The two agree cautiously and they start to get comfortable, incorporating Thea into this thing that used to be just them 

But eventually men come and find them,,, find Aaron,, and they’re dragged off to Troy to fight with Riko and Ichirou,, one man determined to bring back his caged lover and one determined to seize the city.

It’s exciting at first, in that “we could die any second” sort of way. everything happening all at once, arrows and spears flying, swords clanging, and fire on the beach.

but Aaron watches from day one as Kevin loses himself. the way comes back to camp the very first day of battle covered in blood and sweat and grinning like he just won the world.

Something about it twists Aaron’s stomach, but he pushes it down because there’s only room right now to be glad that his love is alive and that they’ve successfully arrived and that maybe there is hope and the war will end with both of them on the other side of it, going home.

The night after that first battle, Aaron sees a trojan girl being handed off as a spoil of war, probably to Ichirou or Riko, and demands that Kevin take her as his prize. Kevin is high off the fighting still and doesn’t really question this.

The girl’s name is Katelyn and she’s eternally grateful to Aaron, but even warier than he is of Kevin’s lust for battle and glory.

Anyway.

time passes. years. Aaron and Katelyn save as many of the captured girls as they can, and they make a family and they get close, and one day Katelyn admits that she loves Aaron.

he’s shook.

But he’s not as shook over her feelings for him as he is over her justifications for why they should be together and forget Kevin.

“He’s a monster,” she tells him. “He’s not a person anymore. He doesn’t love you, he can’t, because he doesn’t know how to love.”

and that can’t be true, but it is, isn’t it?

he only knows how to fight and kill. he only feels the need for glory, and nothing else, doesn’t he?

When did it become like this? When did Aaron lose Kevin? a few months back? years? the day they arrived at Troy? earlier?

had he ever even really had Kevin? he’d never had him to himself, at least, had he? It was always Aaron and Glory. Kevin was born to be remembered, and they both knew it. and Kevin wanted it more than anything, didn’t he?

did he want glory more than he wanted Aaron?

but it’s like Kevin is reading his mind,, every time Aaron has these thoughts, Kevin is there, on top of him, kissing him, holding him, touching him with these burning hands that leave Aaron wanting more, more, more.

he’s driving Aaron crazy and Aaron is fine with it because they have each other and they’ll be back home together one day and that’s all that matters.

and then Riko pisses Kevin off,

and the gods see this story and how it ends, and some laugh at the tragedy of it, and some hurt for the poor souls involved.

Kevin won’t let his men fight anymore, and the Trojans are taking ground back and hope is lost, but Riko and Ichirou won’t swallow their pride, and neither will Kevin.

Aaron begs. “These are our friends,” he says, “if the trojans just see you, they’ll retreat”

“You’re letting them die,” he tells Kevin from down on his knees, “you could save them. please.”

his lover’s tears are enough to snap Kevin out of his rage, but not enough to make him fight. 

“You dont have to,” Aaron bargains, “let me ride out in your armor.”

#i m sad im gonna stop #im halfway through the cheesecake and i hit a wall #is this how you write an au #is it supposed to be more unique #i dont know hwat im doing #im tired #i have to pee #i wonder what will happen if i just dont go to sleep tonight slkjfsljflk #anywhooooo #kevin/aaron #aftg

[victor-v]

so yesterday i finished all for the game for the second time in my life (weird thing i've never read a book or series twice) and it wrecked me for the second time. it was unexpectedly nice that i actually understood everything with so much clarity, but that makes sense i've got lot of practice in reading english since then. also, i wrote my thoughts on the book this time.

i can't understand how a book can have such an impact on me, i hate that and i love it, everything else that crossed my mind is under the cut

★huh andrew really bullied aaron into dressing identical to mess up with neil

★"i don't swing either way" is the phrase that made me feel more valid that the whole queer community ever

★neil is pure nihilism

★how can i EVER forget neil wore a tight long sleeved TORN tshirt that andrew bought this is way too much

★seth is dead and all kevin can think about is the line up tbh i do that often

★they are making a scandal about how they sit

★kevin telling neil "destroy him" filled me with power

★the most unreal part is neil ALWAYS keeping his roots another colour the guy must dye his hair every fucking week

★how did neil buy andrew's promise to protect him from the japanese mafia's professional murderers when the only people he physically bullies is an obsessive young adult with anxiety, a princess in high heels and his sunshine sister in law

★wait a fucking minute andrew saw neil filled with terror while holding the phone and immediately gave him the car keys so he could be alone fuck

★nicky fucking hemmick attended to improv class

★ according to dan few athletes were crude enough to start trouble at an ERC event, you mean as crude as neil?

