#aftg music

[splishsplashyouropinionistrash]

Neil Josten Character Playlist

#10, Neil Josten (link)

“You are a Fox. You will always have and be nothing.”

Runs in the Family ~ Amanda Palmer

Fallin' (Adrenaline) ~ Why Don't We

Run Boy Run ~ Woodkid

Family Line ~ Conan Gray

Cigarette Daydreams ~ Cage The Elephant

I Found ~ Amber Run

At Least I Have Nothing ~ Saint Motel

Pipe Dream ~ Creative Differences

The Fox ~ North Bloom

Dog Days Are Over ~ Florence + The Machine

Runaway ~ AURORA

Doombop! ~ The Toxhards

Mama ~ My Chemical Romance

I'm Not Ok ~ Weathers

Father ~ The Front Bottoms

Blood // Water ~ grandson

Burning Pile ~ Mother Mother

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) ~ Kate Bush

The Family Jewels ~ MARINA

Freaks ~ Surf Curse

Problems ~ Mother Mother

Outrunning Karma ~ Alec Benjamin

Why Am I Like This? ~ Orla Gartland

Hopeless Wanderer ~ Mumford & Sons

Never Seen Runaway ~ Jay Kill & The Hustle Standard

Game Of Survival ~ Ruelle

You should be scared of me ~ DAMONA

Run ~ Daughter

Paranoia ~ Neoni

Mama I'm A Dead Man ~ Damien Styles

Leaving Tonight ~ The Neighbourhood

I Need You To Hate Me ~ JC Stewart

You'd Be Paranoid Too (If Everyone Was Out To Get You ~ Waterparks

You Are A Runner And I Am My Father's Son ~ Wolf Parade

WE MADE PLANS AND GOD LAUGHED ~ Beauty School Dropout

Born To Die ~ Lana Del Rey

Message Man ~ Twenty One Pilots

Arsonist's Lullabye ~ Hozier

I'll Surely Die ~ The Rubens

Bloodsport ~ Raleigh Ritchie

Running With The Wolves ~ AURORA

Atlas Drowned ~ Gang of Youths

Hard Times ~ Paramore

Die Young ~ Max Frost

Trouble ~ Cage The Elephant

Afraid ~ The Neighbourhood

Losing My Religion ~ R.E.M.

You're Gonna Go Far, Kid ~ The Offspring

Drifter ~ Falling In Reverse

You Can Run ~ Adam Jones

Me and the Devil ~ Soap&Skin

The Run and Go ~ Twenty One Pilots

Mother ~ John Lennon

&burn (with Vince Staples) ~ Billie Eilish, Vince Staples

Sinister Kid ~ The Black Keys

la di die (feat. Jaden Hossler) ~ Nessa Barrett

Andrew's Playlist

Kevin's Playlist

#aftg #tfc #all for the game #the foxhole court #neil josten #aftg textpost #aftg playlist #aftg music recs #aftg music #music recs #playlist #splishsplash music

[miniscule-rabbit]

Songs that remind me of Andriel

1. colors by grouplove

2. sharp edges by linkin park

3. the messenger by linkin park

4. where is my mind by the pixies

#aftg shitpost #aftg #andrew minyard #neil josten #aftg music #all for the game #andreil #aftg andrew

[aftgmusic]

ANDREIL VIBES ANYONE??

Andrew’s POV: 

Oh Lord, Oh Lord, what have I done? I've fallen in love with a man on the run Oh Lord, Oh Lord, I'm begging you please Don't take that sinner from me

Neil’s POV:

Don't care if he's guilty, don't care if he's not He's good and he's bad and he's all that I've got Oh Lord, Oh Lord, I'm begging you please Don't take that sinner from me

#neil josten #andrew x neil #andrew minyard #andreil #aftgmusic #aftg music #aftg #all for the game

[madamevandeleur]

Why does posting for a new fandom feel like walking into a bar and having everyone just stare at you. Like I'm sorry I'm new here pls don't hurt me

