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.