★how to take care of your teammate while he's in a crisis according to: andrew→show concern and reassure him. wymack→10 seconds of vodka

★"hey, jean. jean valjean" is peak comedy

★the ravens walking in v formation is genuinely the most cringy thing you can think of

★neil first finds out the only possible person to date him is andrew because he was jealous of renee are you kidding me

★andrew only missed 13 from 150 shots on goal for fucking real what a Man

★renee is an angel, she's specifically andrew's angel

★neil truly is a watcher

★bee wearing a bee costume is the only good thing on this world

★dan and matt dressed like greek gods!!!!! they can adopt me already

★can you believe nicky is the one who got into neil's brain and planted the idea of realying on someone, and since then neil actively pursues an investigation on andrew's relationship status how on god's name i missed that HOW he's not even subtle about it damn

★he first worries about renee now about kevin goddamn it josten how can't you se how much you care about him

★it's funny how sexuality is such a heavy topic between them when they sure as fuck have some pretty huge stuff going on you know like dying in the hands of the mafia or being tortured

★i imagine andrew running to renee all bonkers like "listen if the cute guy asks, for fucks sake tell him i'm gay but make it ~casual~ maybe this way he'll get it"

★the sole mention of thanksgiving dinner makes me want to die

★kevin is checking the scores in a newspaper I forget this book is so 00's

★they should have spent the day eating turkey and frozen pie at abby's fuckkkkkkkk

★are you kidding me they are in the middle of a conversation and andrew casually chokes neil a little but it's ok they carry on wtf

★"we are all going to regret this" is the fucking worse piece of foreshadowing in this book

★neil interrogating andrew the same night he was raped what kind of fucking piece of shit does that

★i can't fucking believe neil went ahead and shoved andrew's hand under his tshirt in front of kevin, wymack, betsy and two fucking lawyers are you kidding me

★neil asking "are we? friends?" to nicky is so relatable because i also would have an aneurysm if someone told me i am their friend

★someone else tries to flirt with him and he immediately considers andrew how i was too ace to see it the first time i read

★jesus fucking christ riko is one truly fucked up sociopath and neil is the bravest motherfucker on the land

★how can he face riko like that in the nest and be extremely pure in other occasion

★"are we watching the ball drop? i want to make a wish" he wants to make a wish and i want to die thanks

★i can't believe the whole if it means losing you then no and side effect of the drugs shit it's unreal fucking unreal how oblivious neil is too ace to realize anything SOMEONE JUST CALLED YOU "DREAM" THE LEVEL OF ROMANTICISM

★the amount of heavy staring in this trilogy is ridiculous and all i can think about is twilight

★these books made me see how far from the 00s we are, for many reasons, but mostly for some jokes that can't let slide; like calling neil a battered wife, domestic misogynistic violence is not a joke

★i can't believe from all people, wymack was the first one to get andrew was into neil

★"that doesn't mean I wouldn't blow you" is such a funny phrase to be said casually why is it

★"you are a racoon, not a fox" oh andrew

★it only took andrew admitting he had a crush for neil to be all sentimental and shit, and that disarmed andrew too

★they are like some kind of animal that while you think they are fighting, they are actually mating, that's exactly what nora meant with feral

★half of last book is neil mooning over andrew jfc

★nicky made neil smile while distracting him from riko im gonna throw myself off a cliff

★i can't quite believe neil goes through a detailed monologue about andrews memory the man is impressed and borderline turned on about every talent on his crushe's shelf

★i literally can't follow and will never understand the quarrel/promise/agreement between aaron and andrew what a bunch of pretentious idiots

★every time neil's phone buzzes all i fear is the fucking countdown

★i thought "i want to see you lose control" was a collective fever dream i can't believe it's written on the books

★if i was nicky i already have told andrew to stop his freaky pretentious shit towards me

★neil to the upperclassman: ha ha fellas is it gay to unthinkingly call andrew in the middle of a anxiety breakdown

