neil with a whole collection of sweatpants with walked-off hems that he refuses to throw out or stop wearing bc they make him feel loved
friend do u know. this. this is my aesthetic. listen
- andrew gets rly cold feet ok
- and bc he likes to be difficult his natural reaction isn’t to put on socks
- oh no
- his reaction is: longer pants
- aka neil’s pants
- now neil isn’t that much taller than andrew but three inches makes a difference ok
- just enough to cover andrew’s feet and keep them nice and warm
- neil doesn’t realise at first bc they share a room and their clothes tend to get mixed up a lot so he doesn’t think andrew is making a conscious decision to wear his clothes
- except one morning
- andrew gets up before him and neil is still in bed
- he wakes up to find andrew at the dresser, his own pants in his hand
- andrew considers them for a minute before throwing them aside and digging around in the drawer until he finds a pair of neil’s sweatpants instead
- he freezes when he turns around and realises neil’s caught him
- “you like wearing my clothes”
- “shut up neil”
- “it’s okay i like seeing you wear them”
- “i don’t like wearing your clothes”
- “then why’d you put on my sweats instead of yours”
- cue andrew going silent for approximately forty-five seconds before he eventually admits his feet are cold
- neil doesn’t tease him but gOD he wants to
- bc that is so cute
- his bf is so Cute
- instead he just grins to himself until andrew hits him with a pillow
- now neil pays extra attention every time andrew wears his clothes
- like when they’re both sitting on the couch in columbia watching tv and eating breakfast and he notices andrew’s feet hidden inside the hem of the pants
- so he sets his bowl of cereal aside and takes andrew’s ankles and tucks his feet under his own legs to keep them extra warm
- andrew glares at him but he doesn’t move his feet
- and omg
- imagine poor andrew coming into the kitchen one morning all sleepy and tripping over the hem and almost falling
- neil puts his exy reflexes to good use and catches him but omg andrew doesn’t blush but he’s blushing on the inside
- neil just gives him a crooked smile and says “coffee’s ready”
- eventually it evolves into more than just the sweatpants stealing
- whenever neil sees andrew give so much as the tiniest shiver he’s instantly shucking off his hoodie and offering it to andrew
- andrew kinda feels bad always taking neil’s stuff and he hates owing people
- so one day he just comes into the living room and dumps his favourite pair of sweatpants into neil’s lap without a word
- they’re too short
- neil still wears them all the time though