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[lemonboyjosten]

andrew : i don't want anything—

neil : [runs his mouth enough to paint himself as a target, trips over his own feet falling face first at the sight of andrew's biceps, wages a war against the mafia, has a panic attack before he can say his own name, says he's fine when he's actually bleeding his organs out, oblivious as fuck, hotter than the sun]

andrew : —i dont want that one.

[abyssaldyke]

*smirking* you couldn't waterboard that out of me, but even if torture was an effective method of information extraction and not a futile display of state-sanctioned sadism, the high percentage of false confessions it produces would mean that even if you could waterboard it out of me, could you even trust the veracity of my statement?

[abyssaldyke]

Bro what the fuck did they do to Neil Josten

[crumplelush]

people accidentally stumbling across the aftg fandom while they’re posting unhinged jokes that hilariously fit the characters well is a niche genre, but i hope it grows

[waitwhatwhat]

andrew 'doesn't-mean-i-wouldn't-blow-you' minyard really came back from the baltimore fiasco with one (1) thought in mind: almost lost the fucking idiot, this mf could actually really just die anytime anywhere, can't afford to procrastinate any longer, must give blowjob asap, top priority, no further delay tolerated, regrets not optional

[minyard-05]

genuinely if i was into neil josten i would be humiliated by it too. the man wears jorts. he's never picked up a social cue in his life and the only thing he thinks about is stick ball. he smokes but he actually doesn't and he's ginger and he's got mommy issues and the most punchable face a man has ever worn. he doesn't even pick up on any of your cool smooth lines nor does he care how sexy your car is. he's british. when you're talking he says things like 'i could draw on you with a marker' and when you're gone he says you're all that matters. andrew was right to hate him this would be a fucking devastating thing to discover about yourself.

[linskiiii]

Andreil enjoying an empty dorm room 🙂‍↕️

[dustisus]

the trifecta

[chaoticgremelin]

I find It kind of wild that people somehow think Kevin handled the whole 'Neil is actually Nathaniel' thing badly or in a wrong way, because I honestly cannot see It.

When he finds out, the first thing he does, as soon as he is able to talk to Neil in private, is tell him to RUN, bolt, save his life. They are going to lose the season, yes, It is going to suck, but Neil needs to run before It is too late.

Neil tells him he doesnt want to. Explains his decision to him. And Kevin....respects it. Because there is no good choice for Neil in the moment. He can stay and die or he can run and maybe delay his death in a few years. This is not a easy choice to make and Kevin respects and accepts whatever Neil has decided.

This doesn't mean he likes It or that he is fine with losing Neil. Just means that there is nothing either of them can do about the fact there are way too powerful people who want Neil's head on a silver platter.

Then Neil asks Kevin to not tell Andrew, and Kevin immediately understands why. He says with all the words: "Andrew wouldnt respect your choice"

Because Kevin understands there is no good or safe choice for Neil and he understands the least he can do is allow Neil to autonomy to decide.

Most of all, Kevin keeps Neil's secret. Not because he wants to keep It, but because Neil asked him to. Kevin understands this is the most he can do for Neil in that situation.

He cannot fight the Butcher, much less the Moriyamas (neither can Andrew). He cannot make Neil stop being Nathaniel. He cannot stop the people that are after him

But he can respect Neil's choice and keep his secret. So he does. Even If he knows this will make Andrew mas at him. Because for most of Kevin's life, he had all his choices made for him, because where Kevin comes from, keeping secrets was the most power he could ever have.

It baffles me that there are people who think he has somehow been selfish of done something absurd here.

[dustisus]

andrew minyard board

[butchandrew]

age gap kandreil with nearly retired divorcee maybe gay but doesn't have time for that Kevin Day and the two new rookies.

[nixkxart]

apologies in advance—

[cumslutshane]

they wanted to be in each other's skin

[dtilmnh]

[tswizzlesfan]

jean moreau's cute lil nicknames for people: a comprehensive list because im in love with him

useless/ arrogant/ oblivious fool

ignorant/ feckless/ wayward child

hard-of-hearing imbecile

insignificant brat

tiny bastard

unhinged optimist

ignorant/ miserable/ ruinous wretch

tedious malcontent

abominable cockroach

worthless trash bag

rabid little fox

know-nothing/ ill-bred child

wretched beast

unwanted dog

malfunctioning cretin

braindead fool

IGNORE

fair-haired rat

rancid bitch/ menace

half-baked baguette

walking disaster

lackadaisical pushover

disobedient shit-stain

bonus:

[elle-sure-yaps-alot]

No one's been faced with how functionally fast Neil is. How fast he needed to be. Sure the foxes know how fast Neil is on the court. Sure Kevin and Andrew know how fast Neil is when he's sprinting out his feelings. Sure Mat knows how quick Neil can be around the dorm when something falls or there's a loud noise. Everyone just thinks he's very much like a startled cat. A little jumpy and quick to startle, always needing “enrichment” as Arron calls it. But that all changed when at the end of a game a tall hulk of a man/reporter walked up to Kevin and Neil who were on press duty. He was practically on top of the table. He was so close. All anyone saw was the reporter lean in to whisper something to Neil. The very next thing anyone could process was a loud bang. Neil had smashed the guy's face so hard into the table that there was blood coming from his newly broken nose. Neil then grabbed Kevin's arm and wrenched him out of his seat to pull him along. Getting up and out of their seats was easy Kevin could do that, but the way Neil wanted him to weave through the crowd jumping legs and ducking searching arms wasn't feasible, not only because of his size, but because the little mop of red curls was already through the crowd and reaching for the locker room doors before Kevin even made it out from around the table. Neil later revealed, long after Wymack called security and the police, that the man was one of the Butchers' people and wanted to scare Neil. Kevin later swears that he didn't even see Neil move, the ginger had just vanished. The story would then go on to become an urban legend for future foxes. “Don't startle the little captain because he will make you bleed so fast and no one will even be able to recall if he was ever there.” 

(I also made a different version of this but Neil is running to start a fight with someone who touched his goalie. tehee)

[instigatorjosten]

Riko: im a poor abused child, i never met my brother or father, i am estranged from my own fam-

Neil:

[clementinecloudz]

"My name is Kevin Day, I was injured in a skiing accident." Has to be lil bros mantra stepping onto the court after getting his shit rocked by riko.

[z0mbiemind]

We all know that the two would not celebrate Valentine's Day, but I think Neil would still give him Candy because he knows that Andrew does not say no to it