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Creating Characters With Narcissistic Personality Disorder: A Sensitivity Guide

The fandom loves the idea of Neil drawing/painting on Andrew! We’ll include the headcanons we found.

The specific spelling out ‘I want this forever’ is in chapter 29 of ‘Lessons in Cartography’ — find it in our previous recs. That fic is an outlier in that it devotes considerable page time to Neil drawing on Andrew. We struggle between digging for hidden gold or giving recs that truly zero in on what’s requested. Ok. ‘We’ is me.  -A

previous recs

‘Lessons in Cartography’ here

‘Heart on a Canvas’ here

‘...andrew gets a tattoo’ here

‘Pigment’ and ‘i want you, i'll colour me blue...' here

‘coming down’ here

‘And We’ll Be Running’ here (andreil draw on each other several times throughout)

‘we might be hollow (but we're brave)’ here (chapter 3)

mentioned finger tracing

‘Crazy Rich Neil’ here

‘Sweet Stuff’ here

‘A Lesson On Loneliness’ here

‘Those That Broke Us’ here

‘dating & other disasters’ here

‘Trust’ and ‘No Soul To Be Broken’ here

words or images soul marks

‘Draw Me Out, Mark Me In’; ‘Neil, you made it burn (in a good way)’ and ‘You’re a flashlight in a dark room’ here

‘I'll Follow You’ and ‘doubt thou the stars be fire’ here

‘Marked’ and ‘sting like a bee’ here

‘The Real Thing’ here

‘Now I'm Covered in the Colors’ here, podfic here

‘april showers, april snow storms’ and ‘names’ here

‘Soulmarks Bind Ravens And Foxes Alike’ here

‘If it takes fighting a war for us to meet...’ here

‘The Missed Connections Support Group’ and ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ here

‘Speak easy to me’ here

‘The Foxwhore Court’ here

‘Empty Kiss’ here

‘Two Roads Diverged’ here

‘enlighten me (won't you just set me free)’ here

you may also like

‘Bang Slash Click’ here (completed)

‘If I Tried’ here (andreil, Neil draws on Kevin)

‘Andrew Minyard and Tattoos’ parts 1 and 2 here

‘Welcome to the Club’ here

our tattoo parlour tag

Patchwork by exy_shmexy [Not Rated, 2304 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]

Neil couldn’t help biting his lips, hope shining bright in those infuriatingly blue eyes of his. “Yes or no?” he asked again, completely unable to hide his amusement while he clicked the pen for emphasis. Andrew rolled his eyes. “Yes.” **Or the one where Andrew lets a bored Neil draw on him and then keeps a permanent trace of it.

Tender Moments by wrongturnanxiety [Rated T, 2241 Words, Complete, 2023]

Neil is having a bad day. Andrew is trying his hardest to make sure Neil is safe and secure but he doesn’t always know how to handle these kinds of situations. A story in which Neil draws stars on Andrew’s scars to find closure in the reality trauma and PTSD can cause on particularly rough days.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: self harm

it was a murder but not a crime by gay_irl [Rated T, 21640 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]

Part 1 of i ain't seen the sunshine

Neil and Andrew meet in juvie. Neil is arrested after burning his mother's body and the cops think he killed her. Andrew is there for beating up the guys that threatened Nicky, same as in canon. They share a cell and learn to trust each other. But what will they do when they get out?

tw: canonical character death, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: homophobia

andreil + body art au (reblog of deactivated @wewerefcxes) [Tumblr Fic, 2016]

Andrew and Renee encourage Neil to pursue his art talent by @petalloso [Tumblr Fic, 2016]

Neil finger traces on Andrew

Deception (dun dun dun) by OhThePain_333 [Rated T, 2399 Words, Complete, 2016]

Summer in Columbia, Neil and Andrew morning snuggles, shenanigans ensue

A Glimpse At Fiction by one_black_coffee [Rated T, 2711 Words, Complete, 2021]

Neil still liked to trace over the evidence of Andrew’s humanity when he was afforded the glimpse of it. Tiny freckles dotted the skin on Andrew’s temples. None of them were noticeable when Andrew styled his hair to fall in front of his face. Neil liked to comb it back just for the opportunity to kiss them. Andrew grumbled, asking Neil why he insisted upon devoting so much time to the freckles. Neil always grinned and told him he liked the feeling of so many stars against his lips.