#scp foundation #the magnus archives #the raven cycle #the shadowhuter chronicles #the secret history #all for the game #stalking jack the ripper #welcome to night vale #trc #aftg #tsc #tsh #six of crows #posting for the scp foundation like: am i allowed to be here??? #grishaverse #pjo hoo toa #percy jackson #the dreamer trilogy #musicals #if we were villains #re: dracula #good omens #scp fandom #book fandom #tma

[ittyybittybaker]

To celebrate Neil's birthday, here's a time-period accurate emo/pop punk love song mix I made inspired by this post by @wuzeio (featuring only songs released in 2007 or earlier)

1. Ocean Avenue - Yellowcard | 2. crushcrushcrush - Paramore | 3. I'm Not Okay (I Promise) - My Chemical Romance | 4. My Bloody Valentine - Good Charlotte | 5. Just Tonight - Jimmy Eat World | 6. Count 'em One, Two, Three - The Maine | 7. Of All The Gin Joints In All The World - Fall Out Boy | 8. I'd Do Anything - Simple Plan | 9. First Date - blink-182 | 10. Give Me Anything - The Maine | 11. The Promise - New Found Glory | 12. G.I.N.A.S.F.S. - Fall Out Boy | 13. Work - Jimmy Eat World | 14. Only One - Yellowcard | 15. Until The Day I Die - Story Of The Year | 16. Bang The Doldrums - Fall Out Boy | 17. MakeDamnSure - Taking Back Sunday | 18. Demolition Lovers - My Chemical Romance

#Happy Birthday Neil #I hope as you listen you imagine Andrew Painstakingly choosing each song and putting them in the Perfect Order #and taking 3 days to download them off limewire before burning the cd #handwriting the tracklist for Neil and drawing that little fox #please enjoy my shitty clipart cover #I can't draw so this took like 2 hours in adobe photo editor 😅 #aftg #andreil #andrew minyard #neil josten #all for the game #music #fan mix #mid 2000s emo

[deadliestpieceontheboard]

I think in another timeline Kevin would have loved ballet classes

#he's already into classical music canonically #can you see my vision?? #lil baby Kevin day in his leotards #olympic athlete mom going to his recitals #remarkable flexibility as an adult #give it to himmmmmm #aftg #all for the game #Kevin Day

[astridsbirdskulls]

They probably fell asleep after a game

Here's more jerejean, including the projectile squean @emry-stars-art

#soft jerejean my love #i really want to know what theyre listening to now #it's probably Jeremy's music but i still don't know what he would listen to #and they're kissing in the rain bc i thought it would be cute #sorta #its actually bc i waa thinking about the first time jean got to play in the rain #i think he used to hate the rain bc it made the nest feel even more gloomy and prison-like #but then after practice with the trojans on day it had beed raining and Jeremy started splashing in puddles #jean definitely hated it a little less after that #projectile squean from an emry live #this felt so dumb to draw but i love it so its fine #jeremy knox #jean moreau #jerejean #all for the game #aftg #aftg fanart #fan art #my art #mer au #kevin day #kefin #david wymack #abby winfield

[purpleshadow-star]

Hc that one day Aaron is walking to the dorms from his class, and he's texting Kaitlyn while he walks, so he doesn't see that the stairs outside the building his class was in are wet, so he slips and literally tumbles down all the stairs. It's at a time when a lot of classes just got out, so a bunch of people see him. Even worse, he just finished a biology lecture, which happens to be in the same building and at the same time as Neil's calculus lecture, so Neil witnesses the whole thing.

For the next month, Neil obnoxiously reminds Aaron to be careful whenever he is walking and texting or whenever he is confronted with stairs of any kind. It's always some variation of "careful Aaron, there's a crack in the sidewalk!" (while Aaron is on his phone) or "careful Aaron, there are stairs!"

The Foxes don't understand because neither Neil nor Aaron will explain. Aaron is just too embarrassed to tell them, and Neil finds it amusing to keep them all in the dark about Aaron's incident. All of them except Andrew, of course.

