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1Not NothingTheRainbowElectric19,2467385,097“Have you considered the possibility that Neil has chosen you, but believes you have not chosen him?” Renee says. "Have you ever explicitly told him what you want?” “Neil knows what I want,” Andrew snaps. This is not Andrew’s fault. “How do you know?” Because Neil always knows. He is as fluent in Andrew’s micro-expressions as he is in German and French. He knows which head tilts mean “go on” and which ones mean “shut up.” Without ever asking, he learned what it meant to see Andrew wearing double layers of long sleeves, or taking multiple showers in a day, and learned to hand Andrew the car keys. That has always been the most terrifying thing about Neil — his patience to wait, watch, listen, learn. The prospect that if Neil were given enough time, there would be no part of Andrew that was just Andrew’s anymore. “He has to know,” Andrew says. “Does he?” Renee says. “Have you ever known Neil to assume that he is wanted?” Five times Neil tells someone that he and Andrew aren’t dating, and one time Andrew uses his words to set the record straight.https://archiveofourown.org/works/27735484
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27735484
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2men, abort mission (that is the silver lining in my cloudy disposition)quensty16,4084292,144The recorded number of times someone hit on Neil Josten and got nowhere, and the one time Andrew didn't even have to try.https://archiveofourown.org/works/7378810
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7378810
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3The Unkindness of Ravensprofenity14,6784,9003,382After Kevin publicly announces his intention to play for the Foxes, Riko sends Nathaniel Wesninski to convince him to return to the Nest. Unfortunately for Riko, Nathaniel has other plans.https://archiveofourown.org/works/7361668
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7361668
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4loving you is muscle memoryTalls13,1433031,594Neil has temporary amnesia, and Andrew is disconcertingly attractive. This is especially disconcerting because Neil was pretty sure he didn't swing. Nicky is endlessly pleased by the entire situation.https://archiveofourown.org/works/7440343
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7440343
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5quicksandlikearecord12,9281,5663,565Andrew and the Idiotic, Thirsty, Ill-advised, Very Off-Limits Crush on his College Roommate's Younger Brother.https://archiveofourown.org/works/35595136
https://archiveofourown.org/works/35595136
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6Trust Fall (And Welcoming Arms)SpangleBangle12,5901,5803,509Life goes on after the Foxes win the championship, and for Andrew and Neil it's uncharted territory with only each other for guides. Maybe it's time to put away some of those hard edges, and learn how to touch more softly, and speak more honestly. And if they falter, they have their family to help them get back on their feet.https://archiveofourown.org/works/8059972
https://archiveofourown.org/works/8059972
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7Bad DreamPalmettoFoxDen12,4222221,633Andrew has a nightmare about losing Neil, so Neil spends the rest of the night in Andrew's bed. The next morning, no one can find Neil and Andrew is no help.https://archiveofourown.org/works/11758911
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11758911
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8Identity Theftlikearecord12,0422921,779The Foxes make a bet: will Neil really be able to tell Aaron and Andrew apart if Aaron is deliberately impersonating his twin? Or, Aaron Minyard's adventures in identity theft.https://archiveofourown.org/works/24620152
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24620152
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9Die Free or Die a FailureMickey_9912,0323,1982,585“He’s joining us earlier than we anticipated.” “He’s a flight risk. This way there should be no more risk of him getting away from you. I’ve killed his mother. He belongs to you.” “Six years old and already training in the Raven’s nest. He will be a player that won’t be rivaled.” Nathaniel lives a hard life in the ravens nest, choosing Jean and Kevin's safety and happiness over his own constantly. Like the martyr he is. Then one day he is given a chance. It's a fools bet, and Nathaniel is unlikely to win it. But he has one season to take the Foxes to championships and win. If he doesn't, well.. he doesn't like the other options. So he makes his own. Win or die.https://archiveofourown.org/works/31265498
https://archiveofourown.org/works/31265498
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10Those That Broke UsWriteThroughTheNight11,3262632,218"Neil doesn't talk about his mom and doesn't think about what she'd do to him if she saw him now. He has a family, he has Exy, and he has Andrew. He has more than enough, more than he ever could have dreamed of. Neil doesn't talk about his mom until a warm fall day outside the locker room, waiting for the start of their game with his team and family. It's a place that she doesn't belong, where not even a memory of her belongs, but she wriggles her way in and takes root in his chest." Or Neil reveals, piece by piece, what life with his mom was like.https://archiveofourown.org/works/9095254
https://archiveofourown.org/works/9095254
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11The Sun Still Risesmordax10,9316,7002,331Somewhere on the road, Mary Hatford gets pregnant with her second child. When she passes, she leaves behind not only Neil, but his toddler brother. Survival is difficult without also raising a kid. Worn out and desperate, Neil still somehow ends up at Palmetto, only this time, he brings his four-year-old brother with him.https://archiveofourown.org/works/47112823
https://archiveofourown.org/works/47112823
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12Reputationlemonicee10,8132191,896The rise and fall of the Minyard-Josten Rivalry. Usually when Neil starts shit in a post-game press interview, he does it on purpose. This time, he really just meant for it to be a joke. “How do you feel about the possibility of ending up on a team with a former Fox teammate?” is the next question. “Great,” Neil answers, sincere. “I would love to play with Matt or Kevin again.” “What about Minyard? Would you sign with Atlanta?” Neil says, “Andrew? He’s a nightmare.” He knows it’s a joke. His team knows it’s a joke. Andrew will know it’s a joke. The press does not seem to know that it’s a joke.https://archiveofourown.org/works/24813745
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24813745
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13wingpeoplelikearecord10,3973812,389I mean, what else could Nicky have done when he spotted Andrew smiling at the hot guy making his coffee? Not meddle? Not get all the Foxes on board? It's like you don't even know him.https://archiveofourown.org/works/31013780
https://archiveofourown.org/works/31013780
