Written for the @aftg-mixtape 2023.
Complete | 40k | Kevin Day/Neil Josten
No matter who we were, who we’d become, I’d find you. Hunt you down. Make you stay.
It sounded selfish. It sounded brutal.
He prayed for it anyway.
i don’t officially use my ravens-play-exy account anymore (find me @chai-and-cherries), but i know a lot of y’all still follow me on here so here's a fic i wrote for the @aftg-mixtape, go check it out!
Kevin Day / Neil Josten, 40k, complete, endgame is kandreil but part 1 can be read as stand alone. huge ethel cain vibes (preacher’s daughter girlies i KNOW yall are out there lmao)
Title: This is the Way the World Ends
Fandom: All for the Game by Nora Sakavic
Relationship: Kevin Day/Andrew Minyard/Neil Josten
Playlist: Listen to the titwtwe soundtrack:
Summary: Foxborough Academy is a lavish institution for the elite’s worst offspring. ‘Worse’ may be an overstatement, but the numbers don’t lie: these kids have got shit and they’re not sorry for it. The story revolves around Kevin Day’s relationship with Andrew Minyard, your unfriendly neighborhood bastard holding greater secrets than his own inheritance. Neil Josten, a newcomer to the school with a problematic past and even more concerning present, manages to snag both Kevin and Andrew’s attention. But as more truths are revealed, their thin trust in each other begins to crumble. And oh! Did I mention? Someone wants someone dead, and it’s not pretty. Warning: lots of cheesy literature references and some hazardous coffee runs. Also somebody dies. It’s fine.
[Real] Content Warnings: rated Explicit for extended themes of violence, strong language, drugs/drug use, and sexual content. Each chapter contains content warnings for that specific chapter. Please note: I am personally not a fan of detailed gore, so that will be limited. If a warning says, ‘implications’, it truly is brief and mild, but please be aware of any triggers just in case.
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the difference between adam parrish and neil josten is that adam would be able to be friends with andrew minyard but neil would not be able to be friends with ronan lynch
kevin day watches ‘are you smarter than a fifth grader’ and gets almost as heated as he does watching exy when the contestant gets a “that answer was so goddamn obvious you must have dropped out of the fifth grade dumbass” answer wrong now pan camera to matt boyd in the corner who is still counting his fingers trying to figure out who assassinated lincoln
the difference between adam parrish and neil josten is that adam would be able to be friends with andrew minyard but neil would not be able to be friends with ronan lynch
more self love & boosts for the fic writers if ur a fic writer rb w/ ur ao3 name and ur fav fic u wrote so far
Started the rough rough sketch of this in late June of last year but gave up due to my lack of anatomical skills but I finally did it 🥳🥳 Enjoy!
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"you should be court" is so much more than the shattering of kevin's aspirations of coaching neil. it's the moment he realises he hasn't escaped his abuser nearly as much as he thought he had. it's his love for exy being funnelled through neil's same passion, coming to a dead end. it's a startling moment of compassion from kevin for neil, because he knows how much neil would want to be court if it weren't for the people trying to kill him. it's all of these things being too much to put into words that do them proper justice. you should be court.
aftg fans who feel personally violated when people write neil or kevin calling andrew “drew” bc it’s ‘ooc’ vs aftg fans who haven’t read a word of canon in five years and are on their eight thousandth fic of sub/bottom andrew: fight
so y’all remember how andrew-dramatic-ass-minyard programmed neil’s ringtone as like some runaway song? well well well andrew obviously has a reputation to keep so updates neil’s ringtones over the years.
as of la modern day, i propose the following as neil’s new ringtone courtesy of totally-not-a-swiftie andrew j minyard:
the first time neil’s phone rings in front anyone to hear it, it’s during the annual thanksgiving dinner nicky holds (honestly it’s just easier for neil and andrew to reluctantly go than deal with nicky’s arguments if they don’t show up).
andrew’s calling neil cause the former went to make a grocery run (nicky forgot to buy cranberries, the only edible part of the meal if andrew has any say on the matter) and neil is reluctantly helping aaron and kate with the dinner prep when his phone rings.
