it's always on the tip of my tongue

Pairing: Evan Buckley/Eddie Diaz Rating: Teen and up Word Count: 17926 Summary: “You wanna talk about it?” Buck asks after a beat. He doesn’t drink his beer. Eddie doesn’t either. It’s a crutch, mostly. A pretence, so that if the conversation gets too deep, too fast they can blame it on the alcohol. Eddie appreciates it. As he thinks about Buck’s question he wonders where to start. He’s told Buck some of it, the important parts, but not- not what compelled him to do any of it in the first place. In the end, he can only think of one thing. Swallowing around the lump clogging his throat, he says, “I don’t think I know how to be in love anymore.” * Eddie Diaz vs the Great Romance Paradigm. Part 1 of 2 in the Eddie vs Romance series

Read here on ao3 ❤️

#this fic is soooooo good y'all!#so excited there's a part 2 coming #buddie #evan buckley #eddie diaz #911 #fic rec #not mine

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justadreamfox

HORSE BOYS

Neil is a horse boy, and Andrew doesn’t fuck with horse boys - even though he maybe used to be one (but we don’t talk about that).

ft. lots of limes, dicks waving about, horses, stargazing, lying liars who lie!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43922130

an Andreil fic for the lovely, the incomparable @fuzzballsheltiepants

fuzzballsheltiepants

what @justadreamfox doesn't say here but SHOULD is that this fic is absolute magic from start to finish. they have managed to capture Andrew's (and Neil's, and Kevin's) character in this very different AU with utter perfection, and with some of the loveliest prose you can imagine to boot.

if you like horses - or even if you don't - you will never get to read a fic that better encapsulates the way it is to be a horse person. the way the obsession lingers and lives under your skin, even when you think you're over it. we know our boys are obsessive (or obsessively in denial) in canon, and this shifts it over to the very real, and very weird, world of competitive jumping and it's glorious.

do yourself a favor and slip into this world. you don't have to like horses, or know anything about them, to appreciate the wonder that is this story

#ok ok everybody stay calm this is not a drill #it's all posted #and it's perfect #i'm in love #aftg #all for the game #tfc #the foxhole court #andrew minyard #neil josten #show jumping au #horse world au #fic rec #not mine

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bazookajo94

ride or die - bazookajo94 - All For The Game - Nora Sakavic [Archive of Our Own]

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oh hey! i love the @aftg-mixtape event and i love @fuzzballsheltiepants

fuzzballsheltiepants

GIF by supportive-snapmaw

actual footage of me since I read this fic, it's so freaking good y'all (and the title is beyond perfect)

#fic rec #not mine #aftg #all for the game #tfc #the foxhole court #andrew minyard #neil josten #and a series of car accidents #feels like a soulmate au but isn't #and it's perfect

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jostenlovesminyard

Room to Heal - JostenlovesMinyard - All For The Game - Nora Sakavic [Archive of Our Own]

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard Characters: Neil Josten, Andrew Minyard, Aaron Minyard, Betsy Dobson Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Bookstore, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Alternate Universe, Cat Cafe, rescue cats, tj klune, Kissing, First Kiss, Sharing a Bed, Healing, mentions of gunshot wound, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Light Angst, Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, AFTG Fall Exchange 2021, AFTG Exchange, brief mention of past sexual assault, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Books Summary:

Andrew has a crush on the cute bookstore employee who works opposite his cat cafe. Neil comes in one evening and ends up resting his injured leg for too long. Andrew suggests he just sleep in his apartment above the cafe instead. However, will he be able to let Neil close to him, emotionally and physically? Or will he push him away, undoing all his hard work in the process? Here’s my @aftgexchange Fall 2021 piece for @fuzzballsheltiepants ! I really hope you like this because I absolutely loved your prompt! I loved writing this for you! Let me know what you think <3

#is this adorable?#yes yes it is #caring andrew #cat cafe #hurt/comfort #bed sharing #aftg #all for the game #tfc #the foxhole court #andrew minyard #neil josten #Andreil #fic rec #not mine

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annawrites

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard

Characters: Neil Josten, Andrew Minyard, Minor Characters

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - No Exy (All For The Game), Alternate Universe - Music Store, record store, Cats, Dogs, Friends to Lovers

