andrew and neil never come out, they have no plans to. they’re private people but they aren’t deliberately trying to hide anything either. anyone who spends any significant amount of time with them will know they have a thing.
they play on the same team, insist on being traded together, fight opposing players on the other’s behalf, go home together, share an apartment and 2 cats… at some point andreil just becomes an open secret in the league. most hesitate to put a label on it, andreil won’t confirm or deny anything when asked, but it’s clear neil is andrew’s very special person and vice versa.
it takes a few years for the fans to catch on but when they do it becomes a bit of an inside joke of how close andreil are and how good of “friends” they are. gifs of the two circulate with regularity. one of them staring lovingly at the other when they aren’t looking, andrew checking out neil’s ass, teasing each other, sitting on the bench as close as humanly possible without being on top of each other.
idk just andreil being soooo obviously in love and obsessed with each other that even the dudest of sports bros can’t deny they are gay gay gay