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14Way Down We Gonekojita9,8622,5652,538How would things be different if Nathaniel and his mother had been in Seattle early enough to put him in California the same time as Andrew? What if their paths had crossed back then? What if Andrew's first promise wasn't to Aaron but to Nathaniel?https://archiveofourown.org/works/7070929
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7070929
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15Echolikearecord9,1962121,692Neil gets drugged at Eden's. Again. They get him back quickly, but the parallels fuck with everyone and reveal what happened with Nicky the first time around. But Andrew remains flawed, so doesn’t know anything is happening until he hears Nicky gasp. Nicky makes a lot of unnecessary noises, so this one isn’t especially concerning—not until Nicky’s hand flashes out to grip Andrew’s arm and he says, “Andrew,” with such strained urgency that Andrew’s head erupts into a riot of alarms. He follows Nicky’s pointed finger and sees, through the thick forest of bodies, Neil. With some guy. Kissing. He’s out of his stool almost before he can consciously register the scene, leaving the scarred black metal toppling to the ground behind him and shoving into the crowd. Something is very wrong. Neil had been too still. Too loose. An unstringed puppet. Andrew knows what Neil looks like when he wants to kiss someone, and that—that isn’t it.https://archiveofourown.org/works/27043381
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27043381
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16at the edge of what wasBurningFairytales9,1091941,821He flips Neil’s phone open and scrolls through the call history. It’s not a long list; his own name is at the bottom, then there’s a call from Nicky one from Dan. There’s an outgoing call from Neil’s phone to Andrew’s – that day they went to Atlanta – and one to a number that isn’t saved but that Andrew recognises as Bee’s. And then there’s a call from an unknown number, no more than an hour ago. He wants to call it. He wants to call it and demand where Neil is, wants to find out whoever the number belongs to and bash their head into a wall, break every bone in their body until Neil is back with them.https://archiveofourown.org/works/6127951
https://archiveofourown.org/works/6127951
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17You Might Get Itlikearecord8,8971461,332The one where Andrew makes a perfectly reasonable request and Neil takes it too far like the dumbass he is. Or, relationships are complicated and communication is hard. They don't always nail it. So, Andrew has hit his limit. Neil’s charged silence next to him is so loud that Andrew can’t read over the buzz of it in his ears. “Get out,” he says, turning to glare at Neil. Neil blinks at him. “Whatever stupid thing you’re obsessing over. It’s irritating. I don’t have time to solve your problems for you. Handle it. I have to study.” Instantly, he realizes it was a mistake. He watches Neil’s face and body shutter up, closing tight like he’s locking down for a hurricane. It took so fucking long to get Neil to open up in the first place. Andrew had to peel him open one truth at a time. Fuck.https://archiveofourown.org/works/25016002
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25016002
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18you think my bruised knees are sort of prettyanomalousity8,8061381,283Neil knows, objectively, that he’s attractive.https://archiveofourown.org/works/6916972
https://archiveofourown.org/works/6916972
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19Deadly AffectionsNikNak228,5592192,052Neil Josten is not soft- has never been in fact. But when an unintended comment from one of the Foxes throws Neil for a loop, he finds himself reminding them why no one should think of him in that way. But why is Andrew suddenly so distant? And what happens when all of these reminders of his past start to catch up with him? Aka: all the times Neil proved he was a badass, and Andrew reminds him he's an idiot.https://archiveofourown.org/works/26645863
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26645863
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20Raised on Little Lightmaqicien8,4711,9921,625Wymack’s voice trails off, words stuttering to an abrupt stop. All heads turn, slowly following the path of Wymack’s gaze. Andrew spots him almost immediately - hair as black as night, curls gentle and full atop his head. He’s got a bruise the size of a baseball around his eye, freckles spattered out around it like an explosion of stardust. His eyes are the colour of the sky, cresting with storm clouds. His hands are in his pockets as he walks by, fisted around something. He doesn’t look at any of them as he passes, eyes downcast. Andrew’s never seen him before. “What the hell happened to your face, Neil?” Wymack shouts, voice startling in the aftermath of silence. Neil doesn’t stop, plundering by the team and their coach without a second-glance. __ In which Wymack adopts Neil at the age of 13, after the world has already chewed him up and spit him back out a few times over. The Foxes are still the Foxes, and Neil and Andrew are still destined to find each other.https://archiveofourown.org/works/49776925
https://archiveofourown.org/works/49776925
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21and we're just starting to get itOminous8,3852681,297Neil is nothing and everything all at once, the entire universe for Andrew, however small of a universe that is. Even Aaron is starting to see it, though the pieces still don't line up. And Andrew is trying to convince Aaron that he's never jealous? Yeah right. You don't spend your entire life being denied, being hurt, going through foster care with nothing to call your own only to be okay with someone else trying to take the one bright piece of life you call yours. Or, Aaron is done with Andrew's shit and makes it his job to prove his brother wrong.https://archiveofourown.org/works/21864343
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21864343
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22Walking Disastersqueenofcups8,3131591,292Andrew and Neil were never going to be a normal couple but for some reason this is really hard for people to understand. Or: five times people questioned Andrew and Neil’s relationship (+1 time they didn’t give them a reason to)https://archiveofourown.org/works/6585652
https://archiveofourown.org/works/6585652
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23In My Defense, I Have Nonelikearecord7,6948971,816Jean asks for a favor. Neil finds himself at the center of a territorial squabble. It's him. He's the territory. “But why me?” “You are my only good option. Aaron is straight. Andrew is rabid. Allison and Seth are on and off so often it’s impossible to keep track. Dan and Matt are a couple and getting them both to agree to pretend to date me would be harder. Renee doesn’t like men. Katelyn is lovely but Aaron would be angry. I don’t know which of the others started or stopped dating over the summer. That leaves you." “What about Kevin?” Jean scoffs. “You cannot be serious.” “He’s…” What is Kevin? Not any better at telling Riko ‘no’ than Jean is, and, subsequently, probably not great at lying to him. Also, is it really believable that Kevin would jeopardize the team and their athletic careers by shitting where he eats? Probably not. Kevin’s amended hierarchy of needs just has the word EXY at the base. Somewhere far above that are pedestrian concerns like ‘food’ and ‘water’ and ‘shelter.’ “Taller,” Neil finishes lamely. “He’s taller.”https://archiveofourown.org/works/26205913
