Currently obsessed with OCs in the fandom. What are the best ones?
Here are some of our favourite fics with original characters. It was fun revisiting them; thanks for the ask! -A
‘Blame It On My Youth’ here (completed)
‘Fluent Freshman’ (completed) and ‘The Aidan Minyard Universe’ here
‘at least it's not never’ (updated) and ‘Paging Doctor Minyard’ series parts 4 & 5 here
‘One Last Time’ here (completed)
‘Red Rabbits Universe’ series here and here
‘The Sun Still Rises’ here
‘the key to protection.’ and ‘“I think there’s someone in the house.”’ parts 1 & 2 here
‘Small Angry Gardeners’ series here
‘Learning To Feel (When You've Forgotten How)’ here
‘Wish I Had a River’ and ‘That Isn't Nothing’ here
‘The New Normal’ here (completed)
‘Walking a Tightrope’ here
‘The Nameless Monster’ here
‘Cutting Ties’ here (updated)
‘Picking Up Stitches’ and ‘The Sam Diaries’ here
‘(it's probably nothing)’ series here
‘Kevin Day takes a sabbatical’ here
‘Out of the Ashes’ series here
‘The Kids Are Alright (Now)’ series here
‘Yes, No, Knives & Stones’ here
‘Joshua fucking Minyard-Josten’ series here
‘Whose Your Daddy’ (completed), ‘We’ll Both Be Fine’ (updated), and ‘Arlo Minyard-Josten’ series here
‘Son of a Exy!’ series here
‘Steve From Starbucks’ here
‘The Enemy of My Friend is My Super Enemy’ here
‘Professor Neil’ series here
‘Oh My God, He's Texting’ here
Stay series by KweenDay [Rated T/M, Collection, 2 complete works, Updated 2021, Locked]
Part 1: Was Sorta Hopin' That You'd Stay [M, 25740 Words]
Neil and Andrew have HATED each other since an incident in college. They really, really do. The Minyard-Josten rivalry is not a sham.
But now Andrew's transferring to Neil's team and all hell is about to break loose.
tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: explicit sexual content
Part 2: Before I Hated You [T, 5974 Words]
Before the Minyard-Josten rivalry was on, there was something else entirely.
*** Andrew and Neil's first meeting in college that ended up starting the feud between them.
The Manny by orphan_account [Rated E, 57000 Words, Complete, 2018]
Problem #1: Neil accidentally becomes the nanny of two adorable kids.
Problem #2: Neil somehow manages to fall in love with their father.
Fuck.
cocoa dust by djhedy [Rated T, 22319 Words, Complete, 2020]
Neil had seen the guy around campus a few times. It was hard not to. The exy team stood out. Or those three did, anyway. The twins with their shock-white blond hair and perpetual resting bastard face, and Kevin Day, the number 2 arrogantly tattooed on a high cheekbone, flanked as usual by at least one of the twins.
And Neil knew their reputation. It’s why he stayed away.
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or, neil gets a new job at the coffee shop opposite campus and guess which asshole is a regular
Paper Anniversary by likearecord [Rated E, 45168 Words, Complete, 2021]
Part 3 of the The Bachelor of Baltimore series (recced here); part 1 here
A year after Nathaniel Wesninski chooses him for a marriage of alliance, Andrew thinks the most stressful thing in his life is going to be his wedding anniversary.
He thinks wrong.
tw: anxiety, tw: murder, tw: gun violence, tw: blood/gore, tw: kidnapping, tw: heavily referenced torture, tw: major character injury, tw: alcohol
North Star by KweenDay [Rated M, 56099 Words, Complete, 2021, Locked]
Two years after he broke up with Neil, Andrew hits rock bottom.
Fighting with the aftermath of nearly losing his brother, Aaron finds the cracks in Andrew's life and takes it upon himself to fix as many as he can. Starting with Neil.
Aaron has a plan (not necessarily a smart one).
The stars might align just well enough to help him pull it off.
Andrew is an asshole.