Foxhole Tidbits by SpangleBangle [Collection Rated T/M, Updated  2018] 

Chapter 19: Hands Part 2 [M, 733 Words] Prompt for Andrew's reaction to Neil worshipping his hands

My North Star by H_bee69 [Rated G, 576 Words, Complete, 2023]

Neil finds constellations in Andrew's freckles

flashes of intimacy by mostly_maudlin [Rated T, 8654 Words, Complete, 2023]

Series previously recommended here

Chapter 17: sometimes [496 Words]

Tumblr Prompts ⋆ by Idnis [Rated T, Collection, Complete, 2018]

Chapter 1: Can I kiss you? [919 Words]

Andrew Draws on Neil

Golden Boy by theseyellowdays [Rated T, 950 Words, Complete, 2020, Locked]

"Whatcha up to Drew," Neil asks again and Andrew doesn't say anything, just picks out the brightest blue marker that he has, the one that reminds him of Neil's eyes. He uncaps the marker and points with it at Neil's back. "Yes or no," Andrew asks. "Yes," Neil says, like clock work.

tw: implied/referenced self harm

To Kiss The Skin That Crawls From You by BrokenPineTree [Rated G, 2705 Words, Complete, 2022]

The worksheet is lowered onto Neil’s falling chest, and the mop of hair on Neil's head stirs before raising, one mahogany brow arched in question. Andrew swallows, taking one measly second to himself just as he meets Neil’s cerulean eyes. "Can I draw on you?"

tw: scars

you may also like

(tw: self harm scars and abuse scars)

“YOU DRAW CONSTELLATIONS…” by @poemsforpersephone [Tumblr, 2016]

The Foxes, their scars and glow-in-the-dark paint hc by @agapantoblu [Tumblr, 2017]

Mark Me Yours by @paradoxolotl [Tumblr Fic, 2022]

Dicked Down & Handmade by mitigates [Rated M, 4786 Words, Complete, 2022]

“It’s called Our Love is Our Art.” Eric explained as he handed Andrew the pamphlet he was holding. Nicky was still waving his arms, gleefully waiting for their excitement to match his own. “Do we draw on it?” Neil was already scrolling through his phone but he would at least give Nicky a third of his attention because it was a wedding gift. “Yeah,” Nicky clapped his hands together. “With your dick!”

NB: The fic ‘Already Gone’ by Nina_reads1804 (recced here) does not have this trope, but a chapter note contains befitting song lyrics and links to the music video Get Better by Frank Turner:

I'm trying to get better because I haven't been my best She took a plain black marker, started writing on my chest She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart And said, come on now, let's fix this mess We could get better Because we're not dead yet

fandom headcanons

(tw: self harm scars and abuse scars)

Neil sketches out tattoos on Andrew hc by @andrewsleftknee [Tumblr, 2021]

scars into flowers hc by @asexualaristocratic [Tumblr, 2021]

consider Neil doodling on Andrew hc by @aftgbrainrot [Tumblr, 2022]

AFTG Headcannons! by @morally-gray101 [Tumblr, 2023]

Mathlete Neil skin doodles hc by @writingpuddle [Tumblr, 2020]

Andrew doesn’t mind the feeling of pen tracing… hc by @inlovewithkevinday [Tumblr, 2023]

when Neil traces his finger over Andrew's skin… hc by @blue-jos10 [Tumblr, 2022]

hc that neil traces a key onto andrews arms… by @ravenexy [Tumblr, 2023]

I think Neil would draw stars over Andrew's scars hc by @gayfrogsandarson [Tumblr, 2021]

Monster headcanons part I Have Problems by @kazzyboy [Tumblr, 2021]

Neil’s key sketch turned tattoo hc by @the-inner-musings-of-a-worm and @jtl-fics [Tumblr, 2023]

Mind empty just Neil tracing patterns into Andrew’s skin hc by @chronic-optimistt [Tumblr, 2022]

You know what would be cute hc by @hello-hi-no-bye [Tumblr, 2023]

