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aftgficrec · 12 days

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My favorite fics are soft andriel, and teen andriel.

Here’s my recs:

Raised on little light by maqicien

Falling is a lot like drowning by chaoticas_hell

This wasn’t in the prophecy (series) by Arirmis

(Account locked) Raise me up so you can watch me fall by Yes_No_ofcourse

And this last one is angst and dark but I do love it

Hiding scars under exy gear By rinz

Wow, that’s a lot of recs in one submission! Usually we just get one or two 🤣. - S

You can find some of those fics here:

‘Raised on Little Light’ here (since updated)

‘Falling Is A Lot Like Drowning’ here (since updated)

‘Raise me up so you can watch me fall’ here (locked, now complete)

This wasn’t in the prophecy by Arirmis [Rated T/M, 73294 words, incomplete, last updated Feb 2024]

Percy Jackson AU where all of the foxes are demigods, Andrew meets Neil shortly after his mom dies, and joins him on the run instead of going back to camp. Part one spans from their first meeting to their first kiss; Part two will take place a few years later, when certain circumstances force them to return to camp, and Andrew has to deal with what he left behind, on top of their current problem. While both fics should be able to be read individually, it does make more sense if you read them in order :)

Part 1: Cross your fingers, here we go (T, 25037 words, complete)

Millport is a horrible, dry as fuck little town in the vast nothingness of the dust hole that is Arizona, and Andrew hates it with vigor. He has been tracking a horde of Manticores for weeks now, and isn’t that something? A half-blood having to chase after the monsters. He is starting to feel like one of Renee’s hunters, when Andrew is pretty sure the nasty scorpion-cats should want to kill him more then he wants to kill them. Or, Andrew expected to find all sorts of things on his first quest. He didn’t expect a twitchy, blue-eyed half-blood with monsters on his heels, and he surely didn’t expect to fall in love with him.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced rape/non-con, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: child neglect, tw: assumed character death

Part 2: Mortal Bodies, Timeless Souls (M, 48257 words, incomplete)

„Minyard! Get your ass up and put some armor on! Abby, Greene, get the infirmary in shape, border control just spotted a motherfucking Drakon in the woods!“ As if Wymack’s order triggered it, a ear grating screech echoes all the way to the big house. The camp counselor curses. „Move it people, there are half-bloods out there that need to get to safety!“ Or, for two and a half years, Aaron has been grieving the brother he buried, only to learn now, that Andrew is very much alive. He also has a scarred little shithead in tow, that Aaron wants to punch in the face regularily. Life is fun like that.

tw: blood, tw: violence, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced rape/non-con, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: child neglect, tw: assumed character death, tw: vomit

Hiding scars (under exy gear) by rinz [Rated M, 34309 words, incomplete, last updated March 2024]

Juggling a mobster serial killer household and high school is harder than Neil had anticipated. and that goth kid on the roof really needs to mind his own business. OR a high school AU where neil and mary never run from nathan and neil meets the foxes in private high school instead.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: imlied/referenced torture, tw: graphic violence

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aftgficrec · 13 days

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There’s a newer author who’s recently been posting a lot of Andriel content and I live for it. Their name is BlowingYourMind

Thanks for the rec, @morgiporgie!

There are currently 6 works for Aftg available from this author on Ao3. You can find them here. - S

Here’s their most recently updated fic:

The difference between a minor triad and a major mistake (but maybe it’ll work out in the end.) by BlowingYourMind [Not Rated, 63267 words, incomplete, last updated March 2024]

Of course his new neighbor happened to be the same new co-worker that had spilt scalding coffee all over the front of his pants and of course his new neighbor was freakishly attractive. Maybe if Andrew was lucky, he would smother himself in his sleep tonight with his various blankets and pillows and not have to wake up the next morning. Or Andrew, a teacher at Palmetto high school in the middle of bumfuck nowhere, meets the new track coach of their school. It doesn't go well.

tw: panic attacks, tw: vomit

#reader submission #rec #fic #neil josten/andrew minyard #au: teaching #theme: fluff & humour #theme: enemies to lovers #theme: slow burn #theme: pining #theme: meet cute #theme: protectiveness #theme: illness #theme: found families #theme: twinyards bonding #tw: panic attacks #tw: vomit #morgiporgie

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aftgficrec · 9 days

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heyy i’m looking for this fic that i haven’t been able to find in forever. i read it in 2020 i think so it’s probably deleted, but it was basically about andrew’s time in foster care and how he ended up in jail, how he met aaron, how he met higgins, all the stuff. it had 2/4 chapters completed or something like that and it was titled something like “the before and the after”. like before he met neil and after. yeah. tyyyy!!

I’ve had a good look around, but I haven’t been able to find a fic that exactly meets your criteria, this one is the closest I could find. Hope it’ll do for now, but maybe our followers have a better idea. You could also search our tags theme: juvie and theme: foster care. This fic is locked, so you need to be logged into an AO3 account to access it. - S

Doe by FoxyAtlas [Rated M, 12068 words, incomplete, last updated Jan 2022, locked]

Andrew Doe wasn't worth a goddamn thing. He did everything he could to make his foster parents want him, but he was a lost cause. He would never have a family, and he would never be wanted. Nothing he could do would change that. Or so he thought. --- The story of Andrew Minyard's life, starting at 6 and going through to the end of the AFTG series. Includes: shitty foster situations, Cass and Drake, meeting Aaron for the first time, juvie, Tilda, working at Sweetie's, hooking up with Roland, getting the offer to join the Ravens, joining the Foxes, becoming Kevin's protector, and having Neil Josten absolutely turn his life upside down.

tw: depression, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: child neglect, tw: suicidal thoughts

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aftgficrec · 5 months

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omg it’s finally open!!! so i’ve been looking for these two fics FOREVER, and i can’t find them anywhere :(

the first one was called “the way young lovers do” i think, and it was aaron and katelyn helping neil and andrew set up their new house, and it ended with neil and andrew dancing to the song in their yard. it was very cute and i can’t find it no matter where I look

and the second one was aaron meeting katelyns parents for the first time, and they are super conservative and hate aaron, so they invite neil and andrew to be there to take the heat off of aaron. i remember neil saying andrew bought him a cartier bracelet and he wanted the one in a different colour, and just being a brat in general?

also if you have any similar fics with the four of them bonding, i would love them!

thank you guys sooooo much for this blog! happy holidays <3

OK, so what we have for you is a collaboration where S instantly remembers every fic she’s ever read BY NAME, and A makes random connections you may or may not want.

The first fic you’re looking for is fluffy, fun, post-canon andreil: ‘We Sat on Our Own Star and Dreamed,’ by fuzzballsheltiepants. The author has locked this fic since its original publication, so you have to be logged in to AO3 to find it. If you’ve ever wondered why some works are locked, check out this article from techcrunch.com.

