I Read. A Lot.

Shay. She/her. YA Book Lover. || always ready to talk about books || *SPOILERS EXIST HERE* Current Obsession: AFTG

[schnuspi]

we don’t talk enough about teenage Kevin looking at Jeremy‘s pictures in magazines

[schnuspi]

Dan is serving face with that short haircut and no one can convince me otherwise

[crushed-oranged-angered]

Jeremy Knox turns 5 and there is too much birthday cake. Pointy hats, a trampoline and an immeasurable amount of gifts. His mother scolds his grandmother for making such a fuss and Angelica Laslo, former movie star, brushes her off with a "you only turn 7 once!" His older brother steals Jeremy's brand new Hot Wheels and his sister sneaks the frosting rose off his corner piece of cake and his youngest brother spits up his own cake on his blue baby onesie. His dad doesn't show

Jeremy Knox turns 11 and there's no time for a party. It's an election year. His mom's new-husband's father is a senator dreaming of a presidential nomination and every minute counts. Even though its only March. Isn't Jeremy too old for parties anyway? His oldest brother gives him 12 punches; one for each year and one for luck but the last one hurts. He watches his favorite movie with his sister and his younger brothers make him construction paper cards. His dad doesn't show.

Jeremy Knox turns 18 and he's high. Bryson gave him the pills last night with a "Happy Birthday" and a twisted smile that didn't feel genuine. His mother and sister might've wished him a "Happy Birthday" when he left for school but he doesn't remember. His youngest brother refused to get out of bed this morning, no matter how much his step father screamed through the door. Jeremy's sure that took priority. His dad doesn't show.

Jeremy Knox turns 19 and his youngest brother never will. Mathilda doesn't say anything. Annalise doesn't say anything. Joshua doesn't say anything. Trent Knox doesn't show.

Jeremy Knox turns 20

Jeremy Knox turns 21

Jeremy Knox turns 22

Jeremy Knox turns 23 and there's too much birthday cake. Cat insisted they make a 3-layer cake from scratch and Laila could only find 9-inch pans at the store. The frosting is blue. The stack of three presents on the dining room table are all wrapped in blue wrapping paper. Jean's shirt is blue. "Your favorite color," Jean says. Cat cuts Jeremy a slice that would have even the Trojan's flexible nutritionist wince. The girls sing and Jeremy swears he hears Jean humming along. Later, the floozies join them. There's more cake and a movie and silly-joke birthday cards full of puns that make Jeremy laugh.

Jeremy turns 23 and Jean asks him "Good Birthday?"

And his smile is big and bright and real when he says "Yes"

[starlightshadowsworld]

I have the mental image of Kevin being interviewed and hearing the most vile, most despicable and cruel comment about his team.

And he could say something about it but Kevin decides that no no I’m going to express my displeasure by doing something even worse.

So Kevin slowly turns to where Neil is standing off side beside Andrew, takes a few steps back and gestures for him to go.

“You have 5 minutes.”

The smile on Neil’s face tells the interviewer they have seriously messed up but there’s no one to save them now.

[instigatorjosten]

kevin’s brain: deploy the red head

[doesephs]

if i didn’t know any better, i’d say andrew minyard might be gay

[the-wanton-house-wife-deactivat]

[saiintval]

New wip 🤭🤭🤭

[doesephs]

if you see a bitch on the slopes with a bad bob that is NOT kevin day. go the other way.

[palmettoshenanigans]

yall stop it Aaron must have SUCH Mysterious Enigma energy once he's a neurosurgeon like,,, Exy isn't THAT popular for the general public so slowly Finding Out about him must be wild like

"Oh Dr. Minyard? He was a college athlete. Yeah, won championships a few times."

"Oh Dr. Minyard? Yeah he was on trial for murder. No, no he definitely did it, the trial was to determine if it was justified."

"Oh Dr. Minyard? He speaks fluent German. We don't know why."

"Oh Dr. Minyard? Has a twin brother who is a professional athlete. Yeah he won an Olympic gold medal recently, that's why Dr. Minyard took all those vacation days."

"Oh Dr. Minyard? He's five feet tall."

He's like the love interest of some medical drama or something except his relationship is already established so instead people just whisper about him with no outlet for the way he makes them go a lil bit feral

[tactiletelekonesis]

i think if neil was more in tune with how attraction works, he wouldve said “you wanna fuck me so bad it makes you look stupid” to at least one person (likely riko but possibly andrew closer to the beginning of knowing him) and it wouldve gotten him stabbed immediately

[shamesonlydaughter]

it doesn’t have to be good it just has to be done

[fiyero3305]

The phrase "They don't want it perfect, they want it Friday" does wonders for my productivity.

[blueindeed]

I tell this story all the time but I'll tell it again! When I taught kindergarten full time, we had a working bee one weekend where we did a bunch of gardening/landscaping in the outdoor area. One of the dads put up a bit of fencing, then stood back and had a look, kind of frowning like he wasn't sure. His wife then came along, and the following conversation ensued:

Wife: GETMO? Husband: (after a moment, with a sigh) Yeah, GETMO. Me: GETMO? Wife and husband, in perfect unison: Good Enough To Move On

Absolutely LIFE CHANGING acronym, friends and enemies.

[just-another-dream-about-yuu]

the making of a Queen

[dustisus]

nicky is a bit crazy for being so ready to respond to andrew’s beck and call but it’s never as obvious as during that game when andrew calls him over and says he’s bored and nicky runs over and hits a guy in the shins to get carded. swung that racquet straight to the tibia and thought ”i can’t believe i’m finally bonding with andrew :D”

[powderofcats15]

Yes or no?

[abi-renirk]

Andrew Minyard heard the phrase “madly in love” and thought, “Yeah, I’m mad that I’m in love with him. Look at him. He’s not house-trained and the mafia is after him.”

[nyacromancey]

this is a book series that will have you rocking back and forth and ripping your hair out and bashing your skull into a wall but then you have to look someone directly in the eyes and say yeah it’s about a fake sport with fake drugs and also the yakuza is involved

[tallerthanthetwinyards]

i'm obsessed with the fact that neil josten is a ridiculously fast learner. and it's not limited to one particular thing, it's EVERYTHING. like he made up nearly a decade of not practicing a sport and managed to become COLLEGIATE LEVEL in a YEAR. we don't even know how many languages he speaks fluently bc he doesn't find it important (nothing like neil's priorities) but it's at least 3 and at least 1 (2?) other(s) conversationally. he may have been oblivious to andrew at first, but as soon as he found out there was something there he was INSTANTLY flirting. he's casually a MATH PRODIGY (yes, he's absolutely a prodigy there's no way someone who never had consistent schooling would excel in an college math program after already being behind in said program, bc neil switched his major, without being one). the way he catalogs and interprets andrew's andrew-isms (for lack of a better generalized term) says a lot about how fast he can process information.

this man is insane. sometimes it gets overshadowed by the fact that he makes bad decisions when put in the crazy situations that happen in the series, but neil is genuinely really smart.