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@deathdorito said: For Raven Neil enjoyers i recomend Innominate by Major_816 - Neil starts off as a raven and from there he makes it to the foxes and alll that jazz
‘Innominate’ opens with Nathaniel Wesninski inhabiting his Alex persona, but not on the run like you might expect. He’s actually on the prowl. His eyes are butcher blue and his blond wig itches. The short while he’ll spend as Alex doesn’t justify a bleach job this time. He’s a friendly guy with photos of his hotel-industry family, unshakable documentation, known dietary preferences, and mannerisms practiced and polished down to a heartthrob smile that’s bigger on the left side.
Nathaniel’s hierarchy of loyalty puts Ichirou Moriyama and Jean Moreau at the top. Ichirou is favorite son and next in line to lead his family’s crime syndicate. Jean was sold to the Moriyamas as a child. Together they are family; brothers forged in blood. Only they and one other know him as Abram, his core identity that he’s fought to hold through a grizzly childhood as both carved and carver. Abram’s been terrorized and trained his whole life by his father, the Butcher of Baltimore, a bloody enforcer for the Moriyamas. The Family holds Abram’s second tier of loyalty with the noted exception being his machinations to disempower and kill their Butcher.
Abram is richly detailed, fractured and complex; plagued with debilitating nightmares and flashbacks, determined to hold on to his humanity but sometimes losing himself entirely to a persona more lethal than the Butcher who raised him. Now he’s been tasked to go deep undercover to shore up problems in the world of college exy where the Family has a vested interest. Jean has been undercover with Edgar Allan University’s team for 3 years. He reports on the Family’s weak link, lesser son Riko Moriyama. As Riko grows increasingly violent and unhinged, Jean gets quieter. Ichirou and Abram know something is wrong. To them Jean is a brother. To Riko he is property, a convenient target for abuse.
As Neil Josten, Abram’s mission is to infiltrate Palmetto State’s underdog exy team, to work out exactly what Riko is doing to Jean and extract him if need be, and to decide if Palmetto’s newly acquired star player Kevin Day is a loose end better off dead. As Day rebounds from a near career-ending secret attack by Riko, he remains a target for the lesser brother’s jealous rage that threatens to bring unwanted attention to the Family. Abram’s also determined to unravel what power beyond Riko tampered with goalie Andrew Minyard’s medical and psychiatric records and swayed a court to keep him medicated out of his mind. He needs to keep Andrew from looking too closely at the house of cards underpinning the identity of unknown exy prodigy Neil Josten, despite their eyes locking time and time again and the unshakeable feeling that they are somehow the same.
Ichirou is humanized and emotive; married with a baby on the way, protective of his chosen brothers, concerned for his father’s failing health, not quite ready to wear the crown. Jean fought back as a child and Abram suffered for it. What hurts is he hiding now? How will the brothers bring down the Butcher? Buckle up for the ride, y’all. I highly recommend investing in this story if you can handle the trauma and violence, it’s shaping up to be a stunner. Thanks very much for the rec! - A
Innominate by Major_816 [Rated E, 73397 words, Incomplete, Updated September 2021]
An AU where Mary never got Nathaniel out. Instead, he became too invaluable of an asset to be killed off or 'gifted' to Tetsuji. Instead, he's raised with Ichirou and Jean as a part of Ichirou's inner circle.
He'd always had a knack for languages and lying and all the 'messy stuff' came easily enough when your father is called the Butcher of Baltimore. So Nathaniel became the Wraith. He was untraceable, unknowable, infalliable; a criminal fairytale.
When Kevin Day leaves the Nest, there's no better person to send.
~
"Who the hell are you?" Andrew demanded.
He wasn't anyone, not really; not anymore. He hadn't really been anyone in years now. There'd been a time. Once. But there were entire lifetimes between who he could have been and what he'd become. He could taste it sometimes; blackberries and sand stinging his tongue like the iron branded on his shoulder.
It was easier to pretend he'd never been anyone at all.