Summary: Between his record store, Andrew, and his three cats, Neil's life has finally settled into a comfortable routine. Things are thrown very slightly into turmoil when Andrew shows up with a dog one day. Read it on AO3 here for @fuzzballsheltiepants pillar of this fandom knees of the bee pyjama of the cat xo

fuzzballsheltiepants

oh my god this is so perfect everyone needs to drop what they're doing and go read it right now

liminal-space record store atmosphere? check

sweet, protective dog who adores Andrew? check

nosy neighbors who are invested in Neil's life? check

pining after your closest friend? check

cats who are tiny balls of rage (including Bowie, named after the knife, not the musician)? check

Anna's trademark lovely writing? check and CHECK

seriously this was amazing in every possible way

#fic rec #not mine #aftg #all for the game #tfc #the foxhole court #neil josten #andrew minyard #andreil #record store au #complete with lovable pets

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knox-knocks

triquetrine

Anonymous asked:

a humble request of more blanche content, the neighbor of andrew and neil

triquetrine answered:

I LOVE BLANCHE (here’s where i first wrote about her)

when andrew graduates, he signs with a pro team and moves into a studio apartment in portland
his adjustment period is a little rough, he’s surprisingly homesick for the foxes/neil, and settling in with his new team takes a while
one night he’s coming back from a long practice when he sees the old lady who lives next door trying to carry a big box up the stairs
naturally he offers to help her, and she starts rambling about this cake she just made, and how he should absolutely stay and have some coffee
what is he gonna do? say no??
he learns her name is blanche, and she was recently widowed a few years ago
andrew is intrigued, because her apartment is a) very colorful b) covered in souvenirs and photographs from all over the world and c) currently a foster home for kittens from a local shelter
the box was full of wet food, and he helps feed the 8 kittens she’s currently watching over as she gets their cake and coffee ready
she explains that she started fostering cats as a way to cope with her grief, but it also just makes her happy
they start talking, and andrew prepares himself to listen politely to her life story for maybe 45 minutes tops before excusing himself, but he is ENTHRALLED
(also the cake is amazing)
turns out blanche and her husband eloped when they were barely 20 because her toxic, wealthy family disapproved of her falling in love with a total hippie
they then spent a decade as nomadic photographers, traveling all over the place in search of “good stories” before they decided to settle down and have kids
she also swears like a sailor, taught herself five languages, and enjoys laughing about all her near death experiences
blanche: “name any major social movement from that time and i’d betcha we were there! i can’t tell you how many times my husband and i had to escape on motorcycle from the cops”
andrew: “wow.”
andrew, internally: “what the fuck. what the fuck. this 70 something year old is the coolest fucking person i’ve ever met. what the Fuck.”
after two hours of chatting she makes him take some cake home and also asks if he’d be interested in perhaps adopting a kitten or two
again: what is he gonna do?? say no???
and THAT’S how sir and king come into his life
they start having coffee every week, and andrew is not at all embarrassed by the fact that blanche is now one of his good friends
when he casually mentions this to the other foxes everyone is bewildered but neil? not surprised at all
since he doesn’t like sweets, blanche bakes neil a whole tray of focaccia as a welcome gift when he moves in with andrew
“i am so glad to finally meet you, neil! i’ve heard so much about you from andrew” “good things?”
andrew: “bad.”
neil likes blanche enough, but their friendship isn’t fully solidified until they show up in her apartment for coffee one week and he has a bandage on his face from a court brawl
“is that from exy?” “yes” “who hit you?” “the opposing backliner. it’s normal. the sport is really violent.” “hm. well i sure hope you socked him right back” “of...of course” “good! now who wants banana bread?”
blanche reminds neil a little bit of wymack and a little bit of abby, but also a little bit of his mother
he’s never really wanted or thought about having a grandmother before, but now he gets the appeal
he also just finds her dynamic with andrew absolutely hilarious
one time andrew took her to the grocery store in the maserati and they may have gotten a few stares
“there better be a trunk in there somewhere or it’s a shit car, andrew” “there’s a trunk, blanche” “how’d you pay for this thing?” “with cash” “for fuck’s sake, andrew” “it’s fine, blanche”
they then proceeded to argue in every section of the store
“oh please, six dollars for that tiny thing of ice cream? tell me what you like and i’ll make you some for free” “i get paid in millions of dollars” “then why don’t you spend it on a car with a bigger trunk?” “blanche-”
unbeknownst to them, a fellow shopper sneaks some photos and posts them to twitter
and that’s how blanche gets several hysterical phone calls from her teenaged exy fan grandkids wanting to know why the internet thinks she’s andrew minyard’s grandma

#amazing #i want blanche for my adoptive grandma #aftg #all for the game #tfc #the foxhole court #andrew minyard #neil josten #fic rec #not mine

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jemej3m

reach

for @nickyklose who suggested that adorable cat tiktok should be an andreil meet cute: i love your brain.

