i have a fic idea rolling around in my head where several years into his pro exy career, neil's injuries start catching up to him.... specifically his hands.
he gets really bad trigger finger, hand cramping, sometime jolts of phantom pain, sometimes he can't feel anything at all. it starts to affect his playing and yea if he doesn't play well the moriyamas might kill him but more than anything he's afraid of early retirement and having to give up exy forever.
he's very stubborn and irritable about it, starts up with his "im fine" bs again which just pissed andrew off. he has to practically drag neil to the doctor who tells him he has one or two more years playing at the level he's at. devastating news for neil obviously but he does the hand exercises and andrew massages his hands every night. idk just andrew taking care of neil... <3
i think eventually neil gets surgery for the trigger finger and he gets to play for a few more years but for a few months he really had to think about what heâd do without exy and andrew had to convince him theyâll be okay bc they have each other















