All for the Game Tiny Fic

[50 words, funerals, stuart & neil, established andreil, for @aftgtinyfic]

Prompt: Snow ❄️

Skiing turns out to be pretty fun.

It's also stupid and reckless—no one who values their Exy career should court injury so carelessly.

Neil ignores him, whizzes past like a lightning bolt, a blur of bright hair, the trail of laughter in the air.

for last week’s @aftgtinyfic prompt lol

Neil & Ichirou | T | mafia au | 200w

summary:

The first time Neil ever talked to Ichirou, they stroke a deal. Neil has since learned how the new head of the Moriyamas interpreted said deal. Suffice to say, he does not agree. - a mini continuation from the mobwife au

after a life of living in the shadows of the Nest, of fear and cruelty, renee has come to love her Sunshine Court. she wakes every morning to the smell of laila's cooking and cat's music. she spends her days basking in the glow of her technicolor trojans and counts every act of kindness on the beads of her rosary. every night, she prays for forgiveness.

"you disgust me."

renee flinches.

Prompt: "Do you see what you've become?"

Neil Josten is dead.

He died the moment the envelope revealed three neatly severed fingers—such a cliché that he only stopped laughing when Aaron punched his mouth shut.

There’s been no time to mourn, neither Andrew nor Neil.

[50 words, implied cheating, age gap, kayleigh/aaron, for @aftgtinyfic]

Kayleigh doesn’t share details with the men that grace her bed.

Until Aaron, that is.

“I shouldn’t see you again, but… My husband’s mom is back in town… I haven’t met her yet but it’s a complicated situation.”

Complicated indeed.

Kevaaron | 50

At first it was a one time thing—until it becomes something that was a full circle recuperation. Kevin sent a text. I'm at the store you need anything? The following day Aaron sent one. I have something for you.

It was a beginning of something.

Oh.

[50 words, canon divergence, gun violence, kayleigh/tetsuji, for @aftgtinyfic]

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Wind tousles Neil's hair as he stands on the beach. Waves nip at the toes of his sandals, just out of reach. Digging into his pocket, he produces a half-empty pack of cigarettes and a zippo, a small comfort he afforded himself in private with Andrew being years off of them.

The clink of the lighter flicking to life shifts something inside of him, dusting away the cobwebs in a corner of his heart Neil had long buried. The curl of smoke up towards his face and into the seaside breeze has him closing his eyes. Reminiscence.

The cigarette burns and burns and burns until it fizzles out at the filter. Neil hums, a short, toneless note, as he lifts his gaze to the ocean waves. He has half a mind to toss the cigarette butt down and leave it. Yet another memento of Neil Josten left behind here for someone else to unbury.

Prompt: Full circle

Jenny is Black, a girl, and about three apples tall.

“When I'm big,” she promises, eyes fierce, “I will be a class I team captain.”

Dan believes her, believes in her. She has learned from her best coach that empathy for your players is an asset, but too much of it will leave you bleeding. Still, she can't help her overwhelming pride for this brave little girl, saying I will be someone, I will prove it to you. 

This day is the happiest of his life—

But it isn't perfect.

Andrew said it doesn't need to be, as long as it's the two of them and their family.

Neil called him a sap after that.

Andrew threatened to stab him.

But still, standing on the grass barefoot as the officiant starts the wedding, he can't help but wish that they had a full circle to bless their union.

Then, movement:

"Mum," he breathes. "You came."

She's unsmiling, but nods at him and moves quickly to stand between Matt and Aaron.

Allison understands hunger in a way most people don't.

She's felt it eating through her stomach while she stubbornly sways away from it.

She's sated the more metaphorical version with exy and Seth, both of which she's told are bad for her.