After the final game with the Ravens and Neil's deal with Ichirou and everything else that has happened over the course of the first 3 books Andrew switches his major. Criminal justice was funny, but he now has an idiot at home who needs looking after, so Andrew decides to be the someone has to look after the exy crazy redhead and becomes a sports medicine major.

With his eidetic memory, Andrew has no problem catching up or making up for lost time and quickly becomes the top of the class. (Aaron might be a little jealous, but they are studying different medicine, so it's fine.) In addition to his classes, Andrew starts asking Abby questions about being an Exy medic specifically.

Fast forward, all our boys (and the girls too, of course) have graduated, and Kevin and Neil go pro.

The three of them quickly realize that Andrew can't just sign on to whatever team Neil is on because Neil can be traded/isn't guaranteed to stay with one team. But Neil is making a lot of money. (Even giving 80% of his paycheck to the Moriyama's that's still a crap ton of money he's making) So Andrew doesn't need to have a job per se, so instead he becomes a spectator. Always first row, near the benches that Neil (and usually Kevin's) team are using.

And any time Neil (or Kevin) gets injured badly enough to be subbed out, they ALWAYS go to Andrew first. He checks them over, patches them up if needed (with a first aid kit he keeps under his seat), makes sure they're fit to play, and sends them back to their team. The first time it happens, fans go NUTS speculating about why. Why would a pro exy player go to a fan in the stands over their team nurse? Who is this guy? Why do BOTH Kevin and Neil go to him?

Eventually, Neil makes a statement about his and Andrew's history at Palmetto (ending rumors that respected Doctor Aaron Minyard has a side hobby of looking after old college teammates), ending it by saying that he trusts Andrew.

Eventually, things calm down, and it becomes an accepted part of the professional Exy world. There are articles about the closeness the three men must have experienced as members of the Foxes, speculations about their friendships, and the history there, but apart from the original statement, neither Neil nor Kevin ever comment again, and the press can never quite catch up with Andrew.

(No one knows that Neil and Andrew have been together since Neil's freshman year. No one knows that they live together and that Kevin is just as often at their house as not.)

But it becomes the norm at Neil and Kevin's games. Andrew is always behind the team benches. While there are fans obsessed with analyzing every interaction between him and the former Foxes, every scrap of body language they can get footage of, overall, the Exy world considers it just another normal day if Kevin or Neil make their way to Andrew before their coach.

Then, Neil and Kevin have a game against one of their biggest rivals. Playing on that team? Jean and Jeremy. When Jean takes a hit mid game the fans and press go crazy when Neil not only defends Jean but nearly comes to blows with his own teammates over it. Kevin interceding is the only thing stopping Neil and it's obvious.

A timeout is called, and the crowd loses their minds when, without a hint of hesitation, Jean crosses the court, ignoring the shouts of his own team and coaches to stand in front of Andrew, who automatically pulls out his kit and begins checking over the former Trojan. Neil is right behind him, hovering while Andrew ensures Jean is safe to continue playing. Jeremy, meanwhile, is acting like this is routine, and once Andrew gives Jean a nod, he lopes back across the court to his waiting team.

There's no stopping the speculations now, and when Jean is asked about it after the game, he simply shrugs and says he trusts the man.

(No one knows that Jean and Jeremy are staying with Neil and Andrew while they're in town and that if Jean hadn't let Andrew check him at the game he would have gotten a lecture as well as being checked over when they all got home)

i want neil to play exy until he can exit the pros of his own free will, he plays in the olympics a few times, he’s world renowned, and keeps his connection to the game long after retirement.

USC Undergrads and the Mystery of Professor Moreau's Not So Secret Husband 4k

It was universally known that Jeremy Moreau was one of the most beloved professors at USC, and also one of the most lusted after. It was also, rather tragically, well known that he was married. To some guy no one had ever seen or knew much about, despite all of their professor's terrible impressions of him. He kind of sounded like a dick though. But hopefully he wasn't a mob boss like some people suggested.

Bad for Business 27k

The team’s press secretary looks murderous in the green room. Natalie Klein is normally a very professional, calm woman but now she’s gripping her iPad like she’s trying to crush it with her bare hands. Kevin and Neil walk past her without so much as a second look and Jeremy sees her rushing after them.

“Goddammit,” Jeremy mutters under his breath and jogs to catch up with them. “Hey, Natalie,” he calls after her. Thankfully, she stops and turns to face him as Kevin and Neil disappear down the corridor. “Incredible job with the press conference, thank you,” Jeremy says with a winning smile. “It wasn’t smooth sailing but I do have a favour to ask you.”

OR - Jeremy is the captain of the US Court as they head to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. Enter Neil, who cannot be media trained to save his life and loves being an instigator. Understandably, Jeremy is a little out of his depth.

The friendship between Jeremy and Kevin in this one was amazing to read!

Whimper When I Say Your Name. 95k

Jeremy looked shocked and outraged. “You’ve been scolding my Doms?!” He exclaimed, aghast. Then he blanched, and his face morphed into righteous indignation. “You’re the reason nobody wants to play with me twice!” He jabbed his finger in Jean’s chest.

“None of them are worth your gift,” Jean retorted, ignoring the finger. “You deserve better. If they were Doms worth their weight in salt, they would know how to take better care of you, and would have put you in your place so you would not dare to say you have had enough aftercare when you so clearly have not.”

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professional athletes do not live in dorms.

They have their own apartments/houses that they use their insane paychecks to pay for and commute in like a normal job for practices. The only time they’re sharing rooms is if they’re travelling and that’s a maybe

Like it’s a cute idea I guess but once you think about it there’s absolutely no reason for people making well above 6 figures to be sharing a room.

Summary: Neil Josten @ njosten @ aminyardofficial did they skip English lessons at angry midget academy? 5:23 PM - 94,203 likes - 84,502 retweets -------- Andrew Minyard @ aminyardofficial @ njosten i will fight u 5:30 PM - 84,302 likes - 68,394 retweets -------- (an AU where everybody plays Exy professionally, there is no backstory at all, Neil is technologically illiterate, and Andrew and Neil somehow develop a rivalry anyway)

I just spent like three hours searching AO3 and can’t find it anywhere so PLEASE someone out there tell me you know of it.

here’s what I remember: Neil ends up in Aaron’s hospital after a pro exy game, Aaron thinks that Neil thinks he’s Andrew. Neil is being a shitty combative patient. I’m pretty sure it’s part of a “Neil can tell the twins apart no matter what” fix bc I remember Aaron calling Andrew and being like “ur dumb bf is in the hospital and thinks I’m you” and also maybe a prologue where they are still in college and there’s a bit about Neil dropping a snickers into Andrew’s hoodie even though Aaron is right next to him

Yes, tall or small, no in between.

So, I'm going to assume that the Foxes learn to adapt to the ridiculous height differences fairly easily. At this point in their lives they have only played little league, high school, and a little bit of college Exy, so they’re probably used to dealing with ranges in height. Also college is where they really learn to get their forms down and hone their skills, so it's probably an unconscious effort on their part to adjust their throws for height.

However, it's a whole other story once Andrew and then Neil go pro.

Pro athletes are the best of the best and their bodies reflect that. In most sports I’ve watched it's always real obvious when an athlete's body doesn't fit into the typical mode. Usually because people never stop talking about it, “Their only 5′5 lets watch and see if they really can compete out there.”

For Andrew and Neil they are used to adjusting their throws to deal with their giant teammates, but in their first weeks of practice with their pro teams they learn their new teammates are not used to aiming their throws so low. Someone could have recorded a montage of all the balls sailing a good two feet over Neil’s racket, and his desperate attempts to jump for them.