minerva yearns

neith. she/her. 20s. Black. queer. aftg addicted. (kev)andreil apologist.

[minerva-yearns]

truths (minor harmless delusions) getting me thru the week pt. 1

- andreil gets married. courthouse in may. rings on simple chain around their necks. tattoos that match in places only they see. roadtrip honeymoon

- neil gets andrew’s armbands embroidered with a tiny fox as a wedding gift (read: just to irritate him)

- andreil lives happily ever after with their cats

- until they adopt a teenage boy who disrupts their routine for a while but eventually fits right into the blissful chaos that is the josten-minyard minyard-josten household

- andrew is the best goalie exy has ever seen

- neil wins gold at the olympics (and not just for exy)

- nicky is safe and loved and happy

- aaron and neil get along eventually

- wymack and abby go to kevin’s games with his baby sister (hardly a baby, she’s 14, they adopted her)

- my boys all get out (retire) with no retribution from little mafia man

- andrew neil their son and their cats are multilingual. andrew picks up another language for private convos with their son. neil does the same

- neil finally learns 日本語 and teaches andrew le français

- andrew and kevin go on a run together *without neil* when the foxes get together for xmas every year, just to catch up (andrew runs in silence while kevin rants and rambles, andrew can’t resist tripping him at least once)

- andrew becomes “drew” and neil becomes “love”

- allison and renee smooch every morning before making breakfast together

- matt and neil go on a besties trip after the season ends (just for a weekend and neil calls andrew everyday)

- neil lets nathaniel out when people have him fucked up (think reporters, bigots, folks who get too close or too touchy at the bar or on the court)

- neil uses his british accent to get andrew to agree to an orange couch in the living room

- andrew catches neil (the man with a nonexistent taste in music) singing in the shower one morning and he’s actually better than decent so andrew leans against the door listening…

| pt 2 | pt 3 | pt 4 | pt 5 | pt 6 | pt 7 | pt 8 |

[viiiiiliiiii]

Neil is lying with Andrew’s hand tucked beneath his cheek, another quiet night before they separate to actually go to sleep. at some point, Neil’s gaze drifts downward and settles on the thin lines of scars running along Andrew’s wrist, the raised skin noticeable against his own. after several long minutes of absent-minded staring, Neil finally tilts his head and presses a soft, barely-there kiss to one of the scars. when no protest follows, he keeps going, brushing the tip of his nose along Andrew’s hand and leaving gentle kisses from his slightly chapped lips across each pale line. Neil has never understood the desire to hurt yourself on purpose. his entire life had been spent trying to survive, trying not to be hurt. but now he’s looking at the aftermath of something painfully close to the opposite, and he knows exactly what lies behind the scars crossing Andrew’s skin. he has no issue with Andrew’s scars, they’re already there, but he hates the thought of what Andrew had to go through to get them. so he presses his lips there a little longer, foolishly, desperately hoping it might somehow help erase them, even though he knows it never will. “Am I bothering you?” Andrew’s calm voice breaks the silence from behind him, and Neil only shakes his head slightly, murmuring a quiet, “No.” Andrew, who had apparently been watching Neil the entire time, finally moves, sliding an arm more securely around Neil’s waist and pulling him closer against his chest. he presses a brief kiss to Neil’s bare shoulder, right over the iron brand, before burying his face against the nape of Neil’s neck. the warmth of Andrew’s quiet breathing against his skin is calming, just like the weight of Neil’s head resting on Andrew’s arm as the room slowly fills with soft, sleepy breathing.

[kamesanart]

I'm afraid this little red riding hood isn't bringing grandma any pies

Inspired "it seems you've set it running free" by Idnis (ao3)

[scribbloz]

never not thinking about neil josten.

[clementine-kesh]

not all character interpretations are valid some of you are sexist

[clementine-kesh]

not all character interpretations are valid some of you are racist

[link-links]

when aaron called the armbands andrew gave neil a promise ring i was like damn. didn’t realize i bought a one way ticket to gag city

[dismemberedlemon]

"A drag path, etched in the surface as evidence i left there on purpose"

But it's Neil leaving his bag, racquet and phone behind when he was taken by Lola so Andrew knew he didn't leave him willingly

[hedgehog-troops]

dan: so if neil asked you to jump off a cliff, you'd do it?

matt: of course not.

matt: i'd ask if he wants me to do flip first :)

[busyliving-busydying]

Happy winter ❄️

[noadih]

[viiiiiliiiii]

Sir likes falling asleep on Andrew’s side of the bed, tucked up against the wall. Andrew, however, stubbornly scoops the little furball up and moves him back in the middle of the bed because, well, he’d also like to sleep in his spot. every time, Neil lets out a drawn-out, dissatisfied, “Andrew, noo, he was sleeping.” and every time, Andrew replies with the same unwavering logic: “He has his own spot. He should’ve learned where it is by now.”

[instigatorjosten]

every time i see someone claim the scene of aaron confronting Neil about his intentions w Andrew was all about Aaron being an overprotective brother a fairy loses it’s wings. im the fairy. the wings are my will to not turn homicidal.

[viiiiiliiiii]

Neil knows how much Andrew can bench. I don’t. and frankly, I need numbers. how much weight are we talking about???

[maladaptivedaydreamerlala]

One of the things that makes me so sad about the sexism in exy is that it was created by a WOMAN. KAYLEIGH DAY created exy. She was then murdered and her fellow partner took her sport and twisted it. Imposing his own ideals on it. “The ravens are the example of how the sport should be played.” Kaleigh day is about to smack you from heaven. “Women shouldn’t be captains” boy a women created this sport you incompetent moron—

There is a reason that USC ALWAYS gets the Kayleigh Day Award.

[wuzeio]

car mechanic au weeeee neil josten will kill u with his wrench #stay safe out there

[minerva-yearns]

thank you. you were amazing. is such a devastating goodbye in literally any circumstance. neil is a poet.

[minerva-yearns]

just read my first queerplatonic jeaneil. qpr kevneil walked so qpr jeaneil could run