The second fic you mentioned is ‘the roads I traveled with you,’ which is part 9 of a delicious post-canon series by Ominous that digs deep into the relationships between andreil, andreil + aaron, the twins, and katelyn/aaron, and the stitched-together family they become. I just checked, and part one of this series has nearly 5,000 kudos! -A

also see

the latest roundup of this group bonding (and not!) is our Neil & Aaron: quests, situations, friendship & slash ask here

‘awkward Twinyard/ katelyn & Neil double date,’ and ‘wholesome twinyard hurt/comfort’ here

‘The societies we despise’ here

‘I'll Come Back To You’ here

We Sat on Our Own Star and Dreamed by fuzzballsheltiepants [Rated T, 3815 Words, Complete 2020, Locked]

Aaron & Katelyn have been too busy with their internships at the hospital to visit anyone, but Andrew and Neil just bought a house and they took a few days off to help them move. Fluff and introspection ensue.

tw: implied/referenced abuse

NB: if you love the relationship vibes in this fic, here are other asks where we suggested it:

more like ‘something in return’ here

new Katelyn/Aaron here

post canon long domestic andreil here

post canon andreil fluff + snark here

cute and happy andreil here

canon divergent low angst twinyards here

twinyards relationship focus here

progress comes in small steps series by Ominous [Rated T/E, Series, Complete, 2020], featured here and here

Before Andrew & Neil and Aaron & Katelyn, there was Andrew & Aaron. This series tracks the ups and downs of healing a relationship that was broken from the word go.

Part 9: the roads I traveled with you [Rated T, 35542 Words, Complete, AFTG Big Bang 2020] When his brother gets engaged, Aaron doesn't expect it to send his head spinning as much as it does. Marriage has always felt like a dream, or a nightmare, one he never thought either of them would be able to achieve. In that moment, Aaron remembers what he's always known, what keeps his head above water. He wants to be with Katelyn forever. That's never been a question. But marriage hadn't been brought up. For so long it was this abstract concept, a fantasy. He'd always reasoned with himself that it would happen, rationally of course it would, but now... Now Andrew has made the idea a reality, and Aaron has to confront his own wants for his future.

tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: implied/referenced addiction, tw: homophobia

NB: find art by @autumnalpalmetto here, and below are other asks where we’ve featured this series:

favourite new fics 2020 roundup here

domestic fluff w/twinyards bonding, Neil & Aaron friendship here

Katelyn & Neil friendship here

let’s focus on Katelyn here

Katelyn-centric hurt/comfort here

Andrew & Katelyn rapprochement here

Aaron & Neil rapprochement here

angsty aaron fics here

Aaron accepting andreil here

fluffiest long post canon college fics here

best post canon fics w/happy ending here

staff fave post canon andreil here

canon divergent low angst twinyards here

healthy sibling rivalry here

twinyards relationship focus here

Andrew & Aaron’s therapy sessions here

Andrew's pov of meeting Neil here

Neil's sophomore year and beyond here

romantic andreil/growing together here

andreil first time sex here and here

Andrew says no here

andreil getting married here

fics like 'only you' here

more like 'room 308' here

authors like willow_bird here

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aftgficrec · 9 months

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Bonus: fics with background twinyards bonding for those who just want more

Here are some fics where the twins’ relationship is not the main focus, but it still stood out to us. This is a follow up to this ask. -A

if you're hungry for more twinyards, please enjoy:

‘Longing Distance', ‘If Only I Were Enough’ (complete),‘Unlucky Lies’ and ‘If You Knew What I Know’ here

‘Perennial’ and ‘If Neil, Then Fox’ here

‘To Love and Be Loved’, 'Trying My Best' and ‘Same old fresh air’ here

‘a heart that's full up like landfill’ (updated) here

‘if you really love nothing’, ‘over/under’ and ‘Bittersweet’ here

‘Travelers’ series here (updated)

‘it's always been you.’ here

‘Scribbles and Sticky Notes’ and ‘Inked Petals’ (completed) here

‘Flavors of Fall,’ ‘Where The Wild Things Are,’ ‘quicksand,’ ‘just a footnote,’ and ‘The Shore We'd Come To Find’ here

‘Paint me a picture of you’ and ‘I Never Said I Loved You’ here

‘The Suit Universe’ part 8 here

‘The Game is True Columbia’ and ‘In Reel and Rout’ here

‘You Know I Never Forgot’ here

‘Twilight and Daytime,’ ‘More Than Words,’ ‘the kevaaron high school au…,’ and ‘the second time around’ here

‘Maybe It Was The Zombies’ series here

‘In Your Hands (you hold my life and my heart)’ here (completed)

‘Picture Perfect’ and ‘The one with Kevaaron’ here

‘in a manner of speaking’ here

‘North Star’ and ‘I See The Way You Look At Him’ here

‘Married to the Game’ here

‘Cabin Fever’ here

‘Life's a Beach’ here

‘The Morning AUs...Chapter 13: A Flashflood of Colour’ here, 'Chapter 24: Bloom and Wither' here

‘the optimal condition (for birds to take flight)’ here

‘Such Stuff as Dreams are Made’ here

‘Shark Bait’ here

and more

‘climb a mountain (hold his hand)’ here

‘No straighter path than to struggle’ here

‘Ten Percent’ here

‘in over my head’ here

‘stifle my choice and the air in my lungs’ here

‘heaven and hell (were words to me)’ here

‘N for nebulous’ here (completed)

‘Tart’ and ‘00:00 (Zero o'Clock)’ here

‘Forever Isn't Long Enough’ and ‘When It All Feels So Big’ here

‘Cryptid Serial Killer Witch Man’ here

‘I wish I would've laid my hands on you’ here

‘Andrew and The Phantoms’ here

‘Something Domestic; Ember, Moon, Love’ series: ‘Ember’ here, ‘Moon’ here

‘Sunflower, Vol. 6’ here

‘Behind the Pod’ series ‘Chapter 8: Chicago’ here

‘on the tip of my tongue (say something)’ series here

‘We Grow Apart, Up, Together and Again’ here

‘Heaven Can't Help Me Now’ and ‘The Risk of Failure Tastes Bitter’ (both completed), ‘coming loose,’ ‘The Reason,’ and ‘5 months, 9 hours, 42 seconds’ here

‘His Crew’ and ‘A Dad By Any Other Name’ here

‘What We Deserve,’ ‘It's going tibia okay,’ and ‘What the fuck happened to you?’ here

‘names’ here

‘Promises’ here

‘Neil Josten’s Vendetta’ here

‘"The thing about being protective”’ and ‘... the Andrew Minyard Defense Squad’ here

‘Stay’ here

‘Make This Leap (Geronimo)’ here

‘I'll be a Brand New Day’ (hostile twinyards) here

Art

POV it's 2006 and this is what The Foxes would wear art by @rainbowd00dles

the monsters shopping cart race art by @rainynovaside

the monsters art by @crypticfayble

Neil's plan B if therapy didn't work art by @verdiris

foxes team pic art by @markassus on instagram

baby monsters… art by @02511213942

Aaron and Andreil art by @/lis__photoart on instagram

#fic #aaron minyard & andrew minyard #theme: twinyards bonding

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aftgficrec · 9 months

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IT'S OPENNNNNNN!!!!!

You peeps are absolutely amazing. Love everything you do for this blog.

Do you have any recommendations for any new twinyard bonding fics, with or without Nicky. Or even any with Nicky and one twin?

Or anything around Wymack and Kevin having father son bonding or something like that.