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26205913
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24Baltimore BluesSpangleBangle7,6332851,806He saw the duffel. It was battered all to hell and the strap was nearly torn from the bag, but it still glowed almost neon in the darkening night and streetlamp glare. Neil would never… He dropped to his knees beside it and rifled through it, looking for any sign, any clue as to where Neil might have run. Nothing, nothing, nothing. Until his fingers found the keyring. Until he found the phone. Andrew's perspective on the Binghamton riot and the walking tragedy that is Neil Josten.https://archiveofourown.org/works/9256229
https://archiveofourown.org/works/9256229
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25Black As Is The Raven, He’ll Get A Partnernekojita7,6022,7842,093When Wymack, Kevin and Andrew came to recruit Neil Josten in Millport, Neil decided to say 'no' instead of 'yes' to joining the Foxes and does what he does best, which is run. Unfortunately, that brings him to the attention of the Moriyamas, who return him to his 'rightful' place. Now Neil has to learn how to survive at the Nest with his only ally another 'asset' long kept under Riko's heel.https://archiveofourown.org/works/11793270
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11793270
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26Lifelinepandaseek7,5421,5591,646"What is your name." He wouldn't care usually, but the way this kid had avoided it last time he asked, he was curious. "I've had six so far." He answers slowly, weighing each word. "Which one do you want?" Six names? Yep, there is something going on there. "The real one. The one that fits you best." "Not my birth name then?" He sounds almost hopeful? Andrew waits until he sorts through his thoughts. He has another hour before he has to go back. "Abram." He decides after a long pause. "It's my middle name. The only one that doesn't have to change because it can just as easily be left out."https://archiveofourown.org/works/27348325
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27348325
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27eat the richbazookajo947,3731941,409A group of amateur thieves kidnap a senator’s son to ransom him for money. The senator’s son doesn’t want to go back. * “Are these padded cuffs?” Neil asked, his voice raspy, his throat dry. He tugged on his wrists and winced when they chafed against his recent wounds from Lola. “They’re Nicky’s,” someone answered him—a woman. “Fox Seven! Use the code names!” “Sorry. I’ve never kidnapped someone and ransomed them for money before.” “I’ve been kidnapped?” Neil asked. “What did you think was happening?”https://archiveofourown.org/works/27633493
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27633493
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28OaklandAgentCoop7,3191,7861,709When Neil Josten gets arrested for a fake ID and thrown into the Juvenile Detention System, he knows that he's running on borrowed time before his father's men catch up. His mother is dead, there's nowhere to run, there's nothing left at all but an Exy court at the Oakland County Detention Center that he has to earn the right to play on through good behavior. And Neil's never been great at obeying rules. *** An Andriel AU where the boys meet as teens in Juvie.https://archiveofourown.org/works/26446165
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26446165
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29Catfishlikearecord7,2172101,573There’s very little Andrew likes less than being tricked, but not knowing things does make the cut. He stands, throws his messenger bag over his shoulder, grabs his coffee, and stomps over to slide into the chair across from the guy. He looks up at Andrew with a flash of calculated flight or fight in his eyes, but he quickly smooths this over and affixes a look of polite interest on his face. “Can I help you?” “Are you on Grindr?” Andrew asks. Bluntly. “Uh,” the guy says, looking more confused. “I don’t know. What is it?” “It’s a hookup app gay men use.” “Oh,” he says, frowning. “No, I’m definitely not on that.” “Because you don’t do gay men?” The guy shrugs. “Because I don’t do hookups.”https://archiveofourown.org/works/25741225
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25741225
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30never, neverpentagrammed7,17148863"Never have I ever wanted to kiss Neil."https://archiveofourown.org/works/7756750
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7756750
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31it takes three, you and him and meorphan_account7,1581651,397Nicky asks, “are you…I mean, what’s happening, Andrew? Are you okay? Because Kevin and Neil were just-” “I know,” Andrew cuts him off. The flat, bored intonation of his voice makes it inexplicably funnier when he adds, “I have unfortunately saddled myself with two idiots who cannot keep it in their pants for more than five minutes at a time” “ Well ,” Kevin huffs, indignant. “You don’t usually have any complaints”https://archiveofourown.org/works/17924237
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17924237
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32there's always more to learnOminous7,0712381,020The subject of Katelyn and Neil hasn't felt like dangerous territory in a long time, but Aaron feels the bomb countdown already coming to an end before Bee even opens her mouth. "Well, the two of them are so alike," Bee goes on, oblivious to the tension leaking into the space. Her smile is pleasant, teasing. "It just goes to show how you and Andrew have similar tastes despite being so different." The world freezes on its axis. Andrew inhales a little too loudly the same time Aaron chokes on his spit. "W-What?"https://archiveofourown.org/works/22383016
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22383016
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33your crown of thorns holds rosesquensty6,9732481,040Three days after he signs his death sentence to Palmetto State, five after Andrew Minyard knocks him breathless to the ground, Neil's gaze snaps to the locker room mirror and stares, frozen, at the word threat scrawled along his spine in terrifying bold. All in all, he isn’t thrilled about the situation this puts him in, but based off the negative connotation, it isn’t one-sided, either. On the bright side, at least this means his soulmate doesn’t harbor any delusions of grandeur.https://archiveofourown.org/works/7798387
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7798387