#inspired by me almost slipping on randomly wet stairs yesterday on my way out of class while looking at my phone to fix my music #because the best hcs come from projection... #sorry aaron youre my victim today #aftg #all for the game #aaron minyard #neil josten #andrew minyard #andreil #aftg hc #aftg headcanon

[detectivebambam]

Jean has no idea what music he likes. He wasn't allowed to listen to music in the nest, so he's only ever heard the pop music they play at games. He brings this up to Neil one time during their endless texting sessions, so Neil sends him the link to his Spotify. What Jean doesn't know is that Neil uses Andrew's account, and this is why Jean is following Andrew on Spotify.

#and yes he likes the music #andrew does not know about this #spotify #aftg #all for the game #andrew minyard #neil josten #jean moreau #the foxhole court #nora sakavic #the sunshine court #andreil

[rainbow-femme]

Like to imagine that Andrew is not a love song guy unless he needs to be dramatic, in which case he is absolutely not above using it to get what he wants

Neil and Kevin at the court getting ready to leave with Wymack to meet a possible recruit, Andrew lying on the floor of the suite back at the dorms listening to A Picture of Me (Without You)

Neil and Kevin getting a text from Aaron that says “come get your man he’s sullen and melancholic and it’s killing the vibes”

They swing by the tower and pick him up before leaving and he has no idea what they’re talking about but he insists Kevin takes shotgun so he can sit in the back with Neil and insult his striker choices while occasionally kicking the back of Kevin’s seat

#Andrew just like ‘I have been ABANDONED’ #Andrew is definitely an old school love song guy #nothing gets across what you’re feeling like the implication you went through 50 years of music to find this specific song #andreil #all for the game #aftg #andrew minyard #neil josten #kevin day #kandreil

[codename-adler]

Kevin WAS at the club. He IS the club. The men and the women and the thems fall at his feet wherever he struts. He’s playin’, he’s teasin’, he doesn’t mean a fucking thing. Alejandro, RIP Love, Te Amo, he’s working it one song after the other. He’s got that smile that doesn’t reach his eyes, those hands that never replay grab anything, the hips that sway away and away. Cuz at the end of the night, it’s to Andrew that he comes back. It’s to Neil that he comes back. It’s not his fault he’s a goddamn Aphrodite on the dance floor, and off too. Moths can’t help their attraction to the flame. Neil and Andrew don’t mind. Because they got him. No one else does. And Kevin’s got them. If anything, watching him in the club is a gift. An unforgettable promise. And a fucking treat.

#i did not just take a shower imagining kevin turning heads in the club to my music #and i certainly did not proceed to make that playlist #kandreil #kevin day #andrew minyard #neil josten #aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court

[splishsplashyouropinionistrash]

Kevin Day Character Playlist

#2, Kevin Day /// Character Playlist (link)

"Fuck all of them. Waste of time to be angry. They should be afraid."

This Is Love ~ Air Traffic Controller

Blood // Water ~ grandson

I Was Just A Kid ~ Nothing But Thieves

We Have It All ~ Pim Stones

Play Dirty ~ Kevin McAllister, [SEBELL]