"I'm nothing," he answered. the ghost of a smile pulled at his lips; sharp and cruel. "A wraith." The Wraith, he didn't say, but the shadows ran through Adnrew's eyes and he wondered if Andrew had heard it anyways.
tw: graphic depictions of violence, tw: graphic nightmares, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: blood/gore, tw: referenced flaying, tw: graphic description of corpses, tw: murder, tw: canonical character death, tw: flashbacks, tw: victim blaming, tw: panic attacks, tw: child abuse, tw: abuse, tw: nonconsensual drug use, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: kidnapping, tw: alcohol, tw: dissociation
NB: There are also bonus scenes for this fic!
adj. not named or classified by Major_816 [Not Rated, 11267 words, Incomplete, Updated September 2021]
Bonus Scenes and alternate POVs from Innominate; including previous missions of the Four Horsemen, Abram as a kid, lots of foreign countries, and a lot of chaos.
tw: drugs, tw: nonconsensual drug use, tw: kidnapping, tw: panic attacks, tw: violence, tw: murder, tw: torture, tw: child abuse, tw: child trafficking, tw: animal abuse & death, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: gun violence, tw: knife violence, tw: blood
Any fics about andrew and the foxes their relationships thank you have a good day
I’ve got canon-setting recs for you and a mix of that and AUs in previous recs. -A
from previous recs:
kandreil as childhood friends here
Matt & Andrew/Allison & Andrew here
BFFs Andrew & Renee here
Andrew loving toward Kevin here
foxes defending Andrew here
the monsters as family/friends here
upperclassmen bashing here
‘“Calm down. I look a lot worse than I am.”’ here
‘Surreal But Nice’ here
‘Insincerely, M. Andrew’ and ‘N for nebulous’ here
‘creature of habit’ here
‘countless’ and ‘Uneven Odds’ here
‘In Flanders Fields’ here
Andrew & Wymack:
Andrew’s trust in Wymack here
‘100% Loved’ here
‘Ohana Means Family,’ ‘Foxhole Tidbits Chapter 11: Dadmack’ and ‘Badass coach prompt’ here
‘Return of Dad!Mack’ series parts 1 & 3 here
‘Even Angels fear the Fall’ here
Take me as I am by EarlGreyjoy [Rated G (we say T), 20621 Words, Incomplete, Updated July 2021]
Andrew Minyard vs ableism
tw: ableism, tw: alcohol
Because our hearts are heavy burdens (we shouldnt have to bear alone) by wesawbears [Rated T, 1237 Words, Complete, 2021]
Andrew is exceedingly terrible at being sick, but the Foxes rally to make sure he's cared for, even if he wouldn't return the favor.
I Didn't Choose Them by buriedinbaltimore [Rated T, 4503 Words, Complete, AFTG Mixtape Exchange 2021]
If Andrew was forced to hear that god awful song one more time, he was going to stab Nicky.
Nicky’s listening to a song on repeat in the shower and Andrew is not a fan. Neil helps him deal with the aftermath.
tw: sensory overload, tw: dissociation, tw: implied/referenced csa, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon
On the Flipside by EmmmaMmmm [Rated T, 1906 Words, Complete, 2020]
Andrew knows what they think of him - sometimes he does his best to cultivate it, because he isn't all that interested by his teammates - so there should be no reason for any of them to try and defend him.
tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: violence
an echo haunts. by anclrewjosten (caslyc) [Rated G, 1239 Words, Complete, 2019]
An echo haunts. No matter how faded it has become, it will always be there, even when you can not hear it. Andrew Minyard's mind haunts him: Renee Walker hears it.
A Mutual Feeling by Tori_Scribbles [Rated G (we say T), 1109 Words, Complete, 2018]
Part 1 of the In A Foxes Hole series
Renee slid a sheathed knife from her boot and pressed it into Andrew's hand. His fingers curled around the handle and her lips curved into the softest of smiles.
“I don’t need these anymore,” she said, “they already helped me get free.”
tw: implied/referenced drug use, tw: violence
Andrew protecting Dan by @palmettofoxden [Tumbler, 2017]
The whole team is at a bar and some guy recognizes Dan from the strip club she used to work at.
tw: violence
matt & andrew friendship!!! hc by @triquetrine [Tumblr, 2021]
- matt had a fairly easy time becoming friends with nicky, kevin, and aaron, mostly because once all the issues in their respective lives had been somewhat solved they were more open to branching out
NB: bonus short hc here
exy was a nice dream to borrow hc by @kazzyboy [Tumblr, 2021]
So, like, it’s canon that Andrew doesn’t like exy. He downright hates it. Nora has probably said in her extra content that he never ends up liking it.
But you wanna know what I think? I think that I remember Neil promising his exy dream to Andrew until Andrew could find one of his own. He let him borrow it. Keep it, if he wanted.
Andrew Minyard is a comedic genius. hc by @one-black-coffeee (deactivated) [Tumblr, 2021]
he whispers ridiculous commentary and jokes into the ears of the Foxes at the worst times, making them all break out laughing while Andrew remains completely unfazed.
thoughts about Andrew and Wymack’s relationship? hc by @sinistercacophony [Tumblr, 2021]
i think the energy of andrew breaking into wymacks apartment at 3am to steal his alcohol and rant about how much he hates the new kid is fully underutilized and also just. so fucking funny.
