An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 3/8 Fandom: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic Rating: Mature Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, Aaron Minyard & Andrew Minyard, Katelyn/Aaron Minyard Characters: Kevin Day, Nicky Hemmick, Betsy Dobson, Erik Klose, Allison Reynolds (All For The Game), Renee Walker (All For The Game), David Wymack Additional Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending, Grief/Mourning, Five Stages of Grief, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Fluff and Smut, Neil is a flower child, Cage Fights, POV Andrew Minyard, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Summary:
Andrew and Neil don't meet in Millport, they find each other ten years later in the South of France, near the crumbling walls of Chateauneuf de Grasse, just before the hills begin to bloom with lavender.
This is a story about memory and loss, love and healing, and how even a flower that has been stepped on can grow back in time.
Bookmarker's Notes:
OHMYGOODNESS this is a beautiful story (so far/ch 3). It's evocative, it digs deep into another version of this pairing, and the way @scribbleb-red writes I feel I am RIGHT THERE alongside Andrew + Nathaniel/Neil. I can smell the countryside, taste the pastries Andrew eats + the coffee he drinks, I can feel the holy silence of swimming lap after lap after lap in the pool + I can feel the weight of the irrigation pipes on my shoulder. It's a story full of grief, anger, sadness + a tiny bit of hope. I can hardly wait to see how it unfolds. Won't you join me on the journey?