Me and the Devil ~ Soap&Skin

Monsters ~ Seafret

The Crooked Kind ~ Radical Face

Begin Again (Taylor's Version) ~ Taylor Swift

The Exit ~ Conan Gray

Looks Red, Tastes Blue ~ Mayday Parade

Game of Survival ~ Ruelle

Little League ~ Conan Gray

Clean ~ Taylor Swift

Seventeen ~ MARINA

Without Me ~ Halsey

Burning Piile ~ Mother Mother

The Kids Aren't Alright ~ Fall Out Boy

Greek God ~ Conan Gray

Everybody Wants To Rule The World ~ Lorde

I Miss The Misery ~ Halestorm

I Wanna Get Better ~ Bleachers

Burned ~ Grace VanderWaal

Mouth Of The Devil ~ Mother Mother

The Truth I'll Never Tell ~ AS IT IS

god save me, but don't drown me out ~ YUNGBLUD

Angel On Fire ~ Halsey

Don't come over, i'm an a**hole ~ Jeremy Zucker

I Wasn't Made to Fall in Love ~ Miko

mirrorball ~ Taylor Swift

Bejeweled ~ Taylor Swift

The Sound of Letting Go ~ All Time Low

Are You Satisfied? ~ MARINA

I Can't Handle Change ~ Roar

Better Than Me ~ The Brobecks

Therefore I Am ~ Billie Eilish

Sober ~ FIDLAR

you should see me in a crown ~ Billie Eilish

Make Me Your Queen ~ Declan McKenna

Stay Frosty Royal Milk Tea ~ Fall Out Boy

Glory And Gore ~ Lorde

Achilles Come Down ~ Gang of Youths

All the King's Men ~ The Rigs

Oh Raven (Sing Me A Happy Song) ~ Unlike Pluto

My Alcoholic Friends ~ The Dresden Dolls

Cure For Me ~ AURORA

Sex, Drugs, Etc. ~ Beach Weather

Drunk on Halloween ~ Wallows

Birds Dont Sing ~ TV Girl

SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK ~ Joji

Something in the Orange ~ Zach Bryan

Start a War ~ Klergy, Valerie Broussard

Don't Save Me ~ Chxrlotte

vampire ~ Olivia Rodrigo

What Was I Made For? ~ Billie Eilish

Winner ~ Conan Gray

the grudge ~ Olivia Rodrigo

la di die (feat. Jaden Hossier) ~ Nessa Barrett

Andrew's Playlist

Neil's Playlist

#aftg #tfc #all for the game #the foxhole court #kevin day #aftg music #aftg music recs #aftg playlist #music recs #playlist #splishsplash music

[yourleftpinkytoe-blog]

Headcanon:

Bee love older music. Like I’m talking 50s-80s music is the only thing she listens to. When Andrew can’t talk during their sessions she will put on her music. Initially Andrew doesn’t care about it one way or another but by the time he graduates he has a playlist of all bees favorite songs that he listens to on bad days.

#again time here projecting my music tastes onto Andrew #aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court #andrew minyard #the foxes #andreil #betsy dobson #bee dobson #mama bee #all for the gay #aftg andrew #andrew joseph minyard #Andrew: only publicly listens to medal or punk music #Andrew’s headphones: 🎶du du du Duke of earl earl earl Duke of earl duke duke Duke of earl🎶 #(Duke of Earl by king chandler)

[aftgmusic]

ANDREIL

Neil’s POV:

You think that everyone hates you But I don't, I don't When everyone tries to use you I won't, I won't

Andrew’s POV:

The past is gone, so let it go The hand that held you down is broke You fall, I catch If you're on the edge I'll keep you hanging on

#andreil #andrew x neil #andrew minyard #neil josten #aftg #all for the game #aftg music #aftgmusic

[aftgficrec]

hi besties! can i be a bit weird and ask for sick fics here? old/new/favorites, any will do! just some big ol’ hurt/ comfort, especially if combined with some emotional hurt/comfort 🥰

There’s nothing weird about this at all!  Apart from the fics below, there’s also our sickfic tag as well as our hurt/comfort tag for more (see our tag page under the heading ‘themes - injuries/illnesses/conditions’). - S

Previous recs:

cool andreil sick fics here

sick fics here

foxes with headaches/sick fics here

10k+ sick fics here

Andreil in hospital here

Neil with major injury here

Neil gets injured (post canon) here

Neil & car accidents here

accident-prone Neil here

Andreil with amnesia here

medical Andreil/Aaron & Neil here

Neil getting roofied here

Also see… 

‘we're one (there's nothing to be done)’ here

‘Just like that day’ here

‘head case (what to do with you)’ here

‘Such Stuff as Dreams are Made’ here

‘Neil Josten Is a Lucky Man’ here

‘Broken’ here

‘If Only I Were Enough’ (completed) here

‘I'll Come Back To You’ here

‘glass in the trees (objects in the rearview)’ here

‘Running Ragged’ here

‘To Love and Be Loved’ here

‘all that looking down’ here

‘next best thing’, keep telling me that it gets better (does it ever?)’ and ‘no matter when and where, we’ll be alright’ here