★"you gave me a key and called it home" is as soft as heartbreaking i want to jump off a cliff

★"i won't be like them, i wont let you let me be" is actually pushing me off that cliff andrews feelings are a fucking storm

★neil was kidnapped and tortured the day of my bday and that's not a coincidence

★neil's talent to twist the truth in order to convince andrew of anything is outstanding

★excuse me they have no right to be this soft i hate them

★they miss so many opportunities to be funny about the whole "protection" thing

★did he really had a mental breakdown over where to fucking sit on the bus lmao

★"don't come crying to me when someone breaks your face" is the second most awful piece of foreshadowing

★lets be honest for a second andrew should be a fucking writer because all those things he says? edgy myspace pretentious poetry

★im sorry but i don't care about literally anything except neil smiling onto andrew's neck bye

★andrew ghosted a kiss across neil's hip im dead for real

★abby kissed neil's forehead farewell after cleaning all his injuries i have no words he's recieving all the affection he deserves

★cant believe you don't see aaron is fucking worried neil is taking advantage of andrew

★i mean yeah ok don't talk love but neil is sad that nicky thinks it was only hate sex, and he immediately acknowledged it meant more than that to him bc his demi btw wtf does hate sex mean i can't believe you hate someone so much you wanna suck his dick

★they all went horseback riding when will i have a group of friends like that

★"who's humanising who in that relationship" i know right nicky

★kevin locking himself to have a panic attack is the most relatable thing

★the car encounter with ichirou holds the same tension as a mr robot scene

★the proposal of playing olympics and being unstoppable feels like marriage or smth

★neil is literally having his hot girl summer

★i adore neil's overflow of emotions after swallowing everything for so many years. represented, thanks.

★andrew terrorising katelyn who the fuck does he think he is what an annoying asshole

★"did you know i've never been skiing" is the most epic line

★i cheer to the sole mention of laila

★alvares can deck me right now and i would say thank you

★"war is profitable" aaron knows what's up

★sometimes i want to slap them is2g

★that scene at eden's where they are all discussing how roland found out and aaron ends up being the only straight one lmao boy it's your punishment for being so homophobic

★the whole "deadliest piece on the board" spech is 100 times better when you consider kevin was wasted and overly exaggerating every word and gesture

★can you imagine those few fans supporting kevin's new tattoo screaming YAAAAASSSSS QUEEEEEEEEEN while snapping fingers i'm cackling

★matt in court body slamming into anyone that's been a problem to the foxes: VIBE CHECK MOTHERFUCKER

★neil kissed andrew in castle fucking evermore the audacity i adore him

#the foxhole court #the raven king #the kings men #all for the game #tfc #it really fucking wrecked me #how can a fucking book do this to me #my thoughts

[markonasurface]

15/50 - “That was a perfect example of how not to do things.”

Fandom: All for the Game/The Foxhole Court Characters/pairings: Neil, Andrew, Fox children/andreil Summary: 

A/N: I don’t think this is what you wanted but here you go. It became an andreil babysit the Foxes’ children with two lines about a cat. I’m sorry.

Who’s who is at the bottom.

“Kitty!” One of Dan and Matt’s toddlers squeals. Cameron.

Amalia sighs and rolls her eyes. She looks down at the tablet in her lap, rereading stats, then up at the television. She laughs watching her mother shove her father into the wall. Tobias joins in her laughter because as always he wants her to think he’s cool.

“Kitty, kitty, kitty!”

“Neil.”

“Hm?” He doesn’t take his eyes off the television.

Andrew stares at his useless, Exy-obsessed junkie. He’s tempted to turn off the television, a common occurrence in the Minyard-Josten apartment, but Amalia is here. As much as he still likes telling Kevin no, Andrew wouldn’t dream of upsetting Kevin’s little girl.

(Secretly he was enjoying watching former Ravens shove each other around for charity. Kevin didn’t have a chance when the other side kept putting Thea or Jean on him. The former Ravens all knew each other a little too well.)

He wordlessly drops Matt and Dan’s youngest kid into Neil’s lap. She squirms, wriggling out of Neil’s arms.

“Neil.” Andrew grabs the girl before she can make it two steps. “There are three Boyd children in my apartment. For some stupid fucking reason you just let Allison decide it was the perfect opportunity for a play date. Aaron just called and said there was an accident at the stupid medical conference they’re at and someone is going to be dropping off their girls any minute now. That’s nine kids.”