Neil is fine.
tw: suicide attempt, tw: explicit sexual content
Feels Like Falling by gluupor for broship_addict, kysprite [Rated M, 35325 Words, Complete 2020, AFTG Big Bang, Locked]
After college Andrew left behind both exy and Neil. Five years later, he’s built himself a stable life with nothing wanting. Sure, he hasn’t had a meaningful relationship since college, but he hasn’t found anyone compatible and he’s not overly interested in romance, anyway. He has friends, family, and pets; he’s not missing out on anything.
Or so he thinks, until a chance encounter brings him back in contact with his unfairly attractive ex. As he and Neil get to know each other again, Andrew starts thinking that maybe, just maybe, he’s allowed to have it all.
NB: art for this fic by @broship-addict here, art by @kysprite here
Eighteen Wheels And Three Beating Hearts by Autumnalhogwarts, IKnowWhoYouAre_Damianos [Rated T, 82102 Words, Complete, AFTG Big Bang 2019]
Nathaniel Wesninski had never thought he’d ever end up on a greyhound bus to Palmetto with a toddler cradled to his chest, trying to process the end of his mobster life and starting all over as a 20 year-old single dad. Creating a new life as trucker Neil Josten, he finds a new home and family in his colleagues and quirky small town inhabitants, especially growing fond of the Foxhole Diner’s grumpy owner Andrew Minyard. But what happens if Andrew finds out about his past? Will Andrew really commit his life to the son of a serial killer with a toddler?
Andrew Minyard never expected much of his life and found much more in David Wymack and his lot in Palmetto. His diner means working all day and meeting all kinds of people, but it’s his and he wouldn’t want it any different. Not as long as he can pay for his twin’s study. As one day Neil Josten stumbles into his diner for an interview for a job at Wymack’s transportation company, Andrew senses that his life will change in ways he’s never anticipated.
tw: graphic depictions of violence, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon
NB: art of Andrew, Neil and Connor by @neenya
Take to the Wing by IceEckos12 [Rated M, 68859 Words, Complete, AFTG Reverse Big Bang 2020, Locked]
Neil is not able to hold out until the end of Winter Break, and signs himself over to Edgar Allan. Trapped in the Raven's Nest, he fights for his right to exist.
The Foxes are devastated at the loss of another member of their family. Beset upon by enemies at all sides, including from within, they begin to fracture even further. But all is not yet lost. After all, that which fractures only becomes stronger when it heals.
tw: nonconsensual drug use, tw: graphic depictions of violence, tw: torture, tw: physical & emotional abuse, tw: blood & injury, tw: implied/referenced malnourishment, tw: panic attacks, tw: nightmares, tw: implied/referenced csa, tw: alcohol abuse
NB: art by @tigerjawed here, here, and here
a bicycle made for two (or three) by lazarusthefirst [Rated E, 98516 Words, Complete, 2018, Locked]
The other hindrance was due to the fact that Santa had been very generous this year, which left Jean standing on a patch of sidewalk he’d kicked clear himself, holding his four year old daughter’s hand and wondering how he was going to get all of their stuff plus the Pink Unicorn Princess Dream House up four flights of stairs without something breaking.
tw: explicit sexual content
NB: this is just a sampling of oc aftg character art that’s out there! Search your favorite social media or google for more!
ammi’s all for the game ocs art by @aymmidumps
oc aftg character from artfight art by @eeriethacus
oc raven vi art by @eeriethacus
my exy baby and AFTG oc: Mion ‘MiMi’ Ahn art by @sun-floweroo
oc kyo temida art by @doesephs
oc wen with the mooost 2012 tattoos art by @moncuries
aftg oc: Diana and diana, summer of 2007 art by @sirascolat
Kevin’s daughter HOPE WYMACK-BALCOM art by @exylover06
oc: Eva Josten web weaving by @codename-adler (more at #oc: eva josten)
Happy birthday Milo 7/7 art by @allfortheslay25 (more at #Miloverse)
aftg oc: SELENIUS art by @omegakevinday
Freshman backliner Rory Sokół. art by @sentient-forest-boy
aftg ocs Elijah Andre Luca art by @pee-hands
ACU backliner oc Caprice art by @muta-draws
janainaart
dailybridgerton
snowghoul
tangentwithtanner
origamiaround
theartofmadeline
jacobvanloon
gummygunk