Thank you in advance 💜

OK so sometimes I go off the deep end with these searches and it has happened once again. We’ve tagged a lot of fics with 'twinyards bonding,' even if it’s just a small part of the story — we’re just here for the healing, you know? So rather than delete this huge list of previous recs, I’m going to put them in another post.

Bonus: fics with background twinyards bonding here.

Nicky with the twins here and Kevin and Wymack bonding here are being bumped to their own asks. -A

twinyards bonding since our last ask

‘Shut Up and Dance (With Me),’ ‘never said that i didn't need you,’ ‘Inked Truths’ series and ‘prove your love’ here

‘A World of HIPAA Violations’ here

‘Nor are we forgiven’ here

‘Follow You Through The Dark’ here

‘Did You Get What You Deserve?’ and ‘The Ash is in Our Clothes’ here

‘take yourself home’ here

‘I Think Mom Was Hiding Something…,’ and ‘In Our Family Portrait’ here

‘Poetry in Motion’ here

‘The Strays’ and ‘Arsonist's Lullabye’ here

‘Medical misunderstandings’ here

‘tall twinyards' series here

‘if you can't take the heat…’ and ‘Microsleep’ here

‘The first time Andrew let Aaron see…’ here

‘Unique Souls’ and ‘Don't Mind Us’ here

‘Little Miracles’ and ‘Where There is Magic…’ here

‘Witness,’ ‘there’s a niche in his chest where a heart would fit perfectly,’ and ‘… cry over Aaron Minyard tonight’ here

‘Suddenly I see’ here

‘"Wrong Minyard" - Aaron Minyard’ here

‘False Equivalence’ here

‘I’ve been silent for so long,’ ‘in my life i have seen people walk into the sea…,’ ‘Trial,’ ‘You know I don't care,’ and ‘Lists’ here

‘The Road Trip’ here

‘What He Would Give’ and ‘let me tell you something…’ here

‘lamb to the slaughter’ (updated) here

previous twinyards goodness

Andrew supportive of Aaron here

twinyards relationship 2 here

twinyards growing up together here

healthy sibling rivalry here

canon divergent low angst twinyards here

low angst twinyards aus here

domestic fluff w/twinyards bonding, Neil & Aaron friendship here

Aaron & Neil rapprochement here

more Aaron relapse here

twinyards mistaken identity here

Neil mistakes Aaron for Andrew here

the twins with siblings/kids here

twins discover their dad here

why Minyard last name? here

twins meet later in life 2 here

twins meet later, without the trauma here

pre canon

breaking every finger, praying that it makes me clean by orionauriga [Rated M, 9505 Words, Complete, 2023]

Then: Aaron, on the other side of the bathroom door, screaming Andrew’s name in delirious rage. Between: Andrew, fractured between blissfully medicated and painfully sober, trapped with doctors meant to be helping him. Now: Kevin, hands twisted into his hair, watching in silent agony as Andrew sloshes his vodka down the sink. — No one has ever accused Andrew Minyard of being caring, but he is more than capable of handling his loved ones’ addictions. He’s gone through withdrawal before, after all. He knows what it’s like.

tw: alcohol abuse/alcoholism, tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: vomit, tw: withdrawal, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon

Both of you, against- by itallcomesbacktoandreil [Rated T, 618 Words, Complete, 2022]

idk what to tell you, this is a vent piece, it isnt even originally about the twinyards, but i wanted to post it and felt they could fit in this

tw: implied/referenced child abuse

In this Gemini weather by codename_adler [Not Rated, 1187 Words, Complete, 2023, Locked]

When Aaron found out about his twin brother Andrew, at 13, he wrote him a letter. Here is that letter.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse

this is me choosing you by thewintersolstice [Rated T, 7467 Words, Complete, AFTG Mixtape 2022]

In the months before Tilda's death, Andrew and Aaron try to learn how to care about each other -- aka twinyards bonding as only twinyards can (badly). or three times andrew tried to be a good brother and one time aaron finally got it.

tw: alcohol, tw: implied/referenced drug use, tw: implied/referenced child abuse

It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to by love_in_the_city [Rated G, 2782 Words, Complete, Twinyards Appreciation Week 2022]

Part 1 of Twinyards Appreciation Week 2022 Five times the twins have cried on their birthdays and one time they didn’t have to

tw: child abuse, tw: implied/referenced drug use

until then I walk alone series by rekikiri [Rated T, Collection, Updated July 2023]

Part 1: sometimes, I wish someone out there will find me [3291 Words, Complete, 2023] Andrew gifts Aaron a guitar, and that may just be the start of them learning to exist with each other.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse. tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon

NB: inspired by this art by @foxesrefuge; this art also inspired the fic ‘rooftop songs’ recc’d here

Part 2: another turning point, a fork stuck in the road [7718 Words, Incomplete, Updated July 2023] aaron is hurt, and andrew won’t let his mother hurt the only family he chose to keep, no matter the cost.

tw: child abuse, tw: graphic depictions of violence, tw: blood, tw: drug addiction, tw: alcohol abuse/alcoholism, tw: canonical character death, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: car accidents

My life by diangelonico [Rated T, 562 Words, Complete, 2023]

“You were miserable. You were so unhappy. You hated your life.” Andrew said, angry. “Is was my life.”

tw: canonical character death, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: implied/referenced child abuse

we'll take it slow (and grow as we go) by pipedreamparrish [Rated T, 2755 Words, Complete, 2020]

the Twinyards's birthday's through the ages, featuring very ugly ties, large sugar intakes, and lots of growth and healing)

tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced csa, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced self harm

post canon

Mirror, Mirror by This_Witch_Writes [Rated T, 7347 Words, Complete, Dec 2022, Locked]

Part 3 of Heimkehr means Homecoming series, parts 1 & 2 here

Aaron and Andrew spent the first 16 years of their lives apart, so they aren’t exactly those twins with the telepathy and in-jokes. Except sometimes. Two mirrors as seen through two imaginary friends, one visitors day in juvie, two relapses and one late night phone call.

tw: self harm, tw: blood, tw: drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced csa, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: abortion discussion

Give Me Another Minute (to Lay Here in Your Echo) by This_Witch_Writes [Rated T, 26732 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]

A year post-canon, when they thought they were safe, Neil goes missing.

tw: implied major character death, tw: kidnapping, tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: self harm, tw: suicidal thoughts, tw: drugs, tw: alcohol, tw: implied/referenced human trafficking, tw: graphic nightmares, tw: gun violence, tw: blood/gore, tw: major character injury

Don't Strike Me Down by crymeariversong11 [Rated T, 5021 Words, Complete, 2022]

Kevin ends up in the hospital and the Minyard Twins realize they have feelings.

Trial Talk by sirfatcat_mccatterson [Rated G, 1638 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]

Prompt from anon on Tumblr Twinyard bonding before Aarons trial.

tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon

No Words Necessary by emmy (emmy7) [Rated T, 820 Words, Complete, 2023]

Aaron in the aftermath of Drake's murder trial.

tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon

Thicker Than Water by exy_shmexy [981 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]

Aaron himself found himself at a loss for words. He had tossed and turned over what to say for a couple days ever since he sent the text to Andrew telling him he wanted to visit his mother’s grave and if he could come with him.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse

Raw Sugar by Paradoxolotl [Rated T, 3686 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]

Betsy tells Aaron and Andrew to find something they can bond over.

