the foxesâ kids and andreil (this is so long but i donât care!)
none of the foxesâ children qualify for the team, which is all that matters
they have been taught from a very early age that both uncle andrew and uncle neil have been hurt by bad people, and that means they donât always like to be touched
the kids are usually really good with it because they understand in their very simple, youthful way, but sometimes they do slip up
itâs pretty widely accepted that andrew is better with kids than neil
one time amalia (kevin and theaâs daughter) gets so excited to see andrew after months apart she runs and jumps on him
kevin has a 2-second heart attack, but andrew obediently picks her up and listens as she rambles on about watching him play on TV and how heâs the best goalie ever and she thinks he should have a statue-
neil gets better with them as they get older, heâs just easily overwhelmed by their energy sometimes and has no idea how to track all the different conversations happening around him
but all his friends know he loves their kids fiercely and theyâre perfectly happy to send them on short trips with him to the grocery store for ice cream and such
they usually come back with more than that because the kids figure out they just have to look at neil with big eyes and heâs like âok yeah we can get a whole sheet cake, tooâ
âneil what the fuckâ âdan, he said itâs your birthdayâ âneil i know you know when my birthday isâ
when theyâre little, the best thing neil can do is play a very toned down version of exy with them in the backyard when they all get together
this is especially good with allisonâs mansion because thereâs so much space, and she always has a table of snacks and drinks waiting off to the side that nicky just stands by and continuously eats from
all the parents have photos of neil teaching their kids how to hold rackets or pointing at the goal and gesturing while their kids stare up at him adoringly
andrew always watches because the sight of neil josten, fastest player in the us major leagues, taking tiny steps so as to not outrun a six year old is probably the best thing in the world
when allisonâs youngest comes out as trans, andrew switches to calling her ashleigh and using the right pronouns immediately and without a hitch
aaron and katelyn end up having kids a bit later than everyone else, but surprise surprise theyâre twin girls
it is no secret they are andrewâs favorite and no one is mad about it
they have the same blonde hair and theyâre so small and fragile and he would set the world on fire for them
it brings him and aaron closer together, too
the girls are good at telling them apart, but sometimes one of them will go âdaddy?â and andrew replies âtry againâ without missing a beat
they pick it up! aaron will be tired after a long day of doctoring and mix them up and theyâll say âtry againâÂ
whenever reneeâs son spends time in the hospital or is at home on bed rest, andrew will send him long, handwritten letters about anything and nothing at all
no one else knows about the letters, but they make renee cry
when the kids get older and start their Angsty Teenage Years, they turn to aunt allison and uncle andrew to be angry
andrewâs apathy helps, because sometimes you just need someone to listen and let you feel things
one time amalia randomly calls andrew in a rage about how âdad is so obnoxious sometimes, oh my god, i cannot stand him and iâm outside right now because i just need space and i know everyone says i have to be patient with him but-âÂ
âyouâre absolutely right, heâs an assholeâ
it makes her stop frustration crying to laugh, then sheâs quiet for a while, and then she says sheâs going to go back in and talk to her dad
a while later kevin is visiting and talking about a terrible screaming match and the heart-to-heart they had after and he thinks he said something that was meaningful and got through to make her apologize
he doesnât get why neil finds it so funny, he is actually a very wise and thoughtful father thank you very much
neil takes putting up the kidsâ drawings on the fridge very seriously and andrew has to assure him they will not be hurt if the corner of someone elseâs paper is covering theirs
neil also always agonizes over gifts, heâs so afraid of buying things they donât like
sometimes andrew finds him just standing in front of the calendar where all their birthdays are neatly marked, frowning like heâs analyzing another teamâs stats
andrew usually ends up doing all of it because it makes neil way too stressed
one of aaronâs girls gets a boyfriend in her junior year of high school that actually ends up cheating on her
itâs sad but she says itâs not that big of a deal because she wasnât in love with him and sheâs always been very mature about these things
after a healthy cry with katelyn she gets up and jokes about calling uncle andrew because thatâs what all her âcousinsâ do when theyâre in crisis
yes all the kids call each other cousins because theyâre that close
aaron, whoâs cooking dinner, thinks âaw thatâs cuteâ
and he flings himself into her room shrieking ânO NO DO NOT DO NOT TELL UNCLE ANDREWâ
andrew, from the phone:Â âdonât tell me whatâ
aaron retreats, accepting his role in a possible crime, but he hovers out in the hall to listen in
there seems to be too much laughter for murder, so aaron prays itâs fine
the next day the girls return from school full of glee because someone slashed her exâs tires right before dismissal!! no one knows who!! everyone is buzzing about it!!
âandrew did you really drive several hours to ruin some teenagerâs carâ âyou donât have any proof, and it was neilâ
part 3 of my neil and the foxes headcanons coming soon! you can find them and more in the aftg headcanon tag on my blog :)