He’s there again, reaching up for the landing.

Andrew doesn’t know who the hell the guy thinks he is, but he’s there every morning with a cat treat in his palm, smiling up at King like she’s the cutest cat he’s ever seen. The top of the stairs - Andrew managed to snatch a great rent deal on a flat above a bookstore, where the stairs up to his place descend in this narrow alleyway between storefronts - is the only place outside that King will risk. She’s an inside cat by both nature and nurture. She doesn’t like noise and hates people.

This is why its so perplexing to watch.

It took three months for King to acclimate to him, and that was half the projected timeline from the rescue centre team. And yet: here stands a guy with brilliantly sharp cheekbones and ridiculously wild curls, reaching up on the tips of his toes every morning.

And every morning, King reaches back.

After they poke each other - toebean to fingertip - the stranger will flick up a treat. King will catch it, and relish in his quiet applause.

And then he’ll run off, back to his usual route. His normal routine. It’s probably less than a blip on his radar, but for Andrew, it nearly consumes his entire morning.

Nicky tells him that he needs to be braver with his heart. That he can’t just hide away from the truth forever. Andrew doesn’t - has never - wanted to initiate anything more than meaningless hookups in alleyways a little darker than his own.

Saying hello doesn’t mean you’re initiating anything, he has to remind himself. It’s being…friendly.

But Andrew’s not a friendly person, and even if he was, he isn’t sure he’d want to befriend a guy who brings cat treats on his runs and makes sure to reach out for King every morning like its the ‘Hand of God’.

Though, he does somewhat look like he belong in a classical painting. He’s gorgeous from head to toe, even whilst sweaty and flushed. Especially then.

It’s 7:51 in the morning when he turns the corner. The sun is climbing steadily higher, and whilst the man slows his jog, Andrew waits by the door. He’d light a cigarette for nonchalance, but he doesn’t smoke around King, and the guy’s probably some kind of health freak. It’s not a habit that sits well in every crowd.

The man smiles like the sun as he reaches up. King, the selective brat she is, reaches down to meet him. As the stranger retreats his hand, Andrew opens the door and steps out onto the landing.

At least the man has the audacity to look chastised, but it doesn’t stop him from offering King’s treat. Andrew settles himself on the railing, making sure to appear supremely unimpressed.

“Don’t worry,” the man assures, smiling crookedly as King chews on her well-earned treat. “They’re healthy. My cat’s apparently morbidly obese, so they’re vet-approved treats.”

At least he hadn’t bought treats just for this purpose.

“What’s their name?” he asks, like this isn’t a strange occurrence at all. Like Andrew’s not glaring at him.

“King,” Andrew decides, watching as she slinks back through the cat flap, her daily socialisation with the outside world complete.

“Adorable,” the man comments. “You two have similar veneers.”

“You think you’re funny.”

He shrugs. “Sometimes.” He jogs backwards, resuming his morning routine with a two-fingered salute in Andrew’s direction. “See you tomorrow?”

Andrew flips him the bird. The sound of the man’s laughter clings to his skin, long after he’s turned the corner.

heehee short n sweet

#not sure how I missed this #but it's adorable #aftg #all for the game #tfc #the foxhole court #andrew minyard #neil josten #king fluffkins #fic rec #not mine

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likearecordbb

The Bachelor of Baltimore - likearecord - All For The Game - Nora Sakavic [Archive of Our Own]

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My gift for @scribbleb-red for the @aftgexchange

Happy winter!!

#omg y'all have got to read this #fic rec #not mine #neil josten #andrew minyard #kevin day #allison reynolds #fluff & humor & angst all wrapped into one amazing package

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dkafterdark

annawrites asked:

for the prompts - #17 for your andreil high school AU if you like? (nsfw is fine but not required) no pressure though!! :o

I am very embarrassed to admit that this ask is from summer 2019. Yep, my brain’s been offline for a long time. I have a vague memory that the #17 prompt was something along the lines of Can I stay over? I hope so because that’s what I wrote! For newcomers to the high school AU: Neil is a senior at a high school in Columbia and meets Andrew at a fundraiser for the high school Exy team. I’ve written several different stories set in this AU but there isn’t an ongoing story (maybe there will be someday). At this point Neil and Andrew have known each other about six months and have been dating a few months. This AU is intentionally softer than canon!

