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andreil meeting as kids au where andrew is just absolutely infatuated with neil. not even in a romantic way, because they're only kids and andrew hasn't even considered that sort of thing yet, but in a “wow i Like this thing Very Very much” sort of way that makes him follow neil around just watching him, makes him share the food bee packed in his lunchbox with neil, makes him refuse to do his class work unless he's sat beside neil, makes him pout when neil wants to climb on top of the monkey bars because andrew is too scared to follow. and when neil gets hurt—a scraped knee or a tweaked ankle at recess—and cries, andrew is sat there beside him, staring at him bug-eyed, watching ever so closely to make sure that he's okay and not broken because oh no oh no oh no andrew's Very Favorite Thing is leaking tears oh no oh no oh no!!!

Suddenly I don't want anyone to know me as deeply anymore, which is weird because I have always yearned for someone to understand my soul.

Andrew “im actually just a kid but i hate feeling vulnerable so I’ll convince everyone im a monster so theyre too scared to even question my poke face” Minyard and Neil “i think im a monster and im so scared people will be able to tell so i act like im just some poor kid” Josten. takes a faker to know one. Andrew recognizing Neil’s sharp edges because he’s been hand carving his own to match for years.

oh my GOD a drag path but it's neil literally dropping his duffel bag and racquet and phone during the riot for andrew to find before he was taken away by his father's men

we as a community often forget how cunty and amazing this line was. outdid Neil even

kevin’s books and it’s “kevin and thea” “kevin and jean” “kevin on US court” no. kevin and wymack learning to be family. wymack learning what he missed out on. wymack feeling guilty over the childhood kevin should have had. being guilty despite not having a choice. kevin wanting to form relations with wymack as family and not knowing how. kevin and wymack.

HC that it's Nicky and the girls that show him how. That Abby and Betsy help Wymack on his side. They learn, and by the next time they win championships Kevin's senior year, in his speech, he thanks his dad LONG before he thanks his coach

do you guys have any idea how impossibly difficult it is for any sports team to have two people on staff? with one of them versed in medicine only? to have no support, no back-up. how David Wymack did it is the real miracle of AFTG. no PR, no comms, no legal, no scouters, no assistants, no driver, no socials, no managers, nothing. you think Haikyuu was a critique of classism? we can look at the PSU Foxes and think it’s just not realistic, or we can look at the USC Trojans see the whole choice as a thought-through execution from Nora Sakavic. oh David Wymack, the man that you are. always trapped in the middle, fighting for his kids that are also fighters, but that the world just doesn’t want to see succeed. all alone. it makes me want to sob violently. how the man still has hair i don’t know. i’d be bald with major heart problems. he deserved all the awards. and god i hope he gets the Kayleigh Day Award one day too. Kevin Day isn’t the only true legacy of Kayleigh.