I am also bored af. And I'm looking to talk about my hyperfixations. So I am here to ask what is your favorite andreil date headcanon you have? Does that make sense? Idk if it doesn't i'm talking like what's an idea you have for andreil going on a date that you love. God sorry I'm so awkward. Anyway yeah
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ok so i have a lot obvs, but here are a couple that are kinda related:
so i think a lot about neil's music taste (bc i like to project 🤪) so i feel like he listens to soft indie pop/folksy stuff, like phoebe bridgers, cavetown, maggie rogers, some taylor swift, etc. he does listen to the emo stuff sometimes, but he likes the happy stuff a lot too. he likes how it makes him think about all of his happy memories since joining the foxes without feeling guilty about that happiness. and, of course, the happy lil love songs remind him of andrew, no matter how ridiculous it may be.
so i think neil will be playing his music out loud while him and andrew are chilling in the dorm having a lazy day. andrew hates this kind of music--it has too many feelings in it for him to handle--so usually they listen to andrews music when they hang out like this. but it's a mild sunny day outside, they're alone in the dorm, they're snuggling in the warm sheets of andrew's bed at 2 pm, and neil is so happy and soft and fuzzy inside and wants to make andrew feel how he's feeling. the only way he knows how is to play andrew the songs that remind him of that feeling.
he starts playing some soft lol love songs on his phone and looks at andrew with the goofiest smile on his face. andrew internally cringes at the music at first, but as he listens to it he realizes it's not really as deep as that kind of music usually is; it's just a surface-level pop song about loving someone. this makes him cringe again but for a different reason that he doesn't mind as much.
neil is Feeling the Feelings even harder now, qnd he's looking at this boy's beautiful face in the golden light from the window, watching the apathetic mask blanche a little bit, and he just needs to move, he needs his happiness to come outside. so he gets up and starts bouncing around on his toes, then holds out a hand to andrew.
it's not a no, neil thinks-
andrew tries to stare him down, but forgets that this little shit can stare him down right back, and do it with love in his eyes. fuck.
and neil just looks so sweet, he looks like the smile is gonna break his face, he looks like his laugh sounds, and he's wearing andrews sweatshirt and boxers and his hair is messy and his cheeks are pink and fuck andrew's already on his feet goddamn it.
neil takes andrew's hands, giggling wildly because he didn't think that would work and certainly not that quickly, and he hasn't felt wild joy like this in--a long-ass time, he guesses. he starts bouncing around and swinging their arms between them while andrew stands still and gives him a withering look. neil softly whisper-sings along to the song and his bounces get smaller and he asks the question, and then he's burying his face into andrews neck and letting andrew hold him while the bouncing turns into a sway. andrew cant stand this fucker. so he directs the fucker's arms to loop around the back of his neck, puts his hands on the fucker's hips, and sways with him.
neil thinks, this isn't working at all, because the joy has swelled up so big now he thinks it'll burst through his sternum, and his jaw hurts from smiling like this but he can't stop. he makes a happy little sound into andrew's hoodie and squeezes himself close. they sway through the first song, then a second starts and it's slower, less poppy, and they touch noses and then lips and neil gives a smaller but just as idiotic smile and andrew has to grind his teeth because he can't fucking stand this kid. he kisses neil hard, but still chaste, then presses neil's face back into his shoulder, and they sway for a while longer, just holding each other.
then another bouncy bubbly song comes on and neil is bouncing again, this time not really cus he can't hold it in but because he likes to aggravate andrew. he waves his arms all over the place and spins and circles and andrew says, "what kind of idiotic bullshit are you doing." neil giggles again and says, "dance party. i think." and he keeps flailing around like an idiot, glancing at andrews face every few seconds to watch him be exasperated. neil feels so free and endeared to his man and just wow, this is his life. andrew just watches, thinking, why was it this dumbass.
anyway. this isn't really a date actually? but idk it feels like a date to me. i like to imagine it puts them both in a mood of "fuck i love this idiot" and they go on more of a date afterward? idk. but i love "let's have a dance party" neil because he does it 70% just to annoy andrew
another idea: several years in the future, when they're both on the same pro team and have their lil domestic life all figured out, andrew has found a strong like for cooking, and neil loves to ask andrew if he can help cook dinner with him. he likes when andrew picks a complicated new recipe and bosses neil around the kitchen with instructions. i have this image of them trying to figure out how to make pasta from scratch, and andrew is sincerely trying to figure it out, while neil is "helping" and doing dumb shit just to make andrew sigh and roll his eyes. then neil puts on his most innocent face and asks andrew to show him how to knead the dough, and andrew tries to shove him over and show him, but neil takes andrews hands and puts them over his own, and andrew knows this is a ruse but he just ignores that rationality and indulges in this stupid little intimate moment because he knows neil eats it up (and he does too, even though he'll never admit it to himself). and they're making pasta from scratch and there's flour everywhere and they keep fucking up and laughing at each other and bantering like they do, and neil's soft happy music is playing in the background, and just like that it's magic again (it never really stopped--sometimes they just spark it again without trying, and everything gets all shimmery and hazy and warm.)
also, completely random and not at all related to the other two: grocery shopping at trader joe's, just the two of them. neil likes when andrew takes his hand in public and guides him around, he even likes when he picks something up and andrew swats it out of his hand (then not subtley picks it up himself and puts it in the cart). he likes how andrew gripes like an old man sometimes, about how neil is like a little kid who he's trying not to lose in the crowded aisles. neil likes watching andrew scrutinizing the products and deciding which is better--he really does look like an old man sometimes, when he furrows his brows and looks down his nose to read the ingredients on something. it makes neil giggle inside.
and neil really, really likes holding andrews hand, especially when they're walking around somewhere--andrew holds his hand tight, and tugs every once in a while when neil gets distracted, like he really is afraid of neil wandering off. it makes neil smile how andrew still feels like neil is his responsibility. he tries to be good, then, for andrew's sake, and not wander off too much, even if just to annoy him.
ugh. that last one was supposed to be ONE SENTENCE but here i am, rolling around in andreil trash again. fuck.
well hope you all enjoy. there are definitely many many more floating around in my brain somewhere. thank you for the ask!!! <3
