#maybe in andrew's inner monologue or maybe him talking to neil after the fact

[altruistic-meme]

"pressing in until they burst" Thumbs by Lucy Dacus 👀

hi milo >:3

*holding this song very closely* i have Many Thoughts. but i think that the story that i can see best is like... Andrew and Neil being roommates in college, and they aren't particularly close but they get along well enough. and then Neil is going to go meet with his father and Andrew learns about it and about how terrified Neil is about it, and maybe Neil tells Andrew about his past? but Andrew offers to go with him.

obviously the dinner goes really well <3 and it sparks Andrew's crush on Neil, and his protectiveness of him as well, and they start to grow closer following it. i think it would be a... i want to say medium length story? longer than a oneshot though :)

Andrew nearly jumped out of his skin when he felt the hand touch his knee, but the death grasp that Neil was holding onto him with was nothing but fear. There were probably going to be marks from Neil's blunt fingernails. Andrew bit his tongue and looked at his roommate, who was nodding along with something his father was saying, a smile on his face contrasting the discomfort blossoming in Andrew's leg. The look in his father's eyes every time Neil spoke made Andrew wish that he wasn't the only one experiencing pain at Neil's hands. Or maybe Andrew's. Neil wasn't anybody, but even he didn't deserve to sit at dinner with someone who had done so much damage to him.

[ send me a made-up fic title and i'll tell you what i would write to go with it ]

#this is apparently a good time for my brain bc i am writing more than expected lmao #i would go poke around a wip or smth but i am instead going to watch a yt video <3 #anyway there are variations of this thought that have been plaguing my mind since you sent me this song #but i think they would more likely merge into one #or i'd pull some parts of them together into this one #cus i think this is the most... solid? idea i have for it rn #and ig it's more inspired by the song itself than the specific line but you know i would probably find a way to tie it into the story #maybe in andrew's inner monologue or maybe him talking to neil after the fact #him confessing his crush bc nothing says 'im in love with you' quite like 'i will stick my thumbs in your fathers eyes' ya know #anyway #<3 milo ily #ask game #askers #cozy-fish-crow #shh ac #aftg