Chasing Stars

Falling hard, chasing stars

[wertigous]

10k+ andriel fic rec

Don’t forget to give a shout out to authors while reading, we stan talented people

(ao3)

1.  time and tide (might just wait for you) by ephemeralsky (9,402) - Andrew and Bee’s relationship through the series. (it’s under 10k I know, bUT THIS IS MY #1 ALWAYS AND FOREVER GUYS, so it’s here okay) 2.  Ultraviolence by lscar123 (12 chapters; 76,527) - music!au; songwriter!Neil, bartender!Andrew; lots of Lana Del Rey music

3.  to know a man by moonix (8 chapters; 47,928) - coffee shop!au; Neil is a newly hired barista with secrets and Andrew is intrigued

4.  Impulse by broship_addict (13,693) -  physiotherapist!Andrew; 

5.  and in a flash, it’s gone. by Idnis (19 chapters; 35,881) - amnesia!au; 

6.  fear in a handful of dust by flybbfly (26 chapters; 104,521) - harry potter!au, quidditch!au; sports reporter!Neil, goalkeeper!Andrew

7.  Eyes Half Closed by constellationqueen (6 chapters; 22,506) - ABO!au

8.  Die Young by moonix (7 chapters; 41,640) - soft!au, 90s music vibes, football instead of exy

9.  light fires at night (to push back the void) by inthesea (3 chapters; 61,862) - ‘20+ times Andrew and Neil say I love you, and one time they say it out loud’

10.  Doe & Josten: Deductionists by SpangleBangle (on-going - 25 chapters; 216,188) - detective!au, elementary!au

11.  And We’ll Be Running by allyasavedtheday (3 chapters; 62,270) - music!au, band!au

12.  as though nothing could fall by anpm (12 chapters; 96,048) - ABO!au

13.  You’re different than the others by Kml19 (12 chapters; 21,024) - prison!au; prison guard!Neil, inmate!Andrew

14.  Where Everything is Good by iaquilam (10, 804) - music!au, synesthesia!au; singer!Neil, producer!Andrew

15.  Pressure Points by puddlejumper99 (25 chapters; 92,157) - high school!au;

16.  I will play my ace (just in time and in the right place) by themythishuman (5 chapters; 22,958) - captive prince!au; 

17.  Like A River by moonix (8 chapters; 65,259) - harry potter!au; squib!Andrew, hufflepuff!Andrew, slytherin!Neil, kinda fake dating!au

18.  the bittersweet between my teeth by alaynes (5 chapters; 63,740) - time travel!au, the relationship between Neil and Andrew in this reminds me the storyline of movie ‘Hancock’ -  (I CRIED ALL OVER MY CARPET, THIS IS SO SAD)

19.  just a slow body by flybbfly (7 chapters; 10,527) - another time travel!au, the time traveler’s wife!au; time traveler!Neil

20.  Connection through pain by sacchan (3 chapters; 106,373) - soulmates!au

21.  they used to shout my name (now they whisper it) by badacts, broship_addict, PuckB (5 chapters; 46,940) - witch!au

22.  Of the Same Stock by neenya, SanDoria, WriteThroughTheNight (19,561) - angels and demons!au; angel!Andrew, demon!Neil

23.  good night, melpomene (come home, erato) by psychosei (13, 649) - artist!au

24.  lightning rod by flybbfly, PuckB (25,085) - kind of housemates!au, aged up characters, Neil never went to PSU

25.  Signing on the Line by andrewiel (26 chapters; 134,296) - different meeting!au, aged-up characters; kind of raven!Andrew here

26.  Inevitably, like a car crash, by Fandine (18,124) - major character death; changing the future!au

27.  we might be hollow (but we’re brave) by stttmsbwa (4 chapters; 40,681) - neighbours!au; cat owner!Neil

28.  the harder you fall by petalloso (2 chapters; 17,078) - flight attendant!Neil

29.  I’ll be a Brand New Day by especiallythezefronposter (15,519) - avengers!au, captain america!Neil, winter soldier!Andrew

30.  Three-part Process by andrewiel (3 chapters, 29,000) - ABO!au;

31.  Latchkey Child by KING (pelted) (3 chapters; 31,338) - time travel!au, going back in time

32.  You’re Such a Violent High by goldveines, howdydarlin, like_a_gem (9 chapters; 16,984) - artist!au

33.  the part we choose to act on. by Idnis (3 chapters; 16,134) - harry potter!au

