I feel like we, as a fandom, have never really thought about what Thanksgiving meant for Andrew. Think about it. He built his entire persona around protecting himself—he purposely pushes people away, scares them, lashes out, carries knives ffs. And we know he does this to ensure nobody can take advantage of him the way they had when he was young. so that he will never be vulnerable again. He spent years becoming this person... but then it happens again anyway. He has his knives on him when he confronts Drake, yet that still isn't enough. And then Easthaven... I can't imagine how that would have felt for him, to be rendered helpless yet again despite all of his carefully crafted defences. It would have been awful.
But then to find out Neil went to Evermore to protect him? To hear him say, "if it means losing you, then no"? For perhaps the first time in his life, he's had someone fight for him.
I don't know. there's just something so powerful narrative wise about how he was torn down so brutally, only to fall back onto Neil, who had seen him at his "weakest" but held the weight of his demons without breaking a sweat.