“Okay.” Neil blindly reaches a hand out to Amalia and she obediently places the tablet in his grip. He scrolls through the list of old Raven players until he finds the one he was looking for.

“Neil.”

He glances at Andrew.

“I swear I will fucking kill you.”

Amalia shushes him and Andrew raises his eyebrows. Neil laughs. “She’s my favorite for a reason.”

“I didn’t have kids for a reason.”

“Cause you’re gay?”

“You’re fucking hopeless.”

“You didn’t think that last night.”

Andrew doesn’t dignify the childish statement with a response; he just drops Teagan into Neil’s lap again. “Hold onto her, Neil.”

“Mhm.”

Matt and Dan’s oldest daughter comes out of the guest room sniffling. “One of the kids is crying, Neil.”

“So deal with it.”

Andrew looks expectantly at Clara, head tilted back slightly (she passed him in height three years ago) and she tells him, “I think I’ve just been dumped.”

Her phone starts buzzing and she cries, “He cheated on me.”

Andrew grabs the phone from her hand and it’s surprising enough that she stops crying and Neil stares. He holds the phone up to his ear and says blankly, “Don’t ever call this number again. If you do, I’ll push you off of a roof and eat your fucking eyeballs for breakfast, asshole.”

He hands her back her phone and goes into the kitchen. He reemerges with a gallon of ice cream and a spoon. Silently, he pushes it into her hands.

She sits in the armchair, still sniffling. Amalia glances over at her and says, “Boys are stupid. Get over it.”

“Amalia,” Neil doesn’t quite warn.

“What? You’re thinking the same thing.”

Andrew flips through the channels until he finds something resembling a cheesy romantic comedy. Neil only sighs but Amalia vocally complains.

“There’s only, like, ten minutes left!”

He shrugs and goes over to answer the buzz by the door. “Yeah?”

“There’s a woman here saying she’s your sister-in-law?” Amanda, the night time receptionist says.

“Sister-in-law?”

“Andrew!” Katelyn and Neil both shout.

Amanda clears her throat. “One of the kids sort of looks like you so should I let them up?”

“I guess.”

Amalia is still fuming when Katelyn knocks on the door. She grumbles, “I guess I’ll just go have my way with Tobias in your guest room. There’s nothing else to do.”

“One, you’re ten. Where the fuck did you learn to say shit like that? Two, remember to get his consent first.” Andrew ignores the disapproving look Katelyn gives him. “Three, I need you to take this baby.”

Neil gets up, Teagan drooling over the side of his arm, to help get his three nieces inside. Amalia grabs each twin’s hand and leads them inside.

“Thank you so much,” Katelyn gushes and hands the one year old to Andrew. “There was a bus crash - it literally drove into the side of the ballroom. When does that ever happen in real life?”

“Approximately twenty minutes ago?” Andrew guesses.

She ignores the pedantic response. “It’s crazy. Aaron went into surgery with the first person they were able to pull from the wreck.” She gathers her hair into a ponytail. “Do you think I could borrow some old sneakers or something?”

“Yeah, of course,” Neil hurries to find her a pair of his running shoes. He grabs one of the boxes a sponsor sent him.

“Thank you!” Katelyn says again. She kisses her baby’s forehead then rushes down the hallway.

Andrew slams the door.

“Pretty!” Tori pets Ashton’s sparkly pink tutu and he grins.

“Kitty!” Cameron tries to reach over the playpen gate to grab a tail.

“Dada!” Vivienne gurgles and Andrew looks at her pointedly.

“No,” he says before handing her to Neil. Teagan reaches out and touches Vivienne’s face.

Andrew hoists Cameron out of the playpen. “Clara.” She sets aside the ice cream and takes her brother from Andrew. “Tobias, get the bedding and pillows from the guest room.”

While waiting for Tobias to return, Andrew opens the playpen and picks up all the toys. Tobias hands him the large comforter and Andrew flicks it out, hoping it’ll spread evenly.

Unfortunately their newest cat Dusty Wolfton - a Chartreux and a gift from Kevin on Neil’s last birthday - manages to hop down and underneath before the comforter settles. Andrew grabs him by the scruff on the back of his neck and stares him in the eye.

