An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Honeycomb (10871 words) by moonix
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard
Characters: Andrew Minyard, Neil Josten, Kevin Day, Background & Cameo Characters
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - No Exy (All For The Game), Alternate Universe - Restaurant, Chef Andrew Minyard, Food, Small Towns, Autumn, feelgood, Getting Together, Matchmaking Friends, Found Family, Demisexual Neil Josten, CW vague references to eating disorders and suicide, But it's really very soft, Please no one come after me for the escapism I know we live in a capitalist hellscape, This fic is two Hallmark movies stacked in a trench coat
Summary:
In which Kevin owns a restaurant in a picturesque small town, Andrew is his chef, Neil disrupts the routine, no one gets poisoned with mushrooms, and life isn't so bad.
This fic by @annawrites is a ScRuMpTiOuS read. Yes, in large part due to the volume of delicious food + beverages described. Also for the ways Kevin + Andrew's friendship is described, and then how we witness Andrew + Neil cautiously circling each other before each stepping closer + closer...and then closer.
Read this when you're looking for soul-comfort, because it definitely provides on that level. Read it when you're stymied for food ideas or bored with what you eat + want to get inspired. This Kevin + this Andrew + this Neil, along with the entire Fox crew, have enough sass at the core so you know it's them, and then all.sorts.of.tender bits because they're in a pretty amazing place in their lives. And given moonix wrote it, it's a moody + evocative warm blanket you can wrap around yourself. E N J O Y!