andrew minyard loves neil josten

Commission for @foxsten

In Son Nefes, Nora literally says “He played for four different teams, including the national Court.” about Kevin 

Meaning that Kevin had already made court before his hand was broken 

Meaning they’d already proven they were “perfect” 

Meaning he’d had everything, everything, and then he’d lost it 

He’s so desperate to make court bc he’s desperate to feel like he’s worthy again 

And if Kevin made court, then Riko and Jean made court too 

And I’d bet my life that players from the other big three schools made it too 

Meaning Jeremy Knox 

This is where Kevin got his crush on Jeremy, from actually interacting and being friends with Jeremy 

This is where he fell in love with the Trojans, from actually playing with them and seeing their attitude and experiencing it while in the midst of a bunch of genuinely happy people 

 And it’s strange to say the least, because this is totally alien to him 

Also: Jeremy Knox played on a team with Riko Moriyama 

Riko’s controlling attitude contested by the Trojan’s powers of fucking teamwork and camaraderie 

Jeremy defending the players that made mistakes from Riko’s (subdued for the sake of his image) outbursts 

Jeremy being friendly towards Jean and Jean not understanding how one person can be such a literal sun 

And then there’s the fact that Jeremy hadn’t known this had been happening this whole time 

He’d known them for years and had never realized the truth of Riko’s abuse 

It makes him blame himself, when Jean comes to the Trojans painted black and blue from Riko’s anger 

Jean, knowing this, scolds him for being such an idiot because in no way was it his fault 

But Jeremy will only let himself believe that once Jean starts believing it wasn’t his fault Riko hurt him either 

Also: Kevin’s Feelings when he makes court again 

Can you imagine his face? 

I’m telling you he’d cry 

Even just a little 

His life will never be “back to normal” but this is the first real step to it getting better 

Nicky finds him crying on the couch and they watch exy games together to make him feel better, even if Nicky hates it 

Because Kevin Day Deserves Good Things 

And so does Jean Moreau 

Can you imagine jeans reaction? Or riko’s fury at Jeremy for stopping him? Because he could tolerate that kind of insubordination when the other teammates were his targets but jean is his property. Do you think if it happened riko would punish jean double for Jeremy’s protection after court was over so that jean never forgot that he would never be saved by someone like Jeremy knox? Can you imagine if that time Jeremy protected jean is burned into Kevin’s memory which leads him straight to Jeremy once renee saves jean? If riko did punish jean for what Jeremy did do you think jean told Jeremy eventually about it? If he did what was Jeremy’s reaction?

I CANNOT be the only one who is truly in love with Andrew Joseph Minyard’s canon height. Like it really does just make everything he does that much more impressive. Here let me give you some examples:

•During one of the games, 6'5 starting backliner Matt Boyd hid behind 5 foot even Andrew Minyard when being chased by a character only referred to as Gorilla.

•Without even pulling out his knives, all Andrew had to do was stand between Matt and Kevin to get Matt to back off.

• 5ft BABY Andrew nearly kills 4 grown men when they attacked Nicky outside of the club??? Not just A man. FOUR. MEN.

• despite his height he still manages to take his short legs clear across the field at record breaking pace to break Riko’s arm before he can decapitate Neil. A+, Minyard.

•ALSO let’s just take into account that exy racquets are customized to the height and arm length of the holder SO while Andrews net is bigger the length of the stick is short MEANING when Andrew blocked The Impossible Goal™ in the bottom corner he had to be moving quicker than a fucking bat out of hell.

•despite being called a “midget with an attitude problem” no one fucks with Neil or his hubby bc they know better…

•“When I leave you wanna keep *hand motions* doin dis. But den when I come around you don’t wanna POST UP.”

•Also Andrew is canonically 3 inches shorter than Neil so Neil actually has to bend down to kiss his boyfriend OR (bear with me) Andrew has to stand on his damn tip toes

nothing like staying in and solving crimes for date night

Fan: I WOULD TAKE A BULLET FOR YOU, NEIL!!

thank you for the prompt!! 

decided to go with an AU bc this is honestly my life

also this got fucking long so I put in a read more

“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.