Domestic Andreil hc by @crystalmethsthings [Tumblr, 2022]

andrew’s shoes hc by @heymrstargazer [Tumblr, 2021]

Neil draws things all over himself hc by @palmettofoxesthings [Tumblr, 2017]

Andrew’s pride flag hc by @solarsenshii [Tumblr, 2017]

Art 

(tw: self harm scars and abuse scars)

Lessons in Cartography fanart by @strokeofinspiration here and here

Andreil for the forget me not project art by @broship-addict 

Andreil fox paw doodles art by @ziegenkind094

drawing on scars art by @247-dialtone

Turn your scars into stars art by @kurra

DIS ONE by @/valetdecarreau_ on twitter

bonus: i feel like neil would hold pens That Way art by @microolli

Here’s everything we could find with Neil as a tattoo artist! This includes a couple of my all-time favorite fics, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. -F

Tattoo artist AU series by @aceass1n [Tumblr, 2021]

Neil is the tattoo artist, Allison is his apprentice, and they work at a studio called “The Foxhole”

part 1 | part two | part three | part four | part five | part six | part seven | part eight | part nine

Ficlet Collection - or "Sam can't seem to stop writing and she wants to put it all on one place" by constellationqueen [Rated T, Collection, Updated 2017]

Chapter 1 prompt fill: "Could you do "you always this quiet?" for andreil? Thank you!"

“Do you guys do walk-ins?”

Neil looks up from where he’s filling out some paperwork to file on a client that just scheduled an appointment. The blond man standing in front of him has an arm braced on the glass countertop, peering through at the miscellaneous piercings inside.

(tw: scars, tw: implied/referenced abuse)

Foxglove Court series by moonix

Part 1: Foxglove Fridays [Rated T, 4207 words, Complete 2017]

Every Friday, Neil comes into Andrew's shop to buy flowers.

Part 2: Wishbone Wednesdays [Rated G, 8509 words, Complete 2018]

Attraction is a slow creature for Neil. It sneaks up on him over time and winds him tighter and tighter in its coils until he’s smothered in it.

In which Andrew is a florist with magic hands, Neil is a tattoo artist with a tragic past, and everyone else is busy wooing Renee at the coffee shop.

(tw: scars tw: anxiety)

NB: podfic for this fic: [podfic] Foxglove Court by growlery [Complete 2020]

NB: art for this fic by @lio-zehel here

A Splash of Color by gluupor [Rated G, 1548 words, Complete 2020, AFTG Bingo]

A tattoo parlor/flowershop AU featuring Oblivious Neil who Definitely Hates The Florist Next Door

Forever by jostenminyard (onceuponahundred) [Rated G, 807 words, Complete 2016]

okay but pls if you want elaborate on the coffeshop/florist/tattoo shop au again like i just want to know what kind of tattoos neil gives the boys and how the convo goes like do they ask him to make his doodles permanent does he ask to do smth on them ?? do they have tattoos before ?? does neil ever let andrew or kevin use his gun (w some practice) to do smth on him pls i am dying have a wonderful day

Guns and Roses by @stickballjost10 [Tumblr, 2018]

You may also like this recently updated fic where Neil designs tattoos:

Fine-Tuned Afflictions by jensen_57 [Not Rated, 4625 words, incomplete, last updated May 2021]

Neil designs tattoos but refuses to get one. Andrew gives them and exchanges Neil's designs for anything and everything he can find. They skyrocket Foxhole Inks' business and have left him in stunned silence more times than he's willing to admit. So, why is Neil so against getting one of those beautiful pieces decorating his skin?

(technically could be considered just another tattoo artist/bookstore au)

And possibly this one in French:

Il faut choisir, la vie est ailleurs by Dienael [Rated T, 6174 words, Complete 2018]

Le nouveau tatoueur du salon d’Hampton Street avait une tête qui ne lui revenait pas. Ce n’était pas que la tête de grand monde revenait à Andrew seulement, la plupart du temps, il savait pourquoi il prenait en grippe quelqu’un plus que le reste du monde entier.

Lorsque Kevin décide de se faire tatouer, Andrew comprend petit à petit pourquoi exactement, la tête du tatoueur ne lui revenait pas.