He puts him over the side, only for him to hop onto the gate and back down on the comforter. When Andrew steps closer, Dusty falls onto his back and meows.

Andrew repeats removing him from the pen with the same results. The third time he tries to remove Dusty, the cat clings to the long sleeves of his shirt.

“That was a perfect example of how not to [remove a cat],” Neil tells the children. He sets the two girls on the comforter, then grabs Dusty. He finds a cat toy to catch his interest before leaving him in the kitchen. “There you go.”

He gets the girls out of the way so Andrew can finish making a bed for them. Andrew lines the edges of the playpen with pillows and more blankets. When he finishes, Neil announces, “All children under the age of nine into the fort, please.” He pretends not to see Andrew’s grimace.

Amalia helps usher the toddlers in before Andrew links the two gates together and throws a blanket over one half of the gate.

Neil settles with Teagan and Vivienne but as soon as Andrew sits Vivienne reaches out and lets out a whine. Her little fingers wiggle at Andrew who refuses to acknowledge her.

She squirms until Neil loosens his hold and she crawls into Andrew’s lap. “Dada.”

“You’re worse than the cats,” Andrew tells her and she giggles.

Avery and Tori also make their way next to Andrew, still not fully able to tell the difference between their dad and his twin. Andrew turns Vivienne so she’s resting in his arms, mirroring the way Neil holds Teagan.

Amalia leans over to hand Andrew a tray of bottles full of warmed up formula and milk. She stands there for a moment and Andrew pretends he doesn’t notice. Finally she asks, “Can I put on the game highlights now?”

“Volume low,” Andrew responds and Neil shoots him a look.

“Are you going to read us a story?” Ashton asks.

“Of course,” Neil tells him, passing him a sippy cup. “Don’t we always?”

Andrew says, “I’m choosing.” He puts Vivienne between his legs so he can dig out his phone and pull up his Kindle.

“No, David,” Andrew begins. “By David Shannon.”

By the third story, Neil is passed out with Teagan in his arms and Dusty sleeping on his head like a hat. It takes two more stories for all of the kids to fall asleep and Andrew can’t move because three little girls are using his legs as pillows. He folds his arms and closes his eyes.

He wakes up to a flash and the three older kids are giggling. Less than a minute later his phone vibrates with a notification from Instagram. In the picture captioned ‘best babysitters ever’ Amalia grins in the forefront while Clara and Tobias hold up the gallon of ice cream and spoons from the edge of the photo. In the background are Neil, Andrew and the sleeping children.

He glares at the back of her head but makes a mental note to print and frame it for Neil.

#aftg #tfc #andreil #tfc fic #Fox children

[ao3feed-trc]

The Last Thing We Need Is A War

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2l8aocf

by thegirlwiththeprettybrowneyes

It's hard to recover from something in the past when the future keeps giving you new things to worry about. Especially when those new things aren't supposed to exist.

------or-------

The Raven Boys come to PSU and with them they bring magic, madness, and a mob war.

Words: 1352, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater, All For the Game - Nora Sakavic

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Richard Gansey III, Ronan Lynch, Adam Parrish, Blue Sargent, Mentions of Noah Czerny, Henry Cheng, Neil Josten, Andrew Minyard, Danielle "Dan" Wilds, Matt Boyd, Allison Reynolds (All For The Game), Renee Walker (All For The Game), Nicky Hemmick, Aaron Minyard, David Wymack, Abby Winfield, Betsy Dobson, Matthew Lynch, Declan Lynch, Maura Sargent, Mr. Gray | Dean Allen, Calla, Orla (Raven Cycle), Helen Gansey, Gwenllian (Raven Cycle), Orphan Girl | Opal, Katelyn (All For The Game)

Relationships: Henry Cheng/Richard Gansey III/Blue Sargent, Ronan Lynch/Adam Parrish, Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, Matt Boyd/Danielle "Dan" Wilds, Mr. Gray | Dean Allen/Maura Sargent, Nicky Hemmick/Erik Klose, Katelyn/Aaron Minyard, The Gangsey & The Foxes, Past The Gangsey & Noah Czerny

Additional Tags: The Raven kids come to PSU, Exy is played, Canon-Typical Violence, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, but no more than canon, Gangs, There is quite a bit of Gay, Coming to terms with noah's death, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2l8aocf

#ao3feed #fanfic #the raven cycle #trc