Okay hc time: as a professional athlete allison can't have acrylic nails or anything but do you think that stops her on doing her (and everyone else whos willing) nails? Nope. She queen with all them different types, she has a whole drawer full of different nail stickers and shit, all the tools and colours. Also holo, she loves black holo. So one day neil comes in and sees her putting on some cuticle oil and gets curious. Allison is delighted to show neil the wonderful world thats nail art
i’m a slut for neil with painted nails okay
giving manicures is one of the things allison does to help herself relax
but after painting her nails four times in one day she decides she needs to work on someone else’s
the first is matt because he’s always around
he and dan are chilling on the couch and allison just plops down next to him on the floor and takes his hand
matt is like “??” but he trusts allison not to hurt him so he just lets her mess with his hand
when allison motions for his other hand he gives it to her and surveys his nails
they look a lot nicer than before and allison just painted them with a clear coat (though honestly matt wouldn’t have cared if she painted them with colors)
dan approves and tells allison she needs to work on matt’s hands all the time
allison just kind of shrugs because she’s off in her own little world
but after that day she starts ordering more stuff online
holo and nail stickers and a rainbow of different colors of polish
it’s a team movie night and allison is focusing her attention between the movie, the bottle of tequila in her lap, and doing renee’s nails when neil says “what are those?”
and allison realizes neil’s never seen nail stickers before
so of course she has to show him
neil is a fascinating creature to allison, sharp eyes and quick wit but so damn innocent too it makes her heart rage fiercely in her chest
at least once a week allison has to steal neil from andrew to have their own alone time
and during that time allison does neil’s nails and shows him how to do hers
he’s wide eyed and receptive to it all and they both preen under the attention
she paints his nails white and orange on friday nights to match hers
and sometimes neil will ask her over before he goes out to eden’s to do his nails all black and sometimes he’ll let her add glitter
she notices that the monster doesn’t disapprove and even lets his eyes linger longer on neil’s hands than usual
it makes her unabashedly proud