34.  all or nothing by writeitinred (10,088) - first time, pwp

35.  Touch me, love me, leave me by BakaDoll for Marmeladeskies (43,043) - soldier!Andrew

36.  we’re just strangers by whenwordsflyoffthepage (21 chapters; 83,662) - fake dating!au

37.  The Law of Us by FreakingOutGirl (18 chapters; 53,004) - lawyers!au

38.  here and where you are by pentagrammed (24,991) - fake death!au, post Baltimore

39.  Back to the Start by fuzzballsheltiepants (11 chapters; 29,277) - amnesia!au

40.  Better Than a Grave or a Hearse by iaquilam (6 chapters; 41,794) - raven!Neil

41.  Lighter Next To Your Coffee Mug by Hsin (amoralisch) (on-going, 17 chapters; 77,000) - prostitute!Neil, kinda BDSM

42.  you take the fucking cake. by Idnis (12,284) - bakery!au

43.  The Heart of a Star by gluupor (14,601) - stardust!au

44.  Weddings and Other Kinds of Vows by a_case_for_wonder (12,328) - Nicky’s wedding

45.  Remembered. by LunnVic (3 chapters; 10,756) - post Baltimore, hitman!Neil

46.  it suits you by lolainslackss (3 chapters; 13,592) - romcom!au, tailor!Andrew, olympic runner!Neil

47.  exycast by lolainslackss (2 pieces; 13,378) - high school!au, school clubs!au

48.  of cabbages and kings by intrajanelle (4 chapters; 12,106) - small town!au, lighthouse keeper!Andrew, fisherman!Neil

49.  Baltimore Blues by SpangleBangle (3 chapters; 17,097) - andrew!pov (neil’s dissappearing, reunion scene, shower scene)

50.  Turn it Off by elawless (7 chapters; 10,449) - dissociative indentity disorder!au

51.  Call Me Neil by BakaDoll (16,678) - kind of wrong number!au; 

52.  a world alone by ephemeralsky (6 chapters; 54,850) - teachers!au

53.  ANDROMEDA by andreil (2 chapters; 22,044) - childhood friends!au, hitman!Neil

54.  The Real Folk Blues by moonix, nefelibata (4 chapters; 42,365) - cowboy bebop!au

55.  crossed out by aminiyard, flybbfly (21,215) - brainwashed!au, assassin!Neil

56.  groundswell waves by ephemeralsky (17,730) - hawaii!au

57.  Only You by wematch (8 chapters;16,070) - canon divergence, if Andrew and Neil’s realtionship never started in the The Kings Man, post Baltimore

58.  I’m Just Killing Time by thesaroscycle (10,666) - coffee shop!au

59.  faking it by flybbfly (4 chapters; 24,037) - fake dating!au

60.  library hours by lolainslackss (2 chapters, 10,026) - meeting in library, study buddies!au

61.  None But You by gluupor (2 chapters; 11,226) - jane austen’s persuasion!au in modern setting

[fromafox]

A freshman: *insults Andrew*

Neil: are you bilingual?

Freshman: no? Are you?

Neil: I’m actually trilingual, try me bitch

[fromafox]

I know he doesn’t have the scars in the salute scene but I feel like he would continue to do this pose just to annoy Andrew

[softgaychild]

SasuNaru was the original BakuDeku but y’all ain’t ready for that conversation yet.

[fromafox]

Wymack’s a dilf send tweet

[fromafox]

So...... the lady...from resident evil? Hellen

[spale-vosver]

ceaseless watcher clap these cheeks

[calicoture]

psu fam !

[incorrectaftg]

foxes groupchat (jeremy is an honorary fox, methinks)

[original audio here]

[iheartmesomebooks]

Andrew, writing in his diary: today... Kevin was...a big bitch

Kevin: i’m standing right here

Andrew, shuddering: i can still hear his bitchass voice

[fromafox]

The real reason Neil doesn’t dance when they all go to Edens is because he only knows the chicken dance and the cha cha slide and he knows Nicky would never let him live it down

[broresteia]

i posted this like a couple weeks ago and chickened out (bc i dont do comics) and deleted but...i do still love it so...