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34Except When It's NoTheRainbowElectric6,9123611,524It doesn't make sense. Neil was fine . More than fine. He’s safe at home with Andrew, and this should be the best possible ending to one of Neil’s best days, but when Neil squeezes his eyes shut, all he can see is — Riko grinning with vicious pleasure as he slices Neil open. Riko’s eyes reflecting the glow of the lighter licking Neil’s skin. Riko laughing as a tattoo gun needle digs into Neil’s cheek. Riko, Riko, Riko, smothering and impossible to escape. Panic knifes through Neil as he yanks uselessly against the handcuffs. No, no, no — And then he’s saying it aloud, “No, no, no ,” because there isn't a gag cutting into the sides of his mouth. Because Neil isn’t at Evermore. He’s at home with Andrew, who’s right there when Neil opens his eyes — only near the foot of the bed now, not touching Neil at all. Neil has long gotten used to reading the faint shades of emotion that pass for expressions on Andrew’s face. But never, not even in Andrew's medicated, manically expressive days, has Neil seen Andrew wear anything like his current look of horrified shock. Neil agrees to try the handcuffs in bed. It goes badly. Cue angst and h/c.https://archiveofourown.org/works/32305048
https://archiveofourown.org/works/32305048
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35cocoa dustdjhedy6,8616261,465Neil had seen the guy around campus a few times. It was hard not to. The exy team stood out. Or those three did, anyway. The twins with their shock-white blond hair and perpetual resting bastard face, and Kevin Day, the number 2 arrogantly tattooed on a high cheekbone, flanked as usual by at least one of the twins. And Neil knew their reputation. It’s why he stayed away. - or, neil gets a new job at the coffee shop opposite campus and guess which asshole is a regularhttps://archiveofourown.org/works/23637070
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23637070
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36Careful Handsfairietailed6,8611621,025“You’ll probably never meet them,” his mother said one day at a diner in Texas. It caught him off guard. “What?” “You’ll probably never meet them,” she repeated, nodding in the direction of the lilac bruise splashed across his forearm. “Your soulmate. You’ll most likely never live that long.” “I know,” he said, and hoped that she believed him. -- In which bruises and scars from your soulmate appear on your skin, and both Neil and Andrew paint each other like a canvas.https://archiveofourown.org/works/15231432
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15231432
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37Oops, you think I'm in love. That I'm sent from above. (I'm not that innocent).thegirlwiththeprettybrowneyes6,6029941,246"I'm not a math problem." Neil looked Andrew up and down. He was cute when he wasn't smiling like a maniac. "I'll still solve you." Andrew replied, voice deep and husky. Neil cocked his head, a slow smile snaked it's way across his face. "Not gonna lie, that's kind of hot." ------------- AU where Neil's past went more than a little differently.https://archiveofourown.org/works/18494215
https://archiveofourown.org/works/18494215
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38This Roommates Bullshitlikearecord6,4722881,176Kevin, Neil, and Allison are grad students, roommates, and obviously best friends. One fortuitous day, Kevin meets a short, knife-wielding blond guy in the library and brings him home to meet the short, knife-wielding redhead he lives with. If only Neil knew what having a crush felt like before this happened.https://archiveofourown.org/works/24868753
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24868753
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39No straighter path than to struggleotatop6,4622411,624Neil is sick and it's fine until it's not. There's a lot of soup.https://archiveofourown.org/works/19989904
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19989904
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40forever, for you.softlightwood6,4391801,050The smile splitting Neil’s face in two is a soft thing, gentle and wonderful and the most genuine the expression has ever felt settled into his mouth. “I think you like putting up with me” “ Shut up ” “Make me,” Neil tells him. “Marry me,” Andrew replies.https://archiveofourown.org/works/18170219
https://archiveofourown.org/works/18170219
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41boyfriend privilegesmostly_maudlin6,4151151,031Andrew knows he treats Neil different. So why is it so bothersome that everyone else seems to know it, too? Five times Neil gets boyfriend privileges, and one time it doesn't piss Andrew off.https://archiveofourown.org/works/44106117
https://archiveofourown.org/works/44106117
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42Armiesnekojita6,3761,6381,909Upon Mary Hatford's death, Nathaniel Wesninski makes the call to his uncle Stuart rather than continuing on the run and ending up in Milport, Nevada. Upon graduating university, Andrew Minyard turns down all offers of a professional Exy career and muddles through a 'normal' life, until the boredom and inanity of it all wears him down and he accepts an offer of a break to spend some time with his cousin Nicky in Stuttgart, Germany. There he meets Abram Hatford, a handsome and broken young man who has more in common with Andrew than he suspects, and nothing's normal anymore.https://archiveofourown.org/works/7853419
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7853419
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43I want this touch to be familiarOminous6,3555871,139Deep down, Andrew knew he would always reach this crossroads, a time where the thought became too strong to ignore. Going all the way with Neil. It's not something he can continue to avoid thinking about. When Andrew looks back to the days where he held Neil's hands down, when he never got off with him in the same room, he's forced to acknowledge how much he's allowed. Not allowed. Welcomed. Wanted. But that’s not all there is to it, and the desire to make a decision finally makes itself known.https://archiveofourown.org/works/23072989
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23072989
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44fragilelikearecord6,2784371,626A new guy starts working at the radio station. He's fragile. Better keep Andrew away from him.https://archiveofourown.org/works/30260733
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30260733
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45Swinging Along The Z AxisSpangleBangle6,248130761Andrew asks Neil to explain how he swings, and Neil does his best to understand it himself.https://archiveofourown.org/works/8376946
https://archiveofourown.org/works/8376946
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46I Wanna Get Betterlady_flash6,2437921,348I didn't know I was broken 'til i wanted to change I wanna get better, better, better, better, I wanna get better Or, Andrew persuades Neil to give Dr. Betsy Dobson a chance and the decision starts to change their relationship in ways they didn't expect.https://archiveofourown.org/works/30320958