Andrew’s various nicknames and who calls him what hc by @ravens-play-exy-too [Tumblr, 2020]
- Drew (Neil) - Monster (the foxes minus Neil) - Andy (Matt ft. some bruises)
Art
Halloween ‘10 and murder besties art by @frisslimbim
andrew and renee chilling in a cafe art by @exyfordays
monster movie night! art by @llheji
Andrew’s lot art by @flightyfoxart
Renee & Andrew BFFs having ice cream art by @aminiyard
Here’s a random rec for you from an author new to our fandom. This fic made my day, my week, my month, and possibly my year – it’s a little too early to say, but probably. We’re treated to Aaron’s POV of reluctant twinyards bonding as his narrow view of Andrew unfolds over a few hours spent together in an emergency room for an exy game injury.
Our glimpses of the other Foxes are few but spot on – the silent convos between Neil and Andrew, Kevin muttering in French and asking when Aaron can play again. Nicky as himself. All of it. Years ago, I broke my wrist by falling off a ladder and the author captures that slightly nauseating pain and subsequent surreal hospital trip so vividly. AND. The hospital staffs’ incorrect age assumptions. The detail of “Highlights” magazine in the hospital waiting room, and a random penguin fact you never knew you needed. This is good food
For the main course, there’s hurt/comfort Andrew style in a mix of snark and feigned aloofness bound together with a mile-wide protective streak. There are short jokes and lollipops. Anger and aggravation. Unexpected insights, like “Aaron has long envied his brother’s ability to somehow make the world appear smaller just by existing in it.” And this:
Andrew speaks then, says haltingly, “You can put your head here, but you can’t touch me anywhere else.” He’s touching his own shoulder with his opposite hand, and he’s not even looking at Aaron. His eyes are fixed firmly ahead, a muscle jumping minutely in his jaw.
And Aaron — doesn’t even know what to say to that, gapes at him for a half a minute without speaking. Then he abruptly looks away from Andrew, mumbles, “It’s fine—”
“If I didn’t mean it,” Andrew interrupts, through gritted teeth. “I wouldn’t have said it.”
Aaron just nods in response, unsure how to answer. After a minute, slow enough Andrew could move away if he wanted, slow enough Andrew could probably move states before he makes contact, Aaron half-shuffles over in his seat, tries to arrange himself as comfortably as possible, and then lowers his head to rest on his brother’s shoulder.
It’s weird. It’s really fucking weird. It’s probably the closest they’ve been since the womb, and for a minute Aaron is stiff and can feel every tensed muscle of Andrew’s under his head. He stays put for a full minute, then two.
“This feels weird,” he mutters, feeling oddly embarrassed.
“Did I fucking ask,” Andrew mutters back, in precisely the same tone.
But Aaron doesn’t move, and Andrew doesn’t move, and eventually Aaron feels himself slowly starts to relax. He feels Andrew do the same, the tension slowly easing out of his frame.
Aaron checks, “Okay?” and Andrew gives a tiny mhm of agreement.
This fic was a gift to my weary heart. I dare you to read it without smiling in recognition. Welcome to the fandom @incogneat-oh, we hope you stick around. - A
never said that i didn't need you by incogneat_oh [Rated T, 10458 Words, Complete, 2021]
"Aaron, are you ready to go? The emergency room queue isn’t getting any shorter.”
Aaron feels a thrill of nervousness pull unpleasantly in his belly. He doesn’t want to spend the night in a brightly-lit, overcrowded emergency room and have strangers prodding at him. He glances back at Andrew, who looks as disinterested as ever. He’s slouched over, hands in his lap and unmoving, face expressionless. He’s facing forward, but his eyes are on Aaron.
And Aaron’s halfway out the door when he swivels. Blurts, “You’ll come with me?"
--
Aaron and Andrew spend an evening hanging out in the emergency department.
tw: implied/referenced abuse
"you attract what you fear"
AHHHH I'm scared of playing exy
Hey guys!! This is my first ask ever but i love all the fics you rec. I was wondering if there are any fics where Matt finds out about andrew and neil before cannon. Like he notices neil coming back from night practice really late and gets suspicious. Thank you!!