NB: fic art by @fortheloveofexy here

I was born sick by Harmonique [Rated G, 3082 Words, Complete, 2023]

Part 2 of AFTG whump

Aaron is sick. Aaron should rest, but he has an exam, classes, and a match in the evening. Aaron is an idiot. Thankfully, he has a boyfriend and a brother to make sure he rests

After thousands of cold days by LadyTimelessness [Rated T, 3310 Words, Complete, 2023]

Double sessions was originally a stupid idea. None of them cared about building (or establishing) brothers relations anymore. Andrew always knew it wouldn't work, and neither did Aaron. They learned to live with each other at the level of neighbors, and it seemed to suit everyone. None of the twins needed more.

tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced murder

Contraposition by Reiss [Rated T, 3595 Words, Complete, 2023]

Andrew and Arron have an emotional and tearful bonding session on the roof of Fox Tower and a breakthrough in their emotions follows.

tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: violence

Twin Calls series by makememakesense [Rated T, Collection with 2 complete works, Twinyards Appreciation Week 2022]

Part 1: The pressure in my veins (Talk it down, talk it down) [1573 Words] Andrew deals with being a single Cat Dad. Part 2: We're doing alright [1478 Words] POV you're freaking out about having Twins. Who do you call?

alternate universes

I'm leaving this town (and I'm changing my address) by zweimam [Rated T, 21028 Words, Incomplete, Updated July 2023]

Aaron has been looking for his brother for six years. Right when he's beginning to lose all hope, he meets Neil Josten.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: implied/referenced suicidal thoughts, tw: dissociation, tw: implied/referenced drug addiction

Damned If You Do by Inthewritespot [Rated T, 13508 Words, Complete, 2022]

When his cousin Nicky calls about some friends disappearing under ghostly circumstances, Andrew Minyard forces his twin back into the family business. This is a Twinyard Supernatural AU

tw: canonical character death, tw: blood/gore

gutterwitch blues by nanatsuyu [Rated T, 20882 Words, Complete, 2023]

It isn't the worst job Andrew's ever been not paid to do. He and Aaron grew up managing the place, after all. Five years of silence doesn't change that. He can handle visiting 'home' one last time.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced murder

togetherness by Nightingale231 [Rated T, 683 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]

Andrew and Aaron are brothers. Andrew is the alpha of the twins, and Aaron the omega. Neil and Aaron are friends.

Art

book scene: Aaron’s drug detox art by @nniivek

The Minyard Twins art by @alef-art

Aaron and Andrew sand castle building competition art by @emry-stars-art

Twinyard AU with ghost Andrew art by @ol-unreliable

au where aaron and neil are best friends first comic by @02511213942

Nicky’s picture of the twins art by @prince-peachie

we face the fire together, brothers to the end art by @scribblesandsuch21

aftg inktober day 4: twinyards art by @tigerjawed

twinyards in a campus coffee shop art by @/whyzard on twitter

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aftgficrec · 5 months

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Hearts in Halves by heybabyricecake

This author has become rather popular lately, we’ve just posted a rec for another one of their fics here. - S

Hearts In Halves by heybabyricecake [Rated M, 228071 words, incomplete, last updated Dec 2023]

Instead of killing Riko and sending Neil back to the Foxes, Ichirou banishes Riko and takes Neil back to the Edgar Allen Ravens to be their starting striker. This is basically post canon, if the very last scene in The Kings Men happened differently. Neil has to adjust to life in the Ravens Nest, and the Foxes have to deal with losing Neil right after championships. The Nest is a nightmare, and Andrew is reeling from the separation from Neil. Andrew and Neil have to burn it all to the ground to find their way back to each other. ---- Andrew stopped eating mid chew. He remembered. “Don’t say what you’re about to say.” “I couldn’t let them hurt you.” Wymack said anyways. “Now, Neil will forgive us in a heartbeat if we sign him over to the Ravens. I don’t wish he was that way, but that’s the way he is. You know it as well as I know it. But. He never would’ve even tried to come back to us if I’d let them hurt you.” Andrew digested this, hating every word Wymack was saying. “My life is not more important than his.” Andrew said “No. It’s not.” Wymack agreed. “I meant what I said before, Coach. I’m done.” “No. You’re not.” --- Updates Sundays

tw: violence, tw: rape/noncon, tw: torture, tw: suicidal thoughts, tw: emotional manipulation, tw: drug addiction, tw: withdrawal, tw: drug overdose, tw: kidnapping, tw: major character injury, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: homophobic language, tw: implied/referenced csa, tw: implied/referenced eating disorders

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aftgficrec · 8 months

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Hi omg so excited it's open!!! This blog is the best, I love all the recs you give

I've been trying to find this fic I read a while ago that I remember really well but can't find anywhere. Content warnings: suicidal ideation for the whole plot summary

So Andrew is living with Nicky and Aaron and joins a suicide pact website and ends up pairing up with Neil who is living with wymack in this fic. After making this pact Andrew ends up changing his find because his relationships with Aaron and Nicky improve (aaron notices he's been down and I'm pretty sure there's a scene where Nicky finds out Andrew is gay and takes it well). The fic has a happy ending overall and Andrew is able to prevent Neil's attempt.

Thank you so much <3

Thank you for prefacing your ask with the content warning, anon. This story has high school-aged Andrew and Neil as two lost souls nearly consumed by their trauma who find hope again. Please read with care. -A

24 Floors by bazerella [Rated M, 9691 Words, Complete, 2021]

It wasn’t necessarily that Andrew thought he wasn’t going to go through with it in the end, it was more so in the back of his mind that this was his last feeble attempt at not being alone. - Andrew and Neil meet on a website used by people to find themselves a suicide pact partner. As Andrew fights his own battle inside of his head, and their pact date gets closer, Andrew struggles with his decision. He justifies his decision as being what's best for his family, but somewhere along the way he realizes that perhaps he deserves what's best too.

tw: suicide attempt, tw: suicide ideation, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: depression, tw: self hatred, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced murder

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aftgficrec · 1 year

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Hey, do you have any fics were Andrew is just petty.

Annoyed/mildly stroppy, rolling his eyes a lot/pouting/glaring in mild annoyance at the foxes just being the foxes and everyone on the team (from the book, any freshmen from Neil's second year are the same as always) knows that he doesn't mean it and it just a grumpy little gremlin?

So sorry about how long it took to get back to you with this! Life for all of us got really busy and demanding in all sorts of ways for some reason, so these fic recs had to go on the backburner for a bit. Hopefully some of the fics we gathered together below are even remotely what you had in mind. - S

Some previous recs:

‘Witching You A Happy Holiday’ here

‘If I Tried’ here

‘Glencaster Lodge’ here

'Creatures We Find in the Forest’ here

‘The Sweetest Leaves’ here

‘Pinch of Salt.’ here

‘Friday Night Big Screen’ here

‘Since The Last Nonsense’ here

Surrounded By You: Andreil by cwatson13 [Rated T, 3066 words, complete, 2022]

Andrew is going to kill someone before this season is over, he’s sure of it. He hates every single one of the new recruits, especially the one Neil chose.