Andreil, T for Teen, 2200 words, will be posted on my AO3 (justdk) as “Say Goodnight” (title of a Jump, Little Children song)

Neil is used to being cold and hungry and alone. Being homeless isn’t great but it’s better than the alternative – being dead. And these days, if he’s really desperate, he can stay at Carson’s. Except Carson’s family is on vacation visiting relatives in south Florida.

The cold cuts through Neil’s layers and he shivers in the sleeping bag, wishing that he was curled up on Carson’s floor. He has the skills to break in while the family’s gone but he’d never do that to them, and the risk is too great. If he were caught breaking and entering he’d end up in police custody and then, when they got to the business of wanting to contact a parent or guardian, well… the jig would be up. Best case scenario is that he would end up in foster care but he’d probably go to juvie. Either way he’d be on his father’s radar and his already perilous life would get even shorter.

No one knows that he’s squatting in an empty house in an abandoned subdivision, scraping by without electricity or running water. If he told Carson or Andrew then it would lead to questions he couldn’t answer. And can he really burden his best friend with that? Or his boyfriend?

#this is so soft #aftg #all for the game #tfc #the foxhole court #neil josten #andrew minyard #high school au #fic rec #not mine

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gluupor

We Used To Be Friends - Chapter 20 - gluupor - All For The Game - Nora Sakavic [Archive of Our Own]

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It’s finally done! Here’s a soft epilogue to wrap things up!!

Start from the beginning

#*cries*#fic rec #not mine #aftg #all for the game #tfc #the foxhole court #neil josten #andrew minyard #veronica mars au

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i-want-delfeur

Anonymous asked:

not sure if you did this already but hc ace/bi aaron coming out to nicky. nicky realizing that aaron just didn’t want to here about nickys sex life. and aaron has internationalized homophobia. (day his mom beat him for something, also adding you fic about aaron’s being molested, or like luther doing something to aaron when he sent nicky to the camp.

i-want-delfeur answered:

So I kinda changed it but I hope you still like it

.....

Aaron knocked on Nicky's open door before he could talk himself out of it.

"Hey," he said when his cousin looked up from whatever he was doing on his laptop. "Can we talk about something?"

Nicky nodded, already opening his mouth as he closed his laptop over while Aaron walked into the room, closing the door behind himself.

"What's up?"

"I..." Aaron took a breath. But when he opened his mouth, nothing came out.

Nicky looked at him and Aaron wasn't sure if what he saw in his cousin's eyes was amusement or curiosity. Or both.

"Aaron, what's going on?"

"I just..." Another breath.

Now Nicky was starting to look concerned.

"Aaron? What is it?"

"I'm..." Aaron groaned. Why was this so fucking hard? "I really want to say this but I need you not to ask or say anything until I'm done because I don't think I'll say it if I don't just get it all out at once."

Nicky looked apprehensive, but nodded. He had moved his laptop and notebooks to the side of his bed, and Aaron belatedly realised he'd interrupted Nicky studying.

After a few seconds of patient silence from the man, Aaron took a breath. Always another fucking breath.

"I - I know I'm usually an asshole. About you and Erik. About you. About Andrew and Neil. About all of you being gay. And I know I'm an asshole to you whenever you mention other guys or anything to do with your sex life." A glance at his cousin showed that the man was paying attention and Aaron took another breath as he made himself continue. "It's not - it's not because you're gay. I know I say shit about you being gay, but I don't mean it. Not really. I don't really have a problem with you being gay, I never have, and I'm really, really fucking sorry that I made you think I did, especially after you survived fucking conversion therapy and still managed to find Erik after that shit. I'm really, really sorry."

Nicky looked like he wanted to interrupt, so Aaron kept going, trying not to focus on the fact his cousin was starting to well up.

"It's just because - it's just because it's sex. It's not because it's gay sex, I just say more shit about that. But the others going on about straight sex or whatever other kind of sex they have, it's all the same. It - the way you used to react whenever Dan and Matt brought up anything about their sex life. You'd joke about how gross it was. It feels like that. Anyone talking about any kind of sex. I just, I don't get it - how anyone can think it's good or enjoy it or even want it. I'm-"

The words froze in his throat and he gulped. Nicky was still watching him, something close to hope in his eyes. Eagerness?

Aaron took a breath. And another. When he opened his mouth, he could feel the words trying to claw their way back down into the pit of his stomach but he knew he'd never be able to say it if he let them.

"I'm asexual," he spat. It came out angry and hurt and everything he never wanted anyone to see.