(tw: violence)

Art:

tattooed Andrew and tattooed Neil by @lio-zehel

Does anyone remember a drarry fic with Veela! Harry? It was set in the future. Harry suddenly came into his Veela lineage and everyone was kinda super attracted to him unless they were in love already. Or unless they sucked on peppermint sticks. I’m pretty sure both Harry and Draco were aurors or at the very least worked for the ministry. At the start Draco was in a relationship and in love with someone so Harry’s Veela side wasn’t an issue until later on??

Pairing: Harry/Draco/Ron Rating: E Word count: 15k Status: Complete Summary: It’s quite one thing for your best mate to casually tell you about all the sex his boyfriend wants to have. It’s altogether another to have him bring up the time you snogged him in a shitty Central London park.

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2Q5EyxS

by parallelresistance

When he opens his wallet to get the bills, he sees it. Instead of his own face glaring at him from the license pocket, there’s a blond with an impressive scowl.

—

Or Neil goes to a party and steals something.

Words: 2004, Chapters: ½, Language: English

Fandoms: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen, M/M

Characters: Neil Josten, Kevin Day, Andrew Minyard, The Foxes (All For The Game)

Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Alternate Universe - No Exy (All For The Game), neil is softer than in canon, but still a little shit

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3ii3HyP

by Ominous

“Don’t presume to know me,” Andrew says, but it has no bite, no resentment. He sounds tired, and the strain makes Neil’s smile falter, his arms falling to his sides. Andrew should never sound so defeated, so hopeless, not even for a moment. It’s the tone of a man who’s already lost, and Neil’s not even aware of what game they’re playing.

So he smiles again, shaky this time, and hopes with everything he has that Andrew can sense Neil’s truth as well. That whatever it is, Neil will still be riding along with Andrew in his truck. He won’t leave.

“No,” Neil says back, shaking his head. “I only know what you tell me.”

And if Andrew decides to tell him everything, then Neil only hopes it’s because he wants to.

Words: 7270, Chapters: ½, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of into the woods

Fandoms: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Aaron Minyard

Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Werewolf, Werewolves, some more awoos, big awoos, Confessions, Falling In Love, Fluff, very light angst, references to Neil’s past, aaron makes another appearance just to be a lil shit, berry picking dates

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3k6FJWC

by attfna

Just a story about your typical, spooky cryptic and his curious gardener.

~*~

All credit to Nora, I own nothing

Words: 17008, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Andrew Minyard, Neil Josten, Matt Boyd, Aaron Minyard, Katelyn (All For The Game)

Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - No Exy (All For The Game), post witness protection, cottage aesthetic, Fall Vibes, jumping into piles of leaves, spooky house, Urban Legends, spooky vibes, Writer Andrew Minyard, gardener neil josten, Soft Boys, only a tiny big of angst, healed twinyards, mini-twinyards, andrew has piercings, Aphrodisiacs, andrew smokes cloves, Smoking, Drinking, mentions of scars, Hand Jobs, Frottage

But of course! Married to my enemy, from this ask here, is bound to whet your appetite for more of the same.  Several of these are actually FBI AUs, but we figured that counted.  You may enjoy Qui n’avance pas, recule from this favorite rarepairs ask. There is also the delightful You Don’t Even Know Me (It’s Only a Feeling), from this ask.  -F

forgive our sins forged at the pulpit by PolzkaDotz [Rated T, 8167 words, Complete 2020]

Andrew is a detective about to retire because he was shot during a investigation. Neil is… having a career crisis. But they’ll eventually get where they need to, regardless of the fact that Andrew (verbally) doesn’t want to help them.

(tw: murder, tw: injury (gunshot))

Touch me (like i’m glass) by viridae [Rated T, 1541 words, Complete 2019]

Andrew was having a terrible day. Accidentally shooting his husband didn’t help improve matters.

(tw: injury (gunshot))

A kiss with a fist is better than none by blafard [Rated M, 4650 words, Incomplete, last updated 2019]

On the back he could see a date and a single name; Hatford.

As the most notorious crime family, right after the Moriyamas, the Hatfords were feared and envied to equal measures.