Andrew is sick and tired of Neil being so god damn oblivious to the fact that most of them are constantly flirting with him. A couple of them do give Neil the oogly eyes far to much for Andrews liking but they don’t actually say anything or do anything so they hardly are under Andrews radar.

Nicky finds it hilarious that Neil is so oblivious to the freshman’s obvious flirting, and it’s even funnier when he sees Andrew glowering at them from across the court

tw: violence

Little Fox by jaydreamz [Rated G, 1738 words, complete, 2022]

Neil finds a dog in a pile of leaves and takes it to the dorms.

Andrew is not impressed. The dog is definitely not staying. Na-ah. Nope. Not even a little. 😆

suffering from forehead kisses deficiency by winterjxsmine [Not Rated, 1128 words, complete, 2022]

andreil and forehead kisses

The End Is Up To Us by mostly_maudlin [Rated T, 32759 words, complete, Aftg Fall Exchange 2022]

Andrew Minyard has never cared much for destiny.

tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: ptsd

"Wrong Minyard" - Aaron Minyard by LFMH021 [Rated T, 2605 words, complete, 2020]

Aaron Minyard is exhausted. He wants to be anywhere else except here because his twin is being his asshole self, as usual.

(Andrew stole and hid Aaron’s clothes so he looks exactly like his twin that people thought he is dating Neil Josten. Andrew is petty. Neil is having so much fun. Katelyn isn’t any help whatsoever.)

I am not a library by HonoraryFox [Rated G, 2395 words, complete, 2018]

Nicky borrowed a book from Andrew once. This is how Andrew gets the book and revenge.

Not Another Valentine by justdk [Rated T, 805 words, complete, 2018]

Neil tries to romance Andrew on Valentine's but Andrew's not having it

Empty Threat by orphan_account [Rated T, 940 words, complete, 2017]

Andrew doesn’t hate his new look, but he does hate everyone’s reactions. As usual, Neil is the exception.

Let’s round it off with some crack:

giddy up by mostly_maudlin [Rated T, 677 words, complete, 2022]

You're probably wondering how I ended up here.

A horseback ride in the Blue Ridge mountains sounds idyllic, if you're the kind of person that takes vacations straight out of the free tourist pamphlets at gas stations. I am not that person.

Andrew vs. the cats by @alcego [tumblr, 2022]

pretty sure King wakes Andrew up by smacking him in the face

Art

andrew minyard: not a morning person art by @i-am-weis

Andrew Minyard and better luck next time art by @girubato

andrew!! what a cutie and andrew watercolor art by @hersomethingmore

when it's like 100° but you gotta keep your 'aesthetic' art by @rainbowd00dles

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as i look the other way (i still try to find my place) fic rec

https://archiveofourown.org/works/45503272 pre canon aaron centric fic with a plot twist and a good focus on the twinyards as teenagers. pretty angsty with a happy ending.

Somehow tumblr ate this submission, so we had to redo it.

It’s always good to find a new writer in the fandom, so thanks for this submission, anon! Let’s hope this rec will find more readers for this Aaron-centric fic about trauma, healing and twinyards bonding (of a sort, there’s a plot twist!). - S

as i look the other way (i still try to find my place) by enchantedapparatus [Rated T, 9286 words, complete, 2023]

‘I don’t understand,’ Aaron said. The more he thought he was getting used to his life with Andrew, the more twisted it became.

Aaron Minyard, a high school senior trying to navigate life after losing his mother, finds himself sinking deeper and deeper trying to unravel the mystery that is his twin brother, Andrew. But everything is not as it seems in the Minyard household, and Aaron is going to have to come to terms with the truth before it consumes him.

tw: past major character death, tw: violence, tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: self harm, tw: ptsd, tw: car accidents, tw: implied/referenced suicide, tw: blood

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aftgficrec · 2 years

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Hello, hope you’re having a nice day, finally caught you open!! Any high school aus? Or like friends to lover? Mainly for Andreil but anything works!! ( possibly complete or 1/1 thanks!!)

Please enjoy andreil friends to lovers, high school edition. -A

also see:

andreil childhood friends to lovers here (see high school section)

andriel friends to lovers 3 here

andreil enemies to lovers 2 here

canon angst no exy high school aus here

complete boarding school here

non-andreil high school here

breakfast club/foxes in detention here

‘Way Down We Go’ here

‘In Our Bedroom After the War’ here

‘Make Some Sense’ here

‘hard candy christmas’ here

‘The Photo Strip Predicament’ here

‘Small Smiles’ here

‘Yours, Abram’ here

‘Pictures on a Wall,’ ‘on thin ice,’ ‘Make This Leap (Geronimo),’ and ’winter, formal’ here

‘Ain’t it fun’ and ‘Paper Cut Hearts’ here

‘such a feelin'’ here

‘This Is It. Forever.’ series here

‘Highly Improbable’ here

‘Something About The Sunshine’ here

‘Made of Stone’ here

‘I Don’t Dance’ and ‘Make It In America’ here

‘Somebunny To Love’ (completed), ‘I have a Prom-Posal’ (updated), and ‘Of Proms and Peas’ here

‘venus as a boy’ here (completed)

‘saturday night dinner…’ here

‘Angel Near Beside Me’ here

‘The Foxwhore Court’ here

‘all i want (is love that lasts),’ and ’Make This Whole Town Disappear’ here

‘Inked Truths’ series (parts 1-3) here

‘waiting up for better things’ here

‘genderswap andreil minifics’ here

‘Love, Neil’ and ‘Far Too Young to Die’ here

‘i know that we can survive now that we made it’ here; part 2 ‘my eyes are filling with salt (oh this is nobody's fault)’ here

‘The Wild Fox Den’ and ‘Roses Grow Between Bone’ here

‘Tell me to hold on’ here

‘all I want is what I can't have’ and ‘AU where Andrew's the one Mama don't like’ here

‘take care of all the lonely souls’ here (completed)

‘A Key Rusted In The Rain’ and ‘If you must’ here

‘Through Rose Coloured Glasses’ here (significantly updated)

‘Andrew and The Phantoms’ here

‘like real people do’ here

‘baby i’ll bleed you dry’ series here

‘Sent to Drain’ here

This I So Swear. by AgentCoop [Rated G, 3145 Words, Complete, 2022]

When new-kid Neil transfers to a new high school, he's not expecting to get thrown into theater class. He's definitely not expecting to be forced into a fake wedding. And he's definitely, definitely not expecting to like it.

Not even a little.

Two Scoops of Happiness (To Go) by AgentCoop [Rated T, 6565 Words, Complete, AFTG Summer Exchange 2022]

Andrew

I stopped talking to you. I did not stop thinking about you.

Neil stares at the message. His heart beats so fast in his chest he’s pretty sure he’s about to internally combust.

Haha, he types.

Andrew doesn’t type anything else.

Neil doesn’t either.

***

The one where Neil gets a summer job working at a rundown ice cream parlor and runs into the guy who broke his heart.

signed, sealed, delivered by superfluous (sapphirestark) [Rated T, 1053 Words, Complete, 2022]

Andrew,

Thank you for your heartfelt reply. I really feel we have a personal connection now. Also, I’m doing this for English credit, so I will most definitely keep sending you letters.