Nicky was smiling softly, and when Aaron didn't say anything else, just looked back at him, his cousin gestured to his own mouth and throat. Aaron couldn't talk, so he just nodded his head.

He waited for his cousin to laugh. To joke. To make fun of him. To tell him he was broken and unnatural and that he'd change his mind if he just slept with someone or watched some good porn. But instead all the man said was: "Can I hug you?"

Aaron blinked, confused, but nodded slightly. He was wrapped up in Nicky's arms a second later, as his cousin held him close and Aaron felt himself starting to tremble as he realised his cousin wasn't going to tell him he was wrong.

"Thank you," Nicky said into his ear. "Thank you for telling me, for trusting me."

Aaron gulped.

"Does anyone else know?" Nicky asked and Aaron took a breath of his cousin's cologne as he tried to get his bearings.

"Just Andrew," he said, voice slightly muffled against Nicky's tshirt. "I knew he wouldn't care, so that made easier. And he said he and Neil already knew, anyway."

Nicky held him tighter then let go, keeping his hands on Aaron's shoulders as he pulled back slightly.

"I'm gonna tell Matt later," Aaron murmured. "I mean, he should know why I don't wanna sleep with him but still wanna go out with him."

Nicky was nodding along, gently rubbing circles into Aaron's shoulders as he spoke, the words tumbling out of his mouth.

"I just- I figured you'd be the hardest one to tell, so I thought your reaction would make Matt's seem easy in comparison."

When he looked up, Nicky was frowning at him. "Why would I be the hardest to tell?" he asked quietly, and Aaron gulped when he realised his cousin sounded hurt. Shit. "Aaron? Did you - did you think I wouldn't be ok with you being ace?"

Aaron took a breath. When he spoke, he couldn't look his cousin in the face.

"It's just- all that shit you said about Neil, before he and Andrew got together. About him not swinging, about how unnatural it was, how he just needed to go out with someone or get a date or get laid and it'd fix him, how he wasn't normal and was broken because he wasn't interested in having sex with anyone."

Nicky stared at him for a beat and then Aaron was pulled against his chest again, his cousins arms wrapped around him like a vice.

"I'm sorry," he said. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I - I thought it was a joke with him, I thought- fuck Aaron I'm so sorry."

Aaron buried his face in the crook of the man's neck and let him hold him.

Some time later, Nicky pulled back.

"Whenever you tell Matt," he said. "He'll be ok with it. And if he gives you shit, send him over to us, alright?" When Aaron nodded his cousin pulled him in again. "God, I'm sorry I said that shit- fuck. Are you good?" Aaron nodded again and his cousin took a breath. "Ok. OK. I'm gonna go apologise to Neil for saying that shit in the first place. I didn't- I didn't even realise it wasn't funny."

Aaron managed a weak smile. "You saying we just need to get laid is like me saying you just need to hook up with Allison," he whispered and Nicky made a noise in the back of his throat, pulling Aaron in again with another apology before he was hurrying out the room and the dorm, and Aaron heard him knocking at Andrew's door a few seconds later.

"Thank you," he whispered to the empty room.

#i love this #aaron minyard #nicky hemmick #ace aaron minyard #coming out #aftg #all for the game #tfc #the foxhole court #fic rec #not mine

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annawrites

Chapters: 1/15 Fandom: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard Characters: Neil Josten, Andrew Minyard, Matt Boyd, Danielle “Dan” Wilds, Renee Walker (All For The Game), Seth Gordon, Allison Reynolds (All For The Game), Kevin Day, Jean Moreau, Jeremy Knox, David Wymack, Abby Winfield, Aaron Minyard, Katelyn (All For The Game), Nicky Hemmick Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Roommates/Housemates, Friends With Benefits, Pining, Friendship, Found Family, Explicit Sexual Content, Non-Sexual Intimacy, as is our collective jams, Demisexuality, Feelings Summary: After college, Neil is drifting and a bit lost. When Matt makes him move in with him and his housemates, Neil isn’t sure what to expect. Finding a family, having casual sex, and then promptly ruining that by falling not-so-casually in love is not on his agenda, though.

