addicted to angst

At first, Caretaker tries to draw them out of it. Tries to start conversations, ask questions, get Whumpee to talk about something, anything. But Whumpee is not at all receptive.

So, Caretaker gives them space. Lets them sit quietly, process things at their own pace.

neil who avoids using his phone at all costs. neil who holds a grudge against that thing. that neil called him right before new year’s eve, telling him no, I’m not fine. please come and get me.

“Neil Josten would come to the court every single night and practice these drills and you can’t even do them for fifteen minutes”

“Neil Josten once fired shots with Andrew Minyard in goal for a whole night and blew out his arms just because he was stubborn and you can’t even handle shooting on (insert goalie’s name)?”

“Neil Josten played better than you while he was actively running from the Mafia. You think you have other things on your mind?”

Needless to say, both of them hate It with a burning passion

Kevin whines about how everyone is too slow and they are never where he needs them to be(that Neil always is goes unsaid). Neil whines about how the underclassman can never really understand what he is thinking(that Kevin always understands also goes unsaid)

The first game in which they actually end up not playing togheter at any point is a hell for the Foxes, since they both make It everybody's problem. At the end of It, even though the Foxes won, Kevin and Neil are both in a faul mood, to say the least.

Both are, honest to God, POUTING, with their arms crossed, glaring daggers at Wymack, who is asking every deity in existence for patience

Andrew looks at this scene, sighs heavily, turns to Wymack and says "I told you, they are like co-dependent guinea pigs. We are lucky neither collapsed out of sadness for not being togheter"

After that, they both have at least 5 minutes of guaranteed time to play togheter per game, but the Guinea pig joke becomes a thing among the Foxes

Those of you that do use pen/pencil and paper for your creative writing projects, I would love to hear why you choose to do so and what the process looks like for you!