petalloso:

based on a
conversation i had with @neiljostm about glasses!neil ty kyle for bestowing this blessing upon us 

Neil was
good at hiding things, incredibly so, a product of a chaotic childhood largely
spent doing just that. But Andrew was good at spotting the hidden, especially
when it came to Neil, which is why he is the first to notice Neil’s squinted
eyes and scrunched up nose when he tries to read a banner in the bleachers, and
why he is the first to notice Neil’s reaction time slowing when a ball comes
flying towards him, promptly hitting him in the face.

“I’m fine,”
Neil says, causing a collective groan from his team as he rubs his bruised
forehead. Andrew says nothing, only checks Neil’s forehead with a press of his
fingers, but he takes a mental note of it and does not let the slip up slide
away as nothing, spending the next few days observing all the little tells and
signs that Neil, or at least his vision, was most definitely not fine, and worsening.

Only when
Neil takes three balls to the head at Monday practice does he grudgingly admit
that he might, perhaps, (only a little though, Andrew, it’s not really that
bad), need glasses.

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