Read chapter 1 on AO3 here!

djhedy

LOOK AT IT

JUST LOOOOOK

so i says to anna i says what if andreil friends with benefits haha

and she says she says yeah here’s an idea for it

and i says OMG i love that

and she says hey what if… we wrote… together… unless…

and i says i says I DO wait what

fuzzballsheltiepants

wait WHAT?!?!?1

#i am excited omg #i had no idea #2 amazing people TOGETHER?!?!#anna does the best collabs #technically i'm at work and should not be reading this #i will be reading this #aftg #all for the game #fic rec #not mine

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annawrites

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, Allison Reynolds/Renee Walker (All For The Game), Neil Josten & Renee Walker Characters: Neil Josten, Andrew Minyard, Danielle “Dan” Wilds, Renee Walker (All For The Game), Kevin Day, Matt Boyd, Allison Reynolds (All For The Game), Nicky Hemmick, Aaron Minyard, Jean Moreau, Thea Muldani Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - No Exy (All For The Game), Alternate Universe - Library, Enemies to Lovers, Frenemies, Fundraisers, Dogs, Fluff, soft, Poetry Slam, Costume Parties & Masquerades, Rival Librarians, Friendship, Found Family, Poetry in the dark, Library sleepover, Pranks Summary: When the existence of their library is threatened, rival librarians Neil and Andrew must team up to save it.

Read the fic on AO3!

#this fic is so cute y'all #it's the best ever hallmark movie/fic #neil josten #andrew minyard #let's save the library!#fic rec #not mine

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gluupor

When You Assume... - by gluupor

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Neil’s fine, honestly. Sure, most of his friends are taking a semester abroad and he’s all alone. Sure, his boyfriend is also gone and they’re “on a break”, but that’ll work itself out as soon as Andrew gets home. Right? Right. They’ll be fine.

Or: fairly ridiculous miscommunication fluff that’s really hard to summarize in a way that doesn’t sound angsty.

My gift for @fuzzballsheltiepants for the @aftgexchange! Hope you enjoy!

fuzzballsheltiepants

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and I’m at work so can’t read it yet but I am so excited, what a treat for me tonight!!!

#fic rec #not mine #aftg #all for the game #neil josten #andrew minyard #andreil

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annawrites

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard Characters: Neil Josten, Andrew Minyard, Kevin Day, Matt Boyd, Danielle “Dan” Wilds, Allison Reynolds (All For The Game), Aaron Minyard, Renee Walker (All For The Game) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - No Exy (All For The Game), lifeguard AU, Summer, Swimming Pools, Pining, Fluff, swimming lessons, soft, Demisexual Neil Josten Summary: Neil works as a lifeguard at the local swimming pool. Andrew can’t swim.

Read it on AO3 here!

Happy birthday @gluupor you are an absolute delight and I am honoured to know you.

#this fic is amazing y'all #aftg #all for the game #tfc #the foxhole court #neil josten #andrew minyard #andreil #lifeguard!neil #fic rec #not mine

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paintthemoonblue

Chapters: 1/9 Fandom: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, Andrew Minyard & Renee Walker Characters: Andrew Minyard, Neil Josten, Renee Walker (All For The Game), Kevin Day, Allison Reynolds (All For The Game), Danielle “Dan” Wilds, Matt Boyd, Aaron Minyard, Betsy Dobson Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - College/University, Homelessness, Pining, Hurt/Comfort, Friendship, Found Family, Mental Health Issues, Crushes, Angst, Choose Your Own Adventure, Interactive, POV Third Person

Summary: Andrew gets kicked out of juvie for good. Does he a) roam the streets hoping someone will put him out of his misery, b) stumble across an old friend, c) fall in love with his high school crush even though he’s a pipe dream and Andrew is nothing, or d) all of the above?

Or: the AU in which you get to help Andrew make a lot of dumb decisions, and maybe a few good ones, as a treat.

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Babies are not cats (cats are easy)

Neil peaked through the crack of the door, standing at a practiced angle so as to not cast a shadow into the dark room. At the late hour, after the weekend they’d had, he was unsurprised to see Andrew so exhausted. What was surprising was his completely relaxed posture. Neil had been sure, given everything he knew about Andrew, that he would be on high alert for the duration of their stay. Their invasion.

Yet there he was, reclined in a glider, head tilted back, eyes closed, and one hand securing a tiny baby to his chest. He wasn’t asleep. Neil could tell because his mouth was closed and his thumb was soothing against the baby’s back. Also because of the quiet sound he was making.

“What are you doing?” Neil whispered. He had to ask, because he wanted to understand, but part of him hoped he’d been too quiet to be heard. An answer meant being engaged. Being engaged risked being drawn in.

“Lacy woke up,” Andrew said, no louder than the soft sound he was making. Neil’s burnt out brain tried to make sense of it.

“Are you… purring?”

Andrew cracked open an eye and found it in himself to muster up a judgemental look. “I’m humming.”

Oh. That made much more sense. Neil missed their cats…

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