The police hated and feared them because they couldn’t pin a single crime onto the family even though everyone knew that it was their doing; other criminals envied them for their reach and uncanny ability to get away with everything.

(tw: violence)

The rooftop by princessoftheworlds (Rated G, 691 words, Complete 2018]

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3jNLecx

by Ominous

Neil’s request is simple on its face, but infinitely complicated given his history.

“Convince your team to sign me.”

And this was Andrew’s deal: If Neil can prove that he’s serious, that he can build a new life for himself so that he doesn’t end up crawling back to Riko, Andrew will convince his coach to recommend him for recruitment in the fall.

Yes, it was meant to be black and white…

But Andrew should’ve known better. Nothing ever is.

Words: 7234, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard

Additional Tags: Raven!Neil, Alternate Universe, andreil meet as pro players, Falling In Love, Fluff, Starting Over, Giveaway fic, references to riko and some raven nonsense, very vague tho, this is mostly fluff, neil being a little shit, andrew is stubborn and in love

the haunted walls of the wesninski house | buzzfeed unsolved au

check out the latest update!

Hmm, it’s quite hard to come up with something quite like ‘The Unkindness of Ravens’ (which you can find here), but we do have a list of complete raven!Neil fics from a previous post (with some additions). - S

Raven!Neil / Raven to Fox:

‘Black as is the Raven, He’ll Get a Partner’  here 

‘Raven to Fox’  here

‘Sunrise, Nathaniel, and Death’  here

‘A switchblade  is my preferred weapon’ here

‘hawk in the raven nest’ here

‘Take to the Wing’  here

‘Oh Raven’  here

‘Jailbird’ here

‘Remind me I’m not home’  here

‘Better Than a Grave or a Hearse’  here

‘Appendages’ (butcher!neil au) here

AU:

‘Heartlines’ (fantasy au) [291,539 words] here

‘Just learning how to know your mind’ here (since completed)

Oh, I adore this fic, and it has a sequel now too!  -F

broken glass by Stjosten [Rated T, 11965 words, Complete 2020]

Andrew is an urban explorer that likes to take photos of abandoned buildings and Neil just so happens to look good surrounded by decay.

(tw: drugs, tw: alcohol)

shuttered windows by Stjosten [Rated T, 9375 words, complete, 2020]

Here are three of the most recent Hogwarts AUs!  Check out our previous posts for older fics. - S

Previously mentioned:

Harry Potter AUs here

More Harry Potter AUs here

‘Fear in a Handful of Dust’ here

‘The Architecture of Flight’ here

‘the magic in a single word’ here

A Snow Globe for Monsters by justadreamfox [Rated G, 4356 words, complete, 2020]

Part 2 of the Andrew Goes to Hogwarts series

The twins are sixteen, and life at Hogwarts is good - except Aaron isn't talking to Andrew, and Andrew doesn't know why, and now Theo has been called in as reinforcement, which doesn't bode well for anyone.

Don't worry though, we're still all just happy little fluff gremlins here: there will be kisses and snowflakes and happy endings all 'round.

third time's the charm by PolzkaDotz [Rated T, 49981 words, complete, 2020]

The day Neil got tied up to Andrew Minyard in the most unfortunate way possible was supposed to be just another normal day in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. At least, as much as it was possible for a day to be normal when Hit Wizards and Aurors were forced to work together on a mission.

Neil usually had good instincts from when something bad was about to happen to him, but magically marrying the other Oh So Hated man in the DMLE was maybe out of the scope of his abilities, and that was fine. Maybe?

Sure didn’t change the fact that Bond boxes were evil and now Neil would not be able to be farther than five meters from Minyard and… what is the other punishment???? Being honest?!?! About what they feel and think for the other?!?!

tw: violence, tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: panic attacks

this is me trying. by milominderbinder [Rated M, 40118 words, complete, Aftg Big Bang 2020]

In May, Andrew has a chance meeting with an interesting little runaway in Hogsmeade.

In July, a resurgent circle of Death Eaters are arrested and sentenced to life in Azkaban.

In September, finally safe from his father, a Quidditch-obsessed mystery named Neil Josten arrives at Hogwarts just in time for their final year — and just in time to completely get under Andrew’s skin.

tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: implied/referenced csa