‘Can Nobody Hear Me (I cannot breathe)’, ‘I remeber tears streaming down your face (for me to wipe them away)’, ‘you crawled inside my head’, ‘living leaves so many holes in us’, ‘Ciggarette Smoke Cure’, ‘Breathless’, ‘i've done my time’ and ‘cats and close calls’ here

‘The Highs and Lows of Pre-med Majors' here (Aaron)

‘Hold My Hand?’ here

‘Echo’ here 

I’m More Than This Body of Mine by yall_send_help [Rated M, 88811 words, incomplete, last updated Jan 2024]

The doctor took a pause, which Nathaniel was able to use to ask, “what about my leg?” The two pigs had the audacity to look surprised. The doctor looked over at them with a hint of confusion. “You didn’t tell him?” Towns shook his head as Browning said, “you told us not to.” Dr. Byrd nodded her head in approval and turned back to the bed. “Nathaniel…” she trailed off, reevaluating her words. “Would you mind if I sit?” and only after his own nod did she. “The damage done to your leg… it was unlike what most of the staff at this hospital had ever seen. The surgeons tried to save it, but…” She looked down at where his legs were and Nathaniel did too, only to feel himself pale at what he found. “The surgery took about three hours,” Dr. Byrd continued. “The only reason why it took so long was because the surgeons really did try to save your leg. They did. Amputations usually take only half that time. Eventually, Dr. McCoy called it. Because of the damage done to your leg, we couldn’t wake you up to ask. It had to go. I’m sorry.” or - the one where neil goes to baltimore and comes back missing a leg

tw: torture, tw: amputation, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: panic attacks, tw: blood, tw: animal cruelty, tw: implied/referenced drug overdose

fireproof by mostly_maudlin [Rated T, 2097 words, complete, 2024]

Andrew gets his flu shot.

Things Always Gets Worse Before They Gets Better series by Renee_Walker_09 [Rated G, 40141 words, incomplete, 3 complete works, 2024]

Part 1: Beginnings & Endings (G, 1083 words)

It's 1:30 in the morning. The Foxes are celebrating their championship win against the Ravens the only way they know how to: booze, partying, and a little bit more booze. Nothing could possibly ruin this?

tw: car accident, tw: major character injury

Part 2: You Mean Everything To Me (G, 12767 words)

There are two crashed cars. There’s blood on the floor. Lights are flashing all around. Andrew is standing in the middle of the crash site with a blanket draped across his shoulders as he stares straight at Neil, lying on the floor.

tw: car accident, tw: major character injury, tw: (temporary) major character death, tw: suicide attempt, tw: drug overdose, tw: blood, tw: self harm

Part 3: Hours, Days, Weeks (G, 26299 words)

Andrew is lying in a coma following the accident. His condition is critical. And Neil and Aaron have to find a way to cope.  Neil and Aaron’s POVs of the crash and the past 6 weeks

tw: car accident, tw: blood, tw: major character injury, tw: (temporary) major character death, tw: self harm, tw: panic attacks, tw: seizures

NB: find art for the fics by the author here as well as embedded in the fics

Even goalkeepers can’t block sickness by BlowingYourMind [Rated G, 12768 words, complete, 2024]

“Rabbit,” Andrew peered up at him with half lidded eyes, “Yes or no?” “Yes ‘Drew,” Neil clasped his hands at Andrew’s elbows, “it’s always a yes, you know that.” “No ‘s not,” Andrew weakly argued as he took hold of Neil’s chest pad, using it to leverage himself upwards. It was awkward work of walking half-delirious Andrew back to the locker room, shielding him from the crowd while keeping him on his feet, but they managed. Or Andrew becomes very sick at an away game, and Neil and the foxes take care of him.

tw: vomit

the upswing by missgivings [Not Rated, 45569 words, incomplete, last updated Jan 2024]

