when andrew joseph minyard found out he could get his ears pierced he went all in. i’m talking like 8 piercings per ear all at once, which if you take into consideration that he wears an helmet 6 out of 7 days of the week per multiple hours, is the exact recipe for a sweet infection
the first time he changes his piercings his ears are irritated per se, once he starts wearing his helmet for consecutive days on the already irritated ears, everything goes to shit
he decides to tackle this issue when it really starts to affect his sleep schedule, he tries to twist the earrings and wash with a solution his piercer gave him
it’s too swollen, he tries again and again, and as small as they are, these holes are fucking painful. but then remembers he has a boyfriend. so he calls said boyfriend and just says ‘i need help’ and hangs up
now, neil was at the library, on the opposite side of campus when he gets the call. he panics. when was the last time andrew asked for help? never that’s when it was
he is running across campus. the cross country team is trembling on the sides. neil is not even sure his feet are touching the ground
he barges into their room, his panicked voice calls for andrew, in response he gets half a ‘bathroom’ neil almost kicks this other door down
why there were so many doors between them?
he enters and his eyes scan andrews whole body and then the entire room, for blood or any sign of injury or a threat. he comes up with nothing, the only off thing is andrew holding his ear and pouting
andrew joseph minyard was pouting
‘i can’t twist it’ was all andrew said
neil managed a strangled ‘what’ his lungs were just now catching up with the marathon he just ran
and then andrew catches up with neil’s scared eyes and his almost non-existent breath ‘did you ran?’
‘you said you needed help’ neil was still bending over himself, hands holding his weight on his knees
‘oh’ andrew took half a step towards him ‘wrong choice of words, it’s just my ears’ the most innocent voice neil ever heard coming out of andrew
at that there was nothing neil could do but smile, stand up straight, close the distance between them, kiss andrews temple and get to work on his piercings