He is warmer than my books, how? by PateticabutBunny [Rated G, 1702 Words, Complete, 2022]

"Say it"

"Hm, I- I was going to say that in your case looks like the cover and the inside are the same" he said, blushing more and nervously smiling

Andrew blinks "I don't know what planet you are from but here this is not the face people make when they are calling someone ugly"

Neil's eyes are wide and like he can't believe what Andrew said "what?

a heart that's full up like landfill by spanglychild18 [Not Rated, 7872 Words, Incomplete, Updated July 2022]

Neil Josten isn’t living, but he is surviving. When he enrols himself into Millport high school, he sets 3 rules for himself:

1. He’s ready to run at any moment

2. He’ll keep his head down

3. He can’t, under any circumstances, get attached to anyone

Too bad he fails, quite spectacularly, at all 3.

tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced self harm

"Home" is where you are. by athenatears [Rated T, 9369 Words, Incomplete, Updated June 2022]

The truth is, Andrew wasn't ready to start feeling things for the only person he can call without hesitation: friend. The truth was that he didn't expect to pin all of his wishes on one person. Nor longing to have all those things that teen romantic comedies promise you: a love. A soulmate.

No. Andrew definitely can't feel love for Neil. Not in an unbrotherly way. Especially since he is completely sure that Neil Josten, his faithful friend of nine years, does not feel that kind of affection for him.

Because Neil definitely doesn't swing.

And if he did, he wouldn't be around someone as broken as Andrew.

Or if?

full heart and other organs by darlingargents [Rated T, 2604 Words, Complete, 2020]

“Riko wants you,” Wesninski says. “Riko always gets what he wants.”

Or, a Raven and a Fox can't stop meeting.

It's Always You series by justdk [Rated T, Ongoing Collection, 2017-2020]

Part 1: It's Always You [6,985 Words]

In which Neil Josten, rising high school senior, participates in a car wash fundraiser and meets the infamous Andrew Minyard.

Part 2: An Unpleasant Surprise [3,689 Words]

Neil's visit to the haunted house is not fun. At all.

Part 3: Sleepover [3,678 Words]

Neil's excited and nervous about an impromptu sleepover at Andrew's house

Part 4: Say Goodnight [2,280 Words]

homeless and cold, Neil reaches out to Andrew

Part 5: I Just Want You [4,111 Words]

Neil takes Andrew to prom and it turns out to be better than expected

swim au series by JustGail [Rated G/M, Complete, 2017]

Part 1: Under Clear Waters, a gift fic for Skylar [G, 4370 Words]

It had been two years since Neil had last stepped into a pool.

tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced child abuse

Part 2: Muddled Waters [M, 3551 Words, Andreil Week 2019]

Andrew Minyard was not a man who wanted.

tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: implied/referenced murder

Poetry in Motion by crumplelush [Rated T, 2845 Words, Complete, Andreil Week 2019]

Being 15 is difficult enough, but it's so much worse when you're the only openly gay guy in your school and head over heels in love with your best friend.

Tumblr Prompts ⋆ by Idnis [Rated T, Collection, Complete, 2018]

Chapter 5: There was never a choice.

tw: homophobia, tw: bullying

Art

Palmetto High art by @p0tatonoah

Katelyn/Aaron high school au art by @thematicallycoherent

Neil Josten from ‘Way Down We Go’ art by @kittyfeathersflying

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Staff Recs - Ghost Stories

Some ghostly tales as we say goodbye to October. - AFTG Fic Rec Fam

Her Name Was Lola by tylerscreamingintothevoid [Not Rated, 5337 Words, Complete, 2018]

Upon returning home, psychic Andrew Minyard summons the spirit of Neil Wesninski. However, he is frustrated to learn that he's going to yet again require external help.

Enter adept necromancer Aaron Minyard.

tw: past major character death, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: corpses, tw: blood/gore

Haunt by tylerscreamingintothevoid [Rated T, 4251 Words, Complete, 2018]

Andrew Minyard is a world-renowned psychic, known best for communicating with and pacifying ghosts. One day, he hears rumours of a haunted hotel room, and so is dragged to room 319, where he communes with a ghost and attempts to help him.

tw: past major character death, tw: implied/referenced murder

The first time I saw you, I knew it would never last by Complicatedthxng [Rated G, 3298 Words, Complete, 2021]

"Andrew took in the spectre's features. He had sharp bone structure and a gaunt face. The ghost’s wavy hair fell into his eyes a bit. His eyes were appropriately haunted. Andrew wondered if it was from his current disposition or from a life the ghost had left behind."

Andrew can't sleep and meets a ghost in Hogwarts astronomy tower one night.

tw: past major character death, tw: implied/referenced murder

Je m’en vais by jeanjosten [Not Rated, 3568 Words, Complete, 2018]

Truly, the story of how I died isn’t a story anyone wants to hear. I won’t tell it. I prefer the story of how I survived.

It starts with a boy, and his name is Nathaniel.

tw: past major character death

22 minutes by exyjunkies [Rated T, 4333 Words, Complete, 2018]

It’s been almost three years since the accident. And a small part of Andrew was uneasy, if not scared, about Neil still not being able to transition to the afterlife.

tw: past major character death, tw: implied/referenced murder

The Souls of Palmetto State by Luci_Cunt [Rated G, 1907 Words, Complete, 2019]

A group of kids decide to explore the abandoned Palmetto State University–home of Kevin Day! And they run into some familiar faces (for us at least)

Ghost of You by Mystrana [Rated T, 2426 Words, Complete, AFTG Mixtape Exchange 2022]

Things go extra wrong in Baltimore, and Neil goes back on the run, leaving the Foxes behind for their safety.

This fic picks up with Andrew's life four very long years later.

tw: past major character death, tw: implied/referenced murder

so wither’d and so wild series by Scqvoiias [Rated T, Collection with 2 complete works, Updated Dec 2021]

Part 1: so wither'd and so wild [2069 Words]

“I’m not joking, Neil! It was a girl, about this tall—” he waved around his waist—“proper horror movie child, creepy eyes and blonde hair and all.”

“And she asked you to come play with her?” Neil asked amusedly, playing along.

“Are you making fun of me?” Andrew hissed, voice laced with genuine distress. “And no, she asked me if she could pet Sir.”

Andrew and Neil move into a new house. They might have adopted a ghost child.

Part 2: aaron minyard’s descent into insanity (ft. his niece) [1558 Words]

“Get me some salt, while you’re at it,” Neil ordered, stirring the soup.

Aaron was about to tell Neil to get the salt himself, but he didn’t have to.

The salt flew straight to Neil.

“Thanks,” he muttered, without taking his eyes away from the soup.

“Neil?”

“What?”

“That wasn’t me.”

Neil frowned. “Yeah, I know.”

Alice terrorizes Aaron. And Nicky, but mostly Aaron.

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HEARTSTOPPER AU HEARTSTOPPER AU HEARTSTOPPER AU it’s literally sO Fucking good i can Not recommend this enough (as well as heartstopper comic and series lol)

Thanks for the rec, @dumbenby!