The next universe over, life has gone a bit easier on Andrew. He’s gainfully employed as a nurse of all things, working beside his best friend Renee, and living in relative harmony with his brother, the recently graduated Dr. Aaron Minyard. Everything’s fine. It’s fine that he hasn’t spoken to Kevin in person for three years. It’s fine if Aaron’s leaving him to marry his stupid doctor girlfriend. It’s fine until the boy with the box-dyed hair stumbles into the ER and passes out at his feet, bringing a world of secrets and trouble with him. And Neil? Neil’s looking for any port in a storm.

tw: major character injury, tw: violence, tw: implied/referenced self harm

please (don't bite) by Major_816 [Rated M, 5478 words, complete, 2024]

Genioglossus. It’s a fan-shaped muscle and forms the bulk of the inferior part of the tongue. It stretches to the hyoid bone too. ~ Neil wakes up to a bad day and it just gets worse.

tw: blood, tw: self harm, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: nightmares, tw: flashbacks, tw: vomit

Will you love me for who I am, not for who I was? by something_boring [Rated T, 1580 words, complete, 2024]

Neil is sick on New Year's eve, wakes up to the fireworks, and continues to have a panic attack about his time on the run.

tw: nightmares, tw: panic attacks, tw: implied/referenced child abuse

Your Needs, My Needs by TogeMythia [Rated T, 1073 words, complete, 2023]

‘Neil.’ He whined, his face still buried under the blankets. ‘Hrmph?’ Neil responded with a confused noise from somewhere across the bed. ‘Do you feel as shit as you sound?’ - Or Neil and Andrew wake up sick on Christmas day.

tw: vomit

To be safe by HushedStars [Rated G, 2116 words, complete, 2023]

Neil is feeling unwell. He seeks comfort from Matt. It was late at night. Neil stood in the kitchen, deep in thought but still with one ear alert for any movement of his roommates. He shifted from foot to foot, hands digging into his sore neck

tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: panic attacks

Safe with him by 1mNot4Hum4n [Not Rated, 2434 words, complete, 2023]

Neil is sick but doesn't want to admit it. He can't be sick. He can't be weak. Luckily Andrew is there to make sure his junkie is okay, and remind him that he has people around him who are willing to do anything to protect him.

'tis the season by moonix [Rated T, 5579 words, complete, 2023]

Five holidays Andrew had to let Kevin take care of him and one time he got to return the favour.

i called your name ‘til the fever broke by cyanica [Rated T, 5632 words, incomplete, last updated Nov 2023]

Neil’s breath is hot and awful against Andrew��s thigh. “I can’t be sick on your birthday,” he says, like it’s that simple. “I can’t be sick on you on your birthday.” “How considerate,” Andrew’s voice is a bland murmur, and he is left watching Neil’s bloodless, wet lips, as he curls into Andrew’s lap. Neil gently pulls away after a moment, leaning back into Andrew’s hand on his neck. “Is me being sick still making you anxious?” he asks. Fever-stricken with dizzied-eyes and delirious thoughts, he knows Andrew without more than a moment beside him, a look into his eyes that makes Andrew feel undone, found. Or Neil is sick and Andrew isn’t coping well.

tw: vomit, tw: panic attacks, tw: dissociation, tw: anxiety

You Know I'm Good On My Own by sambutwithbooks [Rated G, 4568 words, complete, Aftg Then And Now 2023]

Andrew breaks his arm two games into the season and it feels a little bit like Neil’s world snaps with it. (A snapshot of Neil and Andrew between Andrew coming home from the hospital and going back home to Palmetto State.)

tw: major character injury

that's my line by sillyunicorn6154 [Rated G, 1291 words, complete, 2023]

Andrew is definitely not sick. But he is a little stubborn.

You're not fine, but you will be by karmenvi [Not Rated, 616 words, complete, 2023]

Neil is sick, so Andrew takes care of him. So it was supposed to be a sickfic, but it turned into 'Andrew stares at Neil and thinks his boyfriend is the prettiest boy in the world.' Anyway, enjoy some fluff.

I'll be okay if he's here by obsessivereader156 [Not Rated, 1673 words, complete, 2023]

“Thank you, Drew,” Neil says for the twentieth time, feeling so lucky to have someone take care of him. “Say it again and I will kill you.” “You’re just so nice to me,” Neil says a bit deliriously, “I’ve never had someone take care of me when I’m sick.”