aaron, extremely confused and a little suspicious: is that who i think it is?
kate, impressed: nice
nicky, walking in to see taylor swift blaring from neil’s phone: it’s a thanksgiving miracle. neil’s playing taylor swift.
neil™️:
neil™️:
neil™️: who’s that
so y’all remember how andrew-dramatic-ass-minyard programmed neil’s ringtone as like some runaway song? well well well andrew obviously has a reputation to keep so updates neil’s ringtones over the years.
as of la modern day, i propose the following as neil’s new ringtone courtesy of totally-not-a-swiftie andrew j minyard:
the first time neil’s phone rings in front anyone to hear it, it’s during the annual thanksgiving dinner nicky holds (honestly it’s just easier for neil and andrew to reluctantly go than deal with nicky’s arguments if they don’t show up).
andrew’s calling neil cause the former went to make a grocery run (nicky forgot to buy cranberries, the only edible part of the meal if andrew has any say on the matter) and neil is reluctantly helping aaron and kate with the dinner prep when his phone rings.
aaron, extremely confused and a little suspicious: is that who i think it is?
kate, impressed: nice
nicky, walking in to see taylor swift blaring from neil’s phone: it’s a thanksgiving miracle. neil’s playing taylor swift.
neil™️:
neil™️:
neil™️: who’s that
the foxes modern day tiktok au
a camera shot of andrew and neil, chilling on the couch after a hard practice. neil’s hair is still wet from the shower where it’s combed back behind his ears. andrew’s arm is thrown over neil’s shoulder, andrew looking straight at the camera while neil’s face is turned toward andrew’s like he’s the only thing worth watching. on andrew’s other side sits kevin, matt standing just behind the couch and leaning down as if talking in kevin’s ear.
the stage is set. nicky moves the phone’s camera until it captures the four clearly. the orange bulb lights lining the dorm ceiling’s wall sets the perfect tone.
dan whispers from where she stands by the door, “i still can’t believe he agreed to do this.”
allison and nicky nod, though the ‘he’ is perhaps unclear. it might’ve been more accurate to say none could believe any of them agreed to do this. matt being the obvious exception of course. boyd is fighting a grin where he stands next to kevin.
nicky says, “alright, y’all ready?”
andrew, bored as ever, “fifty dollars.”
nicky makes a face. “we agreed to twenty!”
“time is money. hurry up.”
neil’s grin is as brutal as ever. nicky rolls his eyes.
“fine, fine,” nicky mutters. “fifty dollars for the mighty minyard. oh, stop looking at me like that.”
“sixty dollars.”
“i hate you. okay, we’re all set. three…two…one…”
nicky’s thumb hits “record.”
kevin pulls away from matt, gazing like the cocky bastard he is at andrew. his lips move seamlessly in time to the voiceover playing from nicky’s phone.
“say she tryna have my baby but plan b the only plan—“
“boy you just my sneaky link.” andrew’s face is bored as ever, but a perfectly timed eye roll hits the point home.
kevin frowns. “i am?”
matt looks dramatically back and forth between andrew and kevin.
andrew mouths, “so don’t keep texting me.” kevin throws his hands up. “im not your bitch stop checking me.” matt’s eye go wide and he puts a hand over his mouth.
andrew’s arm tightens around neil’s shoulder, pulling josten closer to him when andrew says, still staring down kevin, “you come last when he’s next to me”
kevin rolls his eyes, his arms crossing against his chest in defeat. neil pipes up, “his special bitch no recipe, like salt bae open sesame.” he hooks a thumb in andrew’s direction. “you calling while he’s sexing me.”
andrew sighs and finishes the song: “i’m such a…” neil kisses the side of andrew’s jaw while kevin jumps from the couch with his hands up in surrender.
andrew makes direct eye contact with the camera and finishes:
“Freak.”
within a matter of days, it becomes the second most liked video on the foxes official account, only second to the promo clip of when they’d won the championships the year before.