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30320958
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47venus as a boykybelles6,2312771,130Kevin's childhood friend is transferred into their school out of the blue. Andrew doesn't care at all. Neil isn’t much taller than Andrew himself but he’s definitely leaner. His auburn hair consists of short wavy strands, high cheekbones a little rosy like he just got exposed to cold. Wrapped in his long grey coat, he has no business looking this well groomed as if they’re in the middle of a cocktail party. Pale blue eyes focus on Andrew momentarily as a barely there, hesitant smile appears on the guy’s full lips. Then Neil opens his mouth and says “Hello.” in the most fucking posh accent and hell no. Andrew immediately scowls. “No.” Neil merely shrugs, easy elegance showing itself in his movement. "Okay." Andrew decides at the moment he hates this guy with a burning passion. [Russian]https://archiveofourown.org/works/28322670
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28322670
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48A Charmed LifeKatherineF6,219818515 times one of the Foxes sees Andrew smile, and the 1 time all of them do. Or, Andrew Minyard is a huge softie for Neil Josten and he can't hide it.https://archiveofourown.org/works/19978666
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19978666
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49The Betmaqicien6,153115800“I bet the monster will come alone again this year,” he says, his voice scratchy like the sound of a blender in the early hours of the morning. Aaron stiffens beside his brother, shoulders creeping up to his ears before he opens his eyes. He turns to Seth with a sneer. In seconds, Aaron had gone from asleep to fully awake, an anger simmering under the surface of his skin, water boiling over. “I’ll take that bet,” Aaron says, face a blank slate, anger cooling behind his eyes. If this were still college, Aaron would’ve let anger take over, let fists fly. With age, Aaron had learned that there are crueler things than violence. “Five hundred bucks,” Seth replies, eyes sparkling in amusement. He’s got the face of someone who thinks they’ve won. “A thousand,” Aaron counters. Andrew’s eyebrow twitches up imperceptibly, a feeling like a laugh bubbling up his throat. __ In which Neil and Andrew are secretly married.https://archiveofourown.org/works/41469525
https://archiveofourown.org/works/41469525
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50Andrew's Kill Listsundowne6,1465141,359Andrew wasn't impulsive, never had been. Not until Neil Josten. - 5 times Neil turns Andrew on and the 1 time he makes him come.https://archiveofourown.org/works/43845351
https://archiveofourown.org/works/43845351
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51never fallen (from quite this high)crystalcrow6,0061,3871,752For most people, a problem is a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful that needs to be dealt with or overcome. For Andrew Minyard, it’s the word that fits Neil Josten with a capital P. (or, aftg from andrew’s pov) ((this fic is now getting edited - chapters marked with a ☾ have been worked over. slight changes might apply, but nothing too drastic!))https://archiveofourown.org/works/28437807
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52hello worldlolainslackss5,9126131,222Everyone on the US national team knows that Andrew Minyard and Neil Josten hate each other, so of course they all think it's hilarious to force them to share a room in the name of 'team harmony' for the entirety of the Exy World Cup. An enemies-to-lovers/professional Exy AUhttps://archiveofourown.org/works/17118755
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17118755
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5312 Ways to Woo a MinyardNikNak225,8408921,518Neil is a math nerd who, by a stroke of dumb luck, falls into a group of friends that are the closest thing to family he’s ever had. So, when he tells them about his new mysterious crush, he shouldn’t be surprised how immediately they come up with a plan to help win them over. One they insist that if Neil follows it, he’ll have them falling for him in no time. But things don’t always go to plan – or do they? Nicky wants to set him up with someone else. Matt and Jeremy are confused but supportive. Allison and Seth offer lewd suggestions, while Dan does her best to keep everyone in line. Jean and Renee know something, Aaron doesn’t really care, and Kevin just wants Neil to join the lacrosse team. But one thing’s for certain – whether Neil’s successful or not, everyone’s got money riding on this.https://archiveofourown.org/works/31068989
https://archiveofourown.org/works/31068989
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54be neither fish nor fowlvicariously kingly (pelted)5,7923171,061They found it in the locked room of a Royal Navy's vessel, The Fox waiting to take her crew and their new spoils across the deep blue. It was beautiful. It was rarer than any diamond. “A mermaid,” Dan laughed, taking a step back and sweeping her hat off her head to hold to her chest. “They were transporting a mermaid.” It was going to make them rich. ( wherein the Foxes are pirates, Neil has gills, and no one quite trusts the magic. )https://archiveofourown.org/works/7014655
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7014655
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55I Hope You Lie To MeNikNak225,7287081,410Neil is Demi, but Andrew is Gay. It's a distinction Neil's never really paid attention to before, barely thought twice about at least in regards to himself. But after an incident at Eden's, and a specific comment from Andrew, Neil starts wondering if there are several things he hasn't noticed. It leads him on a downward spiral of self-doubt, depression, and his usual martyr-like tendencies that can only have one conclusion. He loves Andrew so he wants him to be happy- even if it's with someone else. So he'll let him go...but only if he asks.https://archiveofourown.org/works/27422608
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27422608
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56This Boyfriends Bullshitlikearecord5,710165637Follow-up to This Roommates Bullshit . Neil has had his epiphany. Now Andrew has to come to some of his own realizations.https://archiveofourown.org/works/25394797
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25394797
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57in a manner of speakinglikearecord5,6741721,069In Andrew's defense, blind dates are terrible and almost all of Kevin's friends are even worse. Nine times out of ten, calling in a favor to get Aaron to switch and tank it for him would be fine. Unfortunately, Andrew found number ten.https://archiveofourown.org/works/31612589
https://archiveofourown.org/works/31612589
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58Triggermostly_maudlin5,6551,3441,421After an upbringing lacking in mundanity, Neil just wants to live a “normal” life. He’s got a home, a circle of friends, a job — why not give casual sex a shot?https://archiveofourown.org/works/46033726
https://archiveofourown.org/works/46033726
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59The Truth Behind Itwematch5,606107556Neil finally makes a Twitter account the year after he leaves the Foxes. His PR has been nagging him about making a social media account since he joined the team but ultimately he uses it to annoy Andrew. Of course things escalate and the rumours of a rivalry between the two form, that is until Neil clarifies everything.https://archiveofourown.org/works/14831900
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14831900
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60Broken Englishnekojita5,55565595Neil receives a head injury during a game and wakes up speaking with an English accent. Andrew... is not exactly pleased with the situation, even though the Foxes are delighted about the change. Based on the fic prompt: Neil with a British accent and other people finding out about it and falling even more in love with him please???https://archiveofourown.org/works/8608876
https://archiveofourown.org/works/8608876
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61The Heat is OnNikNak225,5324741,244Neil Josten only has one year at Palmetto - one year that he'd planned to stay under the radar, keeping his true omega status hidden, while playing a sport he loves before moving on. But that was before he met Andrew Minyard. Before Riko drugged him into having a false heat. Before Andrew so carefully helped him through it. Now Neil is questioning what it truly means to be an omega - and what exactly the price would be if he wanted to stay.https://archiveofourown.org/works/37123717
https://archiveofourown.org/works/37123717
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62Who You Were Beforesambutwithbooks5,310138917"It looks like someone got you with a knife-" The words die in his throat as the night comes together in a sharp, horrifying sort of clarity. He can barely speak the idea into existence when he says, "wait- did Andrew do this to you?" --- After a bad night, Neil comes to Aaron for help.https://archiveofourown.org/works/35809459
https://archiveofourown.org/works/35809459
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63That Isn't NothingTaekookschanbaek5,267443934A look into the lives of pro exy players Andrew Minyard and Neil Josten. The world says they hate each other, but when Andrew gets transferred to Neil's team, their teammates begin seeing something else between them.https://archiveofourown.org/works/30749990
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30749990
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64(can't) hold it injaylocked5,253112436Neil Josten @njosten I guess you could say...the cat’s out of the bag!! #Catgate [twitpic] 10:24 AM - 349,120 likes - 245,203 retweets Andrew Minyard @aminyardofficial @njosten jfc stfu do i even kno u 10:32 AM - 232,143 likes - 98,857 retweets (in a world where everybody plays Exy professionally and Neil is no longer quite so technologically illiterate, he may or may not accidentally out himself via cat pic)https://archiveofourown.org/works/8305709
https://archiveofourown.org/works/8305709
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65Secrets and Honestyfullyvisible5,1416141,062Neil and Andrew aren't on the same professional teams, but that doesn't mean they're any less together. When a photograph gets taken out of context, they decide to go with it, as long as they're both having fun. And they are. Right?https://archiveofourown.org/works/32075422
https://archiveofourown.org/works/32075422
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66Such a Fool for Sacrificelikearecord5,1043071,382Neil is a successful author with a stalker who seems to know a little too much about his past. He needs a bodyguard for his upcoming book tour. Enter: Andrew Minyard. I've marked this as Graphic Descriptions of Violence out of an abundance of caution, but I don't even come near the source material here. “Kevin Day told me about you.” The corners of Neil’s mouth lift the barest degree. It should be an unassuming, polite smile. Should be. Andrew isn’t convinced. He hums and leans back in his seat. “You know Kevin.” “We go way back,” Neil explains. He’s not giving any signs that indicate he’s lying, but still. Kevin usually holds his liquor better than he holds his secrets but Andrew thought he knew everyone Kevin has known since Palmetto State and he’d remember if this guy had been in the Nest. “He’s never mentioned you,” Andrew says. “I rarely mention him,” Neil replies easily.https://archiveofourown.org/works/24566815
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24566815
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67Pretty BoyJustthislazy5,0723501,099Neil is the most attractive person Andrew has ever seen in his entire life. Too bad that Andrew can't express that fact (not opinion) properly to him. It all should be fine, it's not like Neil doesn't know he's hot, right?https://archiveofourown.org/works/61678882
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61678882
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68growing painsnightquills; Ominous5,055244984Stuart knows it’s perfectly normal for teenagers to have crushes. That’s why he’s not surprised in the slightest when Neil starts acting strange; lighter, happier. However, what he doesn’t expect is for the crush to leak into his everyday life—or literally take up residence in his house. Or: five times Stuart knew Neil was hiding a nighttime guest, and one time he actually met him.https://archiveofourown.org/works/24854383
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24854383
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69survive the nightbazookajo945,0501391,051Nicky needs to find a roommate who's not afraid of Andrew. Neil needs a place to live. Allison needs to win a bet.https://archiveofourown.org/works/26428849
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26428849
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70The Crooked Kindyoureyestheyglow5,022220871Neil went pro a year ago--and not on Andrew's team. The problem: they're private people, and when the press takes their declarations of hate at face value, Andrew and Neil find themselves unwilling to end the rumors.https://archiveofourown.org/works/22623748
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22623748
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71we might be hollow (but we're brave)stttmsbwa4,9803991,441Andrew is looking to live his life in peaceful nothingness, but his new neighbor's cat won't stop sneaking onto his balcony. As much as he tries to not make it into something, Andrew finds himself drawn to the mysterious and tempting man next door. Neil is just trying to find a reason to not leave Palmetto after everyone else has moved on. But he never thought he would want to run toward something in favor of running away. (In a slightly different world, two people find themselves meeting in a softer setting and in just as much need of each other. A story about dealing with pasts, sharing secrets and a cat who is an asshole yet manages to charm everyone around it.)https://archiveofourown.org/works/6368749
https://archiveofourown.org/works/6368749
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72Dancing With The DevilBakaDoll4,9621,365998Neil goes to the US to join the PSU Vixens. Joining Palmetto's cheer squad gives him the opportunity to mess with the people he can't stand the most, all the while doing what he loves to do: dancing. He's here to wreak havoc and that's what he will do - though maybe there will be some things that he didn't plan to go the way they go, and maybe he won't even mind some of them happening all that much.https://archiveofourown.org/works/17489660
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17489660
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73Brother of MineParadoxolotl4,954205734'Aaron should have known something was going on with Andrew when he had agreed to change their deal. It had taken Aaron months to build up the nerve to demand to be let out of it, determined to keep Katelyn no matter what. In the spring of their freshmen year at Palmetto, Aaron finally approached the subject, cornering Andrew in their shared kitchen and laying out his terms. He was not expecting Andrew’s counteroffer: sessions with Dobson once a week and an understanding that if anything happened with Katelyn, Andrew would step in. Thoughts of Katelyn, of not having to hide her anymore, took up all the space in Aaron’s mind and he never wondered why Andrew would have relented so easily. Looking back, it should have been obvious what was going on.' OR 5 times Aaron should have realized Andrew had somebody, and the one time he met him.https://archiveofourown.org/works/29300148
https://archiveofourown.org/works/29300148
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74The Smallest Exy Player, Now Even Smallerionlyloveyouironically4,944315905Aaron pissed somebody off, which isn't a surprise, but what happens to Andrew in retaliation definitely is. (Just another beloved-character-gets-magically-turned-into-a-child fic.)https://archiveofourown.org/works/8382901
https://archiveofourown.org/works/8382901
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75Maybe, Just MaybeWritingIsReality4,93172669“Do you take your cues from dead men?” The immediate aftermath of Aaron's accusation at the cabin in "The King's Men." Only Neil fights back and Andrew finds out...https://archiveofourown.org/works/29964606
https://archiveofourown.org/works/29964606
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76night by nightbazookajo944,90968519“Maybe he’s bringing a friend.” “That’s even more unbelievable, Aaron.” “I don’t know, Nicky, and I don’t know why you care.” Nicky sniffed. “I just feel like if we’re going to be spending a week with someone who Andrew has willingly invited, we should be prepared to meet a potential murderer or, like, a manic pixie dream girl.” “A what?”https://archiveofourown.org/works/25638289
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25638289
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77The Bachelor of Baltimorelikearecord4,9073261,054Nathaniel Wesninski, the only son of the Butcher of Baltimore, has two options: choose a mob boss to marry for the benefit of the Moriyamas, or meet with an unfortunate accident. He thought he had it worked out. And then Andrew Minyard walked into his life.https://archiveofourown.org/works/28117191
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28117191
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78Translation ErrorsSensationalSunburst4,907167690“Andrew doesn't love me,” Neil said simply, “So if he has a love language, I don't know it.” “Oh, honey.” Allison drawled, “You don't actually believe him when he says he hates you, do you?”https://archiveofourown.org/works/16596770
https://archiveofourown.org/works/16596770
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79Pressure Pointspuddlejumper994,8931,217738Neil enrolls at Columbia High School and remarkably fails at remaining invisiblehttps://archiveofourown.org/works/10147346
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10147346
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80Burned Awaydjhedy4,84347568Andrew and Neil don't make sense to the Foxes, so they try to figure them out. Five times Neil and Andrew don’t say it and one time they don’t have to Or: Andreil, a reaction fic in six sceneshttps://archiveofourown.org/works/18087302
https://archiveofourown.org/works/18087302
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81Pointlessmaqicien4,80276694The Foxes have only ever known him as the vicious, vindictive Monster he’s portrayed himself as. Now, he’s a mystery no one knows how to solve; hard and violent for strangers, soft and gentle for this boy with the sharp smile. - 5 times the Foxes accidentally spied on Andrew and his secret boyfriend and the 1 time they actually get to meet him.https://archiveofourown.org/works/43438548
https://archiveofourown.org/works/43438548
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82Oh love, I'm sorry if I smothered youAteiluj4,758260961Before he can tune them out as background noise, he hears his name. "...definitely toxic. I mean, Andrew drives him everywhere, drags him out of parties early, doesn't let him talk to anyone else... I overheard Aaron telling Kate that Andrew picks Neil's clothes out for him, that's controlling as shit." "Yeah, more like emotionally abusive. I don't get why the others don't do anything about it, though, like, if there was even a chance Neil would listen to me I'd be trying to rescue that poor boy." "He probably doesn't even realize he needs rescuing, though, right? Like, that's how abusive relationships work. Besides, you know what his life's been like, with parents like his he might not know what a healthy relationship even looks like. And the others are probably too scared of Andrew to intervene." Or, Andrew overhears an unfortunate conversation and spirals.https://archiveofourown.org/works/47838532
https://archiveofourown.org/works/47838532
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83at least we were electrifiedlikearecord4,7522531,186Child actor made good and America's boy-next-door meets professional Exy's favorite love-to-hate-him bad boy. His reputation has never been worse. Merry Mixtape to loveroulettes, whose song was so perfectly Andrew & Neil. I hope you enjoy! Delicate Taylor Swift This ain't for the best my reputation's never been worse, so you must like me for me .https://archiveofourown.org/works/36824746
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36824746
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84All I Wantedmaydaykevin4,75194620Matt befriends a new student who takes a particular interest in Neil. Andrew doesn’t care. He doesn’t care about anything. And Neil thought he was the only liar.https://archiveofourown.org/works/33193735
https://archiveofourown.org/works/33193735
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85call me in the afternoonjaylocked4,74895749Neil had literally been tortured on several occasions, and that was still better than this. (written for the prompt: "andrew and neil meet in a group therapy")https://archiveofourown.org/works/8398765
https://archiveofourown.org/works/8398765
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86can i get a kiss (can you make it last forever)Talls4,7433261,213“I’m obsessive about everything,” Neil protests, sitting in a booth with the four upperclassmen he can stand. “What makes this obsession special?” “Okay, we get the Exy obsession, because you’re legitimately planning on going pro, and we get the Kevin obsession because he’s dedicated to teaching you to go pro, and we even get the Minyard obsession,” Dan says. “Shh,” Neil pleads desperately, hoping beyond hope that nobody heard that. “But the podcast has nothing to do with Exy! It’s half about music, and you don’t even like music that much,” Dan says. “It’s literally just music and a really weird guy talking about his homicidal impulses, and it sorta sounds like a joke, but on a much more real level it sounds like it’s absolutely not a joke and I would call the authorities if this guy gave any personal details at all,” Dan says. “It’s mostly a joke,” Neil offers, but it sounds weak to his own ears. -- In which Andrew has a podcast, and Neil falls in love with him twice.https://archiveofourown.org/works/23332921
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23332921
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87Neil's KeeperPalmettoFoxDen4,73191575Neil decides he wants to let loose a little and get drunk with the upperclassmen, so he asks Andrew to keep him from doing anything too stupid.https://archiveofourown.org/works/11885322
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11885322
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88I Wish I Were Fine, I Thought I Waspawnofkings4,67956514“Ow, shit!” Wymack exclaims, retracting his arm. There's a slight burn on his skin. Neil stands, frozen, feeling like time itself has stopped. But if it had, then Wymack wouldn’t be moving in his direction and - The pan clatters to the floor, and Neil is several feet away before he realizes he’s moved at all. But suddenly, he’s half-lying on the floor. He stares at his arms, thrown up in front of him as if to protect him, and on the other side of them is Wymack, looking down at him as if he’s just seen somebody die. --- Or: a Fox family dinner goes awry, and Neil struggles to come to terms with his own instincts.https://archiveofourown.org/works/26306554
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26306554
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89five times.redblue4,63150619The five times Andrew doesn't say he loves Neil, and the one time he does.https://archiveofourown.org/works/6419083
https://archiveofourown.org/works/6419083
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90your love is such a mysteryuwereamazing4,617104794five times the foxes walked in on andreil and the one time they didn’t have to.https://archiveofourown.org/works/18117626
https://archiveofourown.org/works/18117626
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91i'll crawl home to himsporadichearttcollector4,613112781“Neither of you are subtle,” Aaron groans. “The whole school is waiting for you to bang already.” “I don’t want to bang him, Aaron,” Andrew snaps. “I want to take him on dates and hold his stupid hand and then bang him. Longterm. Monogamously. I want to be his boyfriend, I want him to be my boyfriend. I want to one day be Mr. Andrew Minyard-Dobson-Josten.”https://archiveofourown.org/works/18679225
https://archiveofourown.org/works/18679225
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92Signing on the Lineandrewiel4,5971,8811,190When Neil Josten is offered a position as a starting striker for a professional Exy team, he feels like all of his dreams are coming true. He signs the contract, not caring about the strict morality clause that controls who he can and can't date in the public eye. Then he meets Andrew Minyard, the top-ranked goalie of a rival team, and then Neil thinks he might just have to care after all.https://archiveofourown.org/works/12428763
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12428763
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93Red Rabbitsbloodydamnit; Jeni182; SeaBear13; windeavesdrops4,5781,3961,305Andrew Minyard is a successful journalist, writing hit pieces to take down and uncover decay in big institutions. When he starts looking into the mysterious disappearance of Mary and Nathaniel Wesninski, that all disappears. Suddenly, he finds himself blacklisted in his line of work. Unable to move forward with the piece, he finds a platform with The Foxhole Network, the communications department at his Alama Mater. With the help of the TFN team, he puts together a podcast and goes on the hunt for Mary and Nathaniel, following leads sent by their listeners and connecting dots that hadn't bothered to be connected before. - Neil Josten has stayed in the same place for far too long. He knows this, but he's grown comfortable. That is until he hears a deep voice through a set of speakers - a podcast host asking the question he didn't want to be answered most: What happened to Mary and Nathaniel? Neil does the only thing he knows how. He runs. But he runs into more problems than solutions.https://archiveofourown.org/works/18460256
https://archiveofourown.org/works/18460256
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94Bunnylady_flash4,476161674How each of the original Foxes found out that Andrew likes to call Neil "Bunny". That's it, that's the fic.https://archiveofourown.org/works/39053838
https://archiveofourown.org/works/39053838
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95In the Eye of the Beholderdarkbluebox4,348134641"If you're taking requests, maybe the foxes reacting to soft andreil?" Overprotective boyfriends, overly nosy teammates, and the intersections therein.https://archiveofourown.org/works/23743591
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23743591
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96mark me, make me yoursartemis_west4,31333462Some guy hits on Neil, Neil is oblivious, the guy is unnecessarily cruel to him when he doesn't get his way, Andrew gets pissed and possessive and jealous, Neil gets horny, there's wall sex, it's hot.https://archiveofourown.org/works/12261312
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12261312
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97We're the giggle at a funeralArirmis4,279169755„Darling?“ Andrew calls, still out of sight, and that gets Neil’s attention. Except for some very rare, very soft moments Andrew only uses pet names to be sarcastic. „Yes love?“ Neil retaliates in the same, slightly mocking tone. Andrew comes into sight, with an unusual mischievous glint in his eyes. „How much do you think you can horrify a whole bunch of conservative homophobes?“ or: What is a professional actor as a fiancé good for, if you can't terrorize your distant (and close) relatives with him?https://archiveofourown.org/works/35475772
https://archiveofourown.org/works/35475772