If it means losing you, then no by LostMess_24 [Rated T, 6712 words, complete, 2023]

There was something against his hand, a pressure he knew too well, a hand that fit so perfectly against his, making Andrew’s presence known, making Neil’s entire body relax, slowing his breathing a bit. But before Neil could see the man at his side, it hit him. He was starting to feel it, all around him. Those white walls, the mattress he was in, the soft yet old sheets, the pressure on his arm. And finally, unmistakably, the regular and aggressive beeps, signs of a life that was his own. He was in a hospital bed. There’s an accident. Those idiots would do anything and everything to protect each other.

tw: major character injury, tw: car accidents

cause and effect by mistyrie [Rated M, 13107 words, complete, 2023]

"Andrew realized what he was seeing but he couldn’t comprehend it. He didn’t know how to help. There was no enemy to deal with – there was just Neil seizing on the floor and Andrew didn’t know what to do." Neil starts having seizures and Andrew tries to help.

tw: seizures (epilepsy)

how the foxes act when they're sick by @detectivebambam [tumblr, 2024]

headcanons on the foxes and illness

headcanons on Neil getting sick by @24-0z [tumblr, 2022]

Neil doesn't get sick very often, so when he finally catches the bug that had been going around campus, he's suddenly 8 years old again, sweating and trembling with fever

SICK!Neil for my soul. by @satan-in-a-v-neck [tumblr, 2021]

Neil is acting strange. Ask every fox and they'll tell you that for the past three days Neil Josten wasn't acting very Neil Josteny.

tw: vomit

illness/injuries as background event:

The Songs Around Us by doodlingstuff [Rated M, 80075 words, complete, 2022]

The mission was simple: Nathaniel would join Astral Foxes as Neil Josten and make them part of Moriyama Music. In reality, Neil became real, found a home, and fell in love despite his lies. When the Moriyamas send the Butcher to remind Neil of his mission and Andrew's life ends on the line, Neil will have to find a way to escape his fate and bring Andrew back. As he gets closer to losing the man he loves the most, Neil will realize that sometimes, music is the only answer, and others, truth is the only weapon he can use. Another Band!AU. This time extra angsty.

tw: torture, tw: car accident, tw: major character injury, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: panic attacks, tw: violence

NB: find art for this fic by @doodlingstuff here

#fic #neil josten/andrew minyard #kevin day/andrew minyard #mary hatford & neil josten #universe: post canon #universe: canon divergent #au: medical #au: music #theme: sickfic #theme: illness #theme: injuries #theme: hurt/comfort #theme: hospitals #theme: recovery #theme: angst with a happy ending #theme: established relationship #aftg then and now #tw: violence #tw: torture #tw: self harm #tw: suicide attempt #tw: major character injury #tw: temporary major character death #tw: car accidents #tw: blood #tw: animal cruelty #tw: panic attacks #tw: drug overdose #tw: vomit

[knox-knocks]

Do you ever think that a part of andrew deep deep down in a place he refuses to recognize was scared—no, he’s never scared not anymore—concerned that his family would leave him at easthaven?

After a few long weeks of being inside, going through withdrawal and whatever abuse riko set up for him with proust while also dealing with the trauma of thanksgiving, do you think maybe he wondered if they’d forgotten him? if they wouldn’t take him back after his rehab was done? do you wonder if he sat alone in his room with his knees to his chest and his hands over his ears thinking maybe they’d all be better off without him anyway?

Do you think maybe it wasn’t just neil who was a pipedream, but his family as well?

#*drops back in after months with another andrew angst post* hi #like no matter how rational someone is after going thru it ON TOP OF abandonment issues there’s no way the thought didn’t cross his mind #especially if nicky and everyone else wasn’t able to visit him during his stint in easthaven (I don’t think it’s ever mentioned if they did #poor boy was probably spiraling bad #so bad the first thing he does when he gets out is dump his clothes and blast the music loud enough to drown out his thoughts #andrew minyard #aftg