“For a piercing or for a tattoo?” Neil asks, though honestly he’s not sure about either. He’s only been here for a week, and they’re busy, but not swamped. At least, Neil isn’t. Kevin is the best tattoo artist in the southeast; he’s always busy.

“Tattoo,” the blond man replies without looking up.

The first time Andrew does it, it’s completely by accident

Nicky asks Andrew if he has plans for the night, Andrew says “We’re doing something.”

Nicky’s face lights up and Neil looks at Andrew the same damn way he did when he was talking about the key and Andrew realizes his mistake

He cringes internally because whatever they are, they are not one of the ‘we’ couples who respond to questions about themselves with a 'we’ that means them both

He pretends it never happened and Neil lets him for a while, but then he gets a little too comfortable and slips up again

When they’re walking during break at practice, Renee says the upperclassmen are going out later and asks if they would like to join them and adds that drinks are on Allison

And without thinking Andrew answers “Free drinks? We’ll be there.”

He hates it because he doesn’t want to be that guy who answers for Neil and makes his decisions for him

So he retroactively tries to give Neil a say and turns and adds “If you want to go.”

But Neil’s got that head over heels look again and Andrew can’t tell if it’s from the 'we’ or because he’s agreeing to go drinking with the upperclassmen, but it makes him so angry

Because it makes him feel like he’s been tamed and because Neil’s bar is just so low that he looks like his whole year has been made from one sentence out of Andrew’s mouth

DO I EVER!! I was honestly so excited the second I saw your ask because I definitely have thoughts on this! Alright, so:

Aaron is understandably annoyed that Andrew and Neil are the actual worst and will never drive him anywhere

And having Neil as the back-up driver is super annoying when Andrew and Neil keep sneaking off together and then there’s no one around to drive anyone

I mean, Aaron wasn’t ever even allowed to drive the car that his mom’s car insurance bought

He just had to watch Andrew drive the car he bought thanks to killing their mother

And he put up with it for years

And when Nicky was the only with keys, it was annoying but Aaron could live with it and Nicky would drive Aaron where he wanted

But Neil got keys so quickly after Aaron has spent years not allowed to drive

But at least Nicky still had keys so Aaron stood a chance of getting a ride without having to sell his soul to Andrew in exchange

But then Neil ended up the only other one with keys and Neil is even less helpful to Aaron than Andrew is

So, yeah, Aaron gets mad about the whole Neil has the only other set of keys thing and complains about it when he asks Andrew a day in advance if Andrew can drive him somewhere the next night and Andrew refuses

And Aaron hardly ever asks for rides because Andrew is difficult and Aaron doesn’t like owing him

So, Aaron is pissed when his request gets shot down immediately

Especially because Andrew refuses on the grounds of he’ll be at night practice and since when does Andrew give a fuck about night practice?

Aaron thought he was more likely to get a ride because it would mean Andrew getting out of Kevin’s stupid night practices

He even waited until the end of practice to ask because he figured Andrew would be annoyed enough with exy and Kevin to agree just so that he could miss a night practice and piss Kevin off

So, Aaron is livid and complains about how Neil is allowed to drive Andrew’s car whenever he wants and now even Nicky isn’t allowed to drive it

And Andrew sounds just so bored with this conversation and so unfazed by Aaron’s yelling as he says “Neil bought his keys.”

Give me Andrew learning to communicate his boundaries without just hitting and threatening and pulling weapons

Give me him realizing that some people will listen and respect his boundaries if he voices them thanks to Neil

Give me Nicky trying to hug Andrew after a game where he got a shutout and instead of glaring daggers and shoving Nicky or threatening him, Andrew takes a step back and warns “I don’t do hugs.”

Give me Nicky stopping and lowering his arms, looking surprised, but not trying to grab Andrew anymore

Give me Andrew adding “Or pats on the back. Or arms around shoulders. Or any of that.”

Give me Andrew so surprised when Nicky doesn’t argue and just asks “What do you do then? High fives?”

Give me Andrew stopping to consider, then holding a fist up instead

Give me Nicky grinning as he fistbumps Andrew and then turns to pat Neil on the back

Give me Nicky being made aware of and understanding Andrew’s boundaries