[palmettios]

riko: i want to kill you

neil:

[triquetrine]

neil and matt’s friendship headcanons because i love two (2) idiots

neil and matt are, of course, best buds

matt may be well over a foot taller than him but they roughhouse like eight year old brothers and are constantly chasing each other around during practice

matt is always checking up on neil and frowning disapprovingly whenever he jokes about not sleeping or other bad habits

this is how he and andrew strike up the WEIRDEST alliance

they’re like divorced parents whose shared devotion to their child has resulted in an awkward detente

“hey, uh, neil went on a run this morning…but i was in class so i don’t know if he ate after…and you know how he doesn’t like to eat in the morning” “he did.” “oh, okay. cool”

(neil is very capable of surviving, but he isn’t very good at just living, so everyone’s gotta help him along with that)

speaking of eating, neil and matt eat a LOT

everyone on the team eats a lot because they’re hardcore exercising for like 6 hours a day and that burns a lot of calories, but neil runs miles daily and matt is very tall + needs to keep his muscles

the team develops this joke where anytime they order food together they have to section off a portion of the table that is “neil and matt’s domain”

they’re technically not supposed to eat beyond their domain but they usually do because how can you refuse them? 

andrew refuses them all the time out of pure spite, even if he’s not going to finish the stuff on his plate

renee and nicky are the biggest breakers of this rule and sometimes they’ll take more than they need just to hand it off to neil or matt later

matt likes to eat a lot at one time but neil just continuously snacks throughout the day…he is THAT kid in your lecture who just keeps on producing oreos from his backpack or demolishes a party size bag of doritos while furiously scribbling notes

sometimes matt will text neil in class about how stressed or frustrated he is and neil will be waiting for him outside after to silently pass off whatever giant pack of junk food he was working his way through

neil and matt are definitely the “perfectly smart and competent on their own but together share ½ a braincell” friends

matt forces neil to watch finding nemo and neil doesn’t care about that movie at all except for the seagulls yelling MINE

he just finds it…intriguing

they start screeching it at each other during practice while they’re doing drills or scrimmaging

so matt will be throwing the ball and neil jumps to intercept it while yelling “MINE!”

neil tries to get past matt to score but matt pops their rackets “MINE!”

kevin, eye twitching: “i’m going to kill you” 

it stops because wymack threatens to sign them up for a triathlon (“i know a marathon would be too easy neil don’t test me”)

matt also has a thing against bikes because he’s too tall and neil despises swimming

aaron: “please, please test him”

but it’s so conditioned into them so sometimes other teams will get the shit scared out of them because neil will just scream “MINE!” when matt passes him the ball

the foxes will go on the occasional night out and by the time they’re staggering home at some ungodly hour neil is on matt’s back and he has his hands over his eyes and is telling him where to go

“wait, wait, left! left! more left!” “is this my left?” “nO!” 

*cue andrew, stone-faced, pushing matt with one arm to the side so they don’t run into a street lamp* 

allison always films videos for her story but they’re shaky because she’s cry laughing at them and then she’ll jerk the camera over to nicky and dan, who are collapsed on the sidewalk and wheezing

matt does start boxing lessons with neil and he is constantly reminded of how little neil cares about his own wellbeing

“hey remember when you sucker punched gorilla?” “…yeah?” “can you do that to me?” “NO”

neil explains he’s been watching muay thai videos and they say getting hit can develop your strength or something and matt is beyond speechless

afterward andrew opens the door and sees neil sulking behind matt

“go ahead, neil. tell him” “i have nothing to say” 

andrew is still waiting

“neil asked me to sucker punch him” “for STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT”

andrew pulls neil inside without another word and he and matt exchange a nod before he shuts the door

when neil gets asked to be matt’s best man, he agrees immediately and drafts a good 10 different versions of his speech

finally, he settles on something that involves this: 

“thanks for carrying me around, and refusing to punch me. thanks for splitting custody with andrew, and that one time you bought every flavor of pringles to see which one is my favorite. i know you’re technically dan’s now, but you’ll always be mine.” 

he gets hugged so tight by the two of them he thinks they popped a few vertebrae

he doesn’t mind

[fromafox]

Neil: I have made the decision to trust you

Andrew: A horrible decision really

[purleth]

Ah yes, my favorite head archivist, Jonathan Sims

[bluesrrgents]

andrew when kevin and neil won’t stop talking about exy: