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little2nerdy · 1 day
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when jean is first taking stock of his injuries he says he remembers the “sensation of ripping, peeling skin” regarding riko pulling his hair out and keeps wondering how long it will take to grow back and even cat noticed his hair is uneven and asking if he cut it himself. i really feel like he might avoid cutting his hair for a while. like he’s never had that freedom and now it’s not only the fact that he has the option to grow it out but also maybe there’s trauma that he associates with his hair now? like yes maybe this is just me wanting to see him with floppy french boy hair but also there’s a lot of belief that hair holds memories and i don’t think jean would be ready to let go of everything that’s happened to him.
just a thought.
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qixjone · 2 days
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someone needs to make casual by chappell roan into aftg andreil ff IMMEDITELY
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starrycassi · 1 month
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HC that Neil is INSANELY good at cleaning after himself. He never leaves crumbs when he eats. He never puts receipts down anywhere. He constantly changes his routine in small ways. He is literally always erasing himself, making sure to leave no clues for them to catch him with. Never stepping in mud because muddy footsteps are way easier to track. Making sure that his hair is not falling. He picks up everything after himself, even the smallest things. He can use a room and leave it like no one was there, ever. He doesn't have eidetic memory like Andrew — but he's just, if not more, meticulous.
It breaks everyone's hearts when they see this. He leaves the kitchen and it's like he's never been here. If you looked for clues of him in the foxhole, you would never find them. For some time, outside of the pictures that Dan took and his own possessions, there is no way to tell that Neil josten lives there.
Until, one day, there is.
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starlonging · 9 days
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it's been years since I read aftg and i JUST realised that the Ravens basically signed off on their own loss by making Neil train as a backliner when he was there and then Neil goes Uno reverse bitch and defeats them while playing that same position and probably using their own tricks against them
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hmmm-shesucks · 7 months
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One night, Aaron FaceTimes Andrew, and he is sobbing, but before Andrew can ask what’s wrong or even panic, Aaron flips the screen to show the twins and asks them who is who. They say their names, and then Aaron says no, and they just giggle and tell him not to be silly; they know their names, and Aaron’s like, clearly not, and then asks again, and they switch names. Aaron flips the camera back around, telling Andrew they’ve been doing it for hours, and he can’t tell them apart anymore. When Andrew asks where Katelyn is because she has never once mixed the twins up in their three years of life, Aaron flips the screen again, and Katelyn is laughing so hard on the other side of the couch that she's not even making noise anymore. Neil literally almost pees his pants because he’s laughing so hard, as well, and Andrew, after telling Aaron who’s who because Andrew has even the most minuscule difference memorized, he tells the twins to keep up the good work and then hangs up.
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juicegremlin · 2 months
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I know Neil and Andrew don't always rely on words, but I do think they eventually get into the habit of verbally apologizing. I think they both have some difficulty getting there (especially Andrew), but I imagine it would come to mean a lot to hear someone they love admit fault and make amends for it. Still, it's never as simple as an "I'm sorry." Their apologies almost always turn into good conversations, promises to work on things. They care enough about each other to do that.
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the-gay-cousin-666 · 2 months
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Once Neil and Andrew start living together, Andrew starts leaving the books he reads laying about the flat. On the coffee table, sofa, kitchen counter, just sort of wherever. After Neil notices this pattern, he will pick it up and start reading from the beginning. If it interests him enough, he'll find a piece of paper and bookmark it.
Andrew doesn't notice at first, but he can see his books are moving around and odd receipts and scraps are falling out of the pages. Eventually he catches Neil in bed, engrossed in his latest pick, and quietly slips in to peak at what part Neil is currently at, maybe even comments on what he thought about it.
It becomes a common practice for them overtime, maybe they even take turns picking books, and whoever is ahead leaves little notes for when the other catches up.
Maybe, when they're both in the mood, they take turns reading aloud and discuss the plot over dinner.
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ohtobangchan · 2 months
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speciouspessimism · 5 months
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hc that once he feels comfortable, neil’s favorite thing is wearing (stealing) his friends’ (the foxes’) clothes. it’s like a physical anchor for him? something undeniable that says “i am loved, i am cared for, i am trusted” and most importantly “i must return”.
- he and andrew basically share clothes…. when it comes to clothing they forget who’s is who’s and accidentally wear each others’ jerseys
- matt’s mom is sentimental and has a lot of matt’s old clothes, and eventually matt brings neil home over a break and lets him thrift in his childhood wardrobe
- nicky gives him old t-shirts from bands he doesn’t listen to anymore and neil wears them as pjs
- kevin is a stylish bisexual in his early twenties so he has looots of nice jewelry of which neil picks a piece or two of to sneak every week, and Kevin lets him under the pretense of teaching neil to dress better
- renee notices that neil has no proper comfortable clothes and will always offer for him to take her sweatpants (they’re… kinda long) “for the night” but they both know she does not expect them back for a few days
- dan and neil have the same shoe size… enough said
- allison will wear a great sweater and later neil will come by to hang out in just a t-shirt and jeans… and then oh nooo he’s sooo cold…. shiver shiver complain… nooo it’s fine..oh my goood are you sure….thank you soooo much allison thank you…. (they do this dance often and no one understands why allison lets him)
- even aaron once gets sweatpants just a couple inches too long and one day neil just finds them on his desk in the dorm, flung over a pile of notes and messing up his study space, but warm and brand new
- not clothes but when neil completes his first full year with the foxes, like to the day, on the calendar one year since he came to south carolina, wymack gives neil the blanket he used when sleeping on the couch in his apartment last summer
all of this makes neil feel safer than he would admit, but they all notice and play this game. if he’s wearing dan’s sneakers… well, he can’t run away with those on, it would just be inconsiderate
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trans Neil could actually make so much sense if you think about it because imagine they’re on the run, and Neil says to Mary ‘mom what if I started dressing like a boy’ and Mary, hellbent on disguising them, thinks that a fantastic idea, and immediately agrees. And then Neil is like, ‘maybe I could change my name to more boy names’ and Mary agrees even more. It’ll be harder to find them. Meanwhile it settles something in Neil, makes him feel about as at home as he could be in a body on the run.
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prettypipedream · 3 months
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i love seeing art of the foxes using KT tape, because let me tell you, that shit is a BITCH to get off.
i have chronic muscle problems, so my docs often use it on me.
if it’s applied properly, you can’t just rip it off, because it’ll take your hair with it lol, and it will obviously irritate the skin.
in my experience, showering isn’t enough either, you need to lather the adhesive area in oil.
so i just imagine the foxes all having an excessive amount of baby oil and coconut oil in their dorms.
every grocery run includes a huge amount of oils, and while on the bench or in team meetings, there is always someone distracted as they try and pick off excess adhesive off their body.
they aren’t even called on it because it is a shared annoyance they can all relate to.
additionally, i think it would be funny if abby had fox print KT tape ordered for the team, but also always orders plain black KT tape because andrew absolutely refuses to use it otherwise.
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Nicky: I can’t believe Neil ignored us all winter break! He better be dying.
Neil: Hey guys, sorry I ignored you all winter break. I was dying.
Nicky: I take it back I take it back I take it back I take it back.
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crystalmethsthings · 1 year
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neil when nicky said girls were too soft for him:
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ravenexy · 11 months
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andrew, after seeing neil insult the fuck out of riko on live television: im attracted to men, but at what cost?
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writingpuddle · 1 year
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hc that neil grew up subsisting on 78% shitty gas station coffee and his taste buds are burned to shit and back. this man would drink gasoline if you told him it came with caffeine. the foxes make a game of seeing what horrors they can slip into his coffee that he'll still drink. coffee with garlic powder. coffee with orange juice. someone sneaks a splash of mouthwash in a cup of coffee once and neil drinks it without flinching.
one time theyre out for a big team lunch and andrew pushes a coffee in front of neil and he drinks it, frowns briefly, then keeps talking to kevin, periodically sipping his coffee, frowning vaguely and carrying on. dan is eyeing the group suspiciously, trying to guess who has slipped what in neils coffee when andrew catches her eye and very, very quietly pushes a bottle of soy sauce away from his plate.
dan snorts so hard she almost chokes on her dumplings. and she'll never be able to prove it, but she swears that for a half second andrews face did something that almost looked like smiling.
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hmmm-shesucks · 5 months
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One of the Foxes makes the mistake of asking Kevin how often he thinks about the Roman Empire to which he responds, “I’m glad you asked.” And then makes the whole team sit through a two hour PowerPoint presentation. He makes them take notes and gives a pop quiz after. Everyone fails. Kevin is disappointed.
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