Here’s one for all the Heartstopper fans among us. A cute and fluffy fic just in time for the Netflix release of the series. Hope you’ll have fun reading! - S

I'd Never Want to Complicate Your Heart by jingerhead [Rated M, 38552 words, complete, 2022]

Andrew glanced at the board and found his name at one of the pods of two rather than four (thank god), right next to the windows. Next to his name was ‘Neil Josten’, one Andrew didn’t recognize, but he had to be at least a sophomore to be in this class. Turning to find the right seats, Andrew found himself pausing as he walked, seeing the person he’d be sitting next to for the foreseeable future if Mr. Browning had his way.

And shit, this was either a good thing or a bad thing, because Andrew is very, very gay, and Neil was good looking enough to become a distraction very quickly.

~*~

Or, the Heartstopper AU nobody asked for but that I absolutely needed to write.

tw: implied/referenced homophobia, tw: implied/referenced bullying, tw: depression, tw: nonconsensual kissing, tw: violence

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aftgficrec · 2 years

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Any new complete hurt/comfort recs? Thanks in advance! <3

No problem, friend! Here are some of the latest hurt/comfort fics available (this includes some emotional hurt/comfort as well). For some less recent fics see our previous posts. Enjoy! - S

Older hurt/comfort in previous posts

angsty hurt/comfort here

heavy angst with a happy ending here

hurt/comfort with comfort focus here

hurt/comfort, any pairing here

long angsty andreil here

andrew cries here

crying andrew or neil here

andreil break up/make up here

andrew gets hurt - neil worries here

hurt neil/protective andrew here

neil gets injured post canon here

‘[In] Sickness’ here

‘Azure Blue’ here

‘In Flanders Fields’ here

‘Fell For You’ and ‘Santa Baby’ here

‘Take a chance on danger’ (complete) here

‘Paint Our Lives In Color’ (complete) here

‘Trailer Park’ (complete) here

The Missed Connections Support Group by scribbleb_red [Rated M, 25331 words, complete, Aftg Winter Exchange 2022]

Welcome to the Missed Connections Support Discord. This is a safe space for people who have suffered bond rejection or the loss of a soulmate.

Remember, we exist so that any and every bond-free person can safely discuss the emotional, psychological and physical struggles of life after a soulmate. Whether your bond was unfulfilled or lost, this is a place for you to share and find answers. So please respect everyone here and abide by the forum rules. Moderators are on hand to help with any disturbances or reports of bad behaviour.

For family and friends wanting to support loved ones through bond loss, please refer to our friends and family cherehannels where you’ll find helpful tips on how to help the bond-free in your life to live without their universe-given partner.

AKA the story where Neil and Andrew meet on a self-help discord for people who found their soulmate but lost them. How many holidays will it take for the two of them to realise that maybe they’re better off together? And maybe their soulmarks aren’t quite as unrequited as they seem?

tw: car accident

All I Wanted by maydaykevin [Rated T, 9287 words, complete, 2022]

Matt 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.

I Never Said I Loved You by phan_taloon [Rated T, 5281 words, complete, 2022]

Andrew never learned how to love, never quite learned what loving someone or something means or requires, never knew how loving felt like. After so many fucking years with Neil fucking Josten and their not-nothing, he has no idea if he loves him.

This didn't go in the direction I initially planned and might be the softest thing I've written.

Title from Ripple by Moonfall

tw: car accident, tw: blood, tw: injuries

Life Flashing Truth by kimberly_show [Rated G, 1970 words, complete, 2022]

Andrew knew about car crashes. He caused one when he was sixteen and lived with minor injuries.

He knew the sound of metal tearing, denting, and ripping apart as it hit metal.

He knew the snap of a seat belt holding him in place, keeping him safe as someone else flew through the front windshield.

He knew the whiplash, his head smacking back against the headrest, the headache.

_________________________________________

Or Neil gets into a car accident and Andrew has feelings about it.

tw: car accident

I Hear Your Heart As It Beats Beneath The Sound Of Crashing Cars by PumpkinspiceLou (CatyDreamDwyer) [Not Rated, 4798 words, complete, 2022]

Based on the prompt: "Neil and Andrew having a car accident but Neil swerves the car to protect Andrew"

tw: car accident

There Now, Steady Love by jingerhead [Rated G, 7040 words, complete, 2021]

All it had taken was a broken strap, a helmet flying loose, and a rough push. That was all it took for Neil to feel like his entire life was taken away from him. He could barely remember that one of the things Andrew told him after he’d woken up, caught in a panic because he couldn’t see, was that his uncle had pulled through somehow and he didn’t have to worry. That things were taken care of, and they’d figure it out, together. But Neil’s world still came crashing down piece by piece.

He could never play again.

~*~

Due to a sudden head injury, Neil ends up blind and can't play the sport he's built his life around. Andrew teaches him how to again.

Don't Say I Mean Nothing to You by minyardslawyer [Rated T, 3473 words, complete, Aftg Exchange 2021]

I hate you

I don't think I believe that anymore

Neil Josten and Andrew Minyard's hatred for each other is destructive and violent. It's only a matter of time before one of them kills the other.

That is until Andrew waits up for Neil, finding him hurt at 4 in the morning.

And he begrudgingly doesn't let him die.

tw: blood, tw: violence

You Know I Never Forgot by RainbowObsidian [Rated M, 11734 words, complete, 2021]

Topher was Andrew’s longest and least complicated relationship. The dusty brown fur-ball had followed Andrew home from the grocery store one cold fall day when he was a pup. Small and scruffy, ordinary, forgettable.

Topher was the reason Andrew’s writing career had taken off.

Topher was the reason Andrew could deal with the mindfuckery that was discovering he had a twin.

And Topher would be—if Andrew wasn’t Andrew—the reason he never forgot the first unmemorable, dusty creature he’d come across almost twenty years ago.

Or, a lifetime ago Andrew met a dusty and thoroughly (un)forgettable barista. A lifetime later he meets him again.

tw: animal death

Except When It's No by TheRainbowElectric [Not Rated, 19263 words, complete, 2021]

It 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.

tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: flashbacks

Shitty City Sunrise by Alyxj0 [Rated G, 2287 words, complete, 2021]

Maybe it was some sort of cosmic joke that his neighbor opened the door as he arrived on the third floor, the two of them coming face to face.

Hazel met blue as eyes caught on each other, Andrew’s widening before raking them up and down Neil’s body.

“You’re bleeding, Josten.”

In which Neil does some dumb things, Andrew takes care of him for the first time, and maybe Neil starts to get comfortable in his new life- no thanks to the weather and WITSEC.

tw: blood

Art

andreil hurt/comfort art by @foxesrefuge

soft andreil hands art by @vlctorvale

Constancy, sincerity, loyalty art by @niccoarte

something soft art by @shihoran

sketch of hugs art by @lunapiq

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aftgficrec · 2 years

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Hi!!! I was wondering if you knew any good slowburn Kevin/Aaron fics :D

Kevaaron is still a bit of a rarepair, despite its growing popularity. But fear not, friend, we have got some good fics here for you! - S

Previously recommended:

some great long kevaaron here

kevaaron <5k here

kevaaron with happy ending here

kevaaron fics here

‘Second Best’ here

‘coming loose’ here

‘Bilirubin, Kevin Day, and other things Aaron hates’ here

‘Shut Up and Dance (With Me)’ here

Vide Noir by love_in_the_city [Rated M, 15295 words, complete, 2022]

“You are worthy without the grades, hey, no, don’t shake your head at me okay. It’s going to take time to see that but I will be here to tell you that you are worthy every day.”