Here’s what I found for you! - A
you may also like
‘Everyone Deserves a Lil Snack’ here
‘Andreil upside down kiss’ here
‘Poor Matt’ (mature) here
andreil being lovey dovey but the foxes thought they hated each other prompt fill by @ravenvsfox [Tumblr fic, 2017]
Matt and Dan walk in late, strung together by the hands, still flushed from kissing in the car pre-practice. They go sheepish when they see the unimpressed look on Wymack’s face. Renee smiles brightly at them and Allison gives them a brisk nod, but the monsters are in more disarray than usual. Bits and pieces of their group are missing, and it leaves Matt with the peculiar feeling of looking at a familiar photograph that suddenly has the faces scratched out.
Hey! So, some fics with Neil's previous team/coach in Millport or anyone from Neil's past when he was on the run.
Hi friend! Here are a few pieces we found that deal with Coach Hernandez and the Millport Dingos or people Neil met while on the run. Plus I couldn’t resist including a fic where Neil has to deal with an ex-boyfriend from his time before Palmetto. - S
People Neil met on the run here
From the Bleachers by Aelys_Althea [Rated G, 13681 words, complete, 2019, locked]
When Neil left, Millport didn’t simply disappear. Neither did the people in it.
The Millport Dingos had never been an outstanding team, and Tyler knew he wasn’t an outstanding player, either. In his final year of high school, however, he was determined to make some memories. He just hadn’t expected those memories to come in the form of hours of nail-biting exy matches not played but viewed through a television screen. Neil Josten hadn’t made much of an impression on Millport while he’d been a part of the small town, but the one that formed when he left would last for many years to come.
tw: implied/referenced violence
What About Hernandez? by AkemiAsh [Rated G, 1930 words, complete, 2018]
A look at Neil's journey through the eyes of Coach Hernandez.
on giving a chance by BurningFairytales [Rated G, 778 words, complete, 2016]
Neil Josten is a quiet kid. Almost jumpy. He doesn’t talk to the other students, but he’s a good enough player, and his line-up is missing a striker, so Hernandez lets him on the team.
tw: implied/referenced abuse
Shout out to Coach Hernandez by @spokenfromtheheartandsoul [tumblr, 2018]
Shout out to Coach Hernandez, though. If it hadn’t been for him, the entire trilogy wouldn’t have even happened.
Four years after TKM by @foxesbettingpool [tumblr, 2016]
Four years after TKM, Neil Josten will stand on stage in front of the world and be drafted onto his pro-Exy team.
here I am, there you go again by Ominous [Rated T, 17515 words, complete, 2020]
There's many things about the past Neil chooses to leave behind, and most of the time it's for the best. For some reason though, his brain can't help but cling to the last memories of him.
"My Ex." Neil bites his tongue at the word, because it never feels right. At this point, so many years later, that man is no one. A stranger. He shouldn't presume to know him anymore than his ex should presume to know Neil.
If he remembers Neil at all.
But Neil should know better than anyone that the past always has a way of catching up to him, and this time, he's not as willing to run as he might've initially thought.
tw: implied/referenced abuse
Art
Coach Hernandez memes by @mediumcaps [tumblr, 2020]
Hey! How are you guys doing! I really love y’all and your recs! Do you guys have some fics where everyone is attracted to Neil? Give me pretty boy Neil and him being oblivious about it. That is all thank you for your time
We have quite a number of fics like that in some of our previous posts. In addition, there are the fics below as well as some art. - S + A
oblivious pretty Neil here
pretty Neil here
‘Let the bells ring on a fool’s holiday’ here
‘maybe we could’ here
‘full offense but that is the stupidest thing’ here
‘Delivery Man’ here
‘what about if matt or nicky…’ here
men, abort mission (that is the silver lining in my cloudy disposition) by quensty [Rated T, 2125 words, complete, 2016]
The recorded number of times someone hit on Neil Josten and got nowhere, and the one time Andrew didn't even have to try.
thinking out loud by natewess [Rated T, collection, incomplete, last updated Jan 2019]
Chapter 1: dimples. [T, 159 words]
the murderous Neil's dimples.
Jealous!Andrew prompt fill by @ravenvsfox [tumblr, 2017]
Heres a prompt if u were interested: neil being oblivious when flirted with constantly while andrew doing nothing, passing by, twirling his racquet is enough to get neil's attention (the rest of the foxes smirk)
A fan uses pickup lines on Neil hcs by @kickfoxing [tumblr, 2016]
it’s a pretty common idea that neil is a Pretty Boy™ but doesn’t realize the effects he has on others
Art
he's just a cutie by @maeby_baeby [twitter, 2020]
long haired neil art by @chryseos [tumblr, 2020]
feral b a b y bastard art by @requiemofkings [tumblr, 2019]
Neil wip art by @flightyfoxart [tumblr, 2018]
i’m just gonna leave this here art by @rainbowd00dles [tumblr, 2019]