“Why?”

“Why, what?”

“Why bother.” Kevin eyed Aaron, as if to see he was being serious about what he was saying. He was, he did not get it why Kevin would do all those things. Kevin just shook his head and took a sip from his coffee, still holding Aaron’s hand. He did not answer.

----

As the exam week took a toll on Aaron, he felt alone, he wanted someone, he want this to be over, he wanted to stop feeling so sick, he wanted the thoughts in his head to stop, he wanted to stop feeling like a pure black void.

tw: anxiety, tw: eating disorder, tw: self harm, tw: vomit, tw: scars, tw: depression, tw: self esteem issues

The Game is True Columbia. by bazerella [Rated M, 76349 words, incomplete, last updated April 2022]

Andrew decides it's time to move out of his childhood home and answers an ad on Craigslist. His new roommates are not at all what he expected and he's convinced all three of them share a single braincell.

Matt is a former boxer with teddy bear tendencies; Kevin is petty, proud and never seems to not have an opinion; and Neil is an underachiever with a bit of mystery surrounding him that Andrew can't help be intrigued by.

Somewhere along the way they form a bit of a dysfunctional family along with Andrew's twin brother Aaron.

NB: this fic is not exclusively focused on Kevaaron, the main pairing is Andreil.

Picture Perfect by OfficialStarsandGutters [Rated E, 22162 Words, Complete, 2021]

Photographer Aaron, Model Kevin AU.

Freelance photographer Aaron Minyard gets a gig doing fashion photography for a catalogue, where he meets Kevin Day, typical arrogant haughty model asshole. Or so Aaron thinks.

tw: eating disorders, tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: graphic depictions of violence, tw: blood, tw: panic attacks, tw: alcohol, tw: non-consensual drug use, tw: torture, tw: sexual content

The one with Kevaaron by Welikesandalwood [Rated E, 29161 words, complete, 2020]

“I’m asking,” Aaron says confidently

“what?” Kevin asks quizzically

“you promised Andrew you wouldn’t touch me again unless I asked” Kevin makes eye contact with him at that, his pupils dilating, “I’m asking”

tw: alcohol, tw: violence, tw: knives

The home we built by MakeBreakfastNotWar [Rated M, 31683 words, complete, Aftg Big Bang 2018]

Aaron and Katelyn decide they want to have kids, and ask Kevin to be their sperm donor. When Aaron finds himself faced with raising the twins alone, Kevin steps in to help.

tw: minor character death

NB: art for this fic by @moosewaifu can be found here

Art

cute kevaaron by @fortheloveofexy

kevaaron smooches by @palmetto-state-foxies

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hi! first thank you for doing this, you people are amazing, i was wondering if you knew of fics with aaron and neil working their differences for andrew's sake?? just them figuring out how to stand each other or becoming friends on the way??

We’ve got quite a few fics on this for you. The topic of a developing friendship or at least tolerance between the two of them is interesting to many writers and readers, and quite understandably so, given they are the two most important people to Andrew. Check out what we’ve found for you below, as well as the fics in previous posts. -S

Also see…

Aaron & Neil friendship here

‘Who You Were Before’ here

‘aaron's lament’ here

‘If it means protecting you (I’ll pay my dues)’ here

‘Becoming Friends’ here

‘Bonding over Bubble Teas’ here

‘Aaron vs. Physics course vs. Neil’s sleep schedule’ here

‘i won't say we aren't family’ here

‘Aaron Minyard Vs. Calculus’ here

‘We hide from the mirrors, they may show our scars’ here

‘An Olive Branch’, ‘Its going tibia okay’ and ‘Aaron is Neil’s doctor in the pros’ here

‘Confusing Interactions’ here

‘Under The Bridge’ here

‘ten and a half stories’ and ‘tag-team’ here

‘Til Death Do Us Part’ here

True North by elesary [Rated M, 5482 words, complete, 2021]

Aaron Minyard vs his brother, the world, and most of all, Neil fucking Josten.

time might tell by adverbialstarlight [Rated G, 1996 words, complete, 2021]

Neil's packing (or trying to) to head off for the exy Olympic training camp and has an unexpected guest. It isn't a complete disaster after all.

(aka Neil and Aaron finally agree to be proper friends)

I Don't Want To Hate Them by EmmmaMmmm [Rated T, 2285 words, complete, 2021]

Aaron finally makes the right decision, to deal with his issues in a healthy way.

tw: internalized homophobia, tw: implied/referenced torture

All the masks I've left behind by SagaEllen [Rated T, 1879 words, complete, 2021]

Neil does not cry.

Aaron asks for help.

And everything is such a mess.

tw: violence, tw: knives

someday there won't be scowls by Ominous [Rated T, 8101 words, complete, 2020]

part 4 of progress comes in small steps

Neil finds that even with his mind's best efforts to hang onto the wounds of the past, his opinion of Aaron just isn't what it used to be. He can thank Andrew and Katelyn for a lot of it, but his own observations certainly help. When he sees Aaron like this, the mix of worry and adoration on his face as he thinks of Katelyn, Neil can't help but feel too exposed himself. It's a start.

Do you love him? by Autumnalhogwarts [Rated T, 3400 words, complete, Twinyards Appreciation Week 2019]

Andrew goes out of town with Nicky to hang out with his friends from Eden's while Aaron and Neil stay home to avoid the recreational drugs.

Twinyard appreciation week day 4- Aaron with Andrew's people

tw: implied/referenced recreational drug use

Something To Hold On To by welcometosideb [Rated G, 1511 words, complete, 2019]

Aaron was used to being an asshole, it's a Minyard thing apparently, he doesn't care about what people think - except for Katelyn, and now Neil.

Well, he doesn't exactly care about what Neil thinks, but he hate what he decided to call The Butcher's Glare, and, since their little chat at the cabins, that's the only way Neil looks at him.

Andrew is having a bad day and Aaron wants to understand what is happening between him and Neil.

Truce by Silveriss [Rated G, 1087 words, complete, Twinyards Appreciation Week 2019]

After everything Neil's been through, he's not easily surprised. Aaron asking for his help, however, is rare enough that it catches him unaware.

(Twinyards Appreciation Week, 6th of November prompt - Aaron with Andrew's People)

confusing interactions (reluctant acceptance remix) by puddingcatbeans [Rated G, 1954 words, complete, Aftg Remix 2019]

Aaron starts to see Neil as less of a complete jerk and more of an occasional jerk.

tw: nightmares, tw: panic attacks

the foxes by shewhoisntnamed44 [Rated G, collection, last updated 2017]

Chapter 11

Neil was going to kill Andrew. How could he do this? Neil was so angry he was saying red. Nothing annoyed Neil more than someone using his own tricks against him.

Aaron taps Neil’s injury knowledge hc by @heymrstargazer [tumblr, 2021]

aftg hc of the day

aftg au where aaron realizes that the only way he can safely date katelyn is if andrew is also dating somebody by @chaosofbattle [tumblr, 2020]

…so he embarks on the dangerous and daring quest of Setting Up Andreil.

Art

Aaron & Neil friendship art by @hi-raethia [tumblr, 2020]

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