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• neil takes history classes his second year at palmetto
• neil was never bad at history, but it’s never really interested him before
• his degree only requires one history credit, so he chooses european history 
• he mostly uses the class to work on his math work sheets and barely pays attention
• until he gets his first test back with a 35 on the top and thinks “oh shit”
• so he goes to kevin
• “i need your help with history” neil says
• kevin looks immediately suspicious
• kevin learned pretty quick that no one wanted to hear him talk about his major, so he’s understandingly weary when someone acts like they want to hear him talk
• but neil just looks at him and finally kevin sighs and gestures for neil’s note cards
• kevin can talk for hours and hours about history if prompted the right way, but he scales it back for neil
• “have you been taking notes?” kevin asks
• “well…no…” neil says
• kevin just rolls his eyes and resists the urge to smack neil on the back of his head
• instead he pulls out his old notes from the class, all color coded and neatly filed, and hands them to neil
• it actually becomes kind of nice
• they get together once a week and kevin helps neil go through his homework and study for his tests
• neil even starts asking kevin about random bits of history when they’re just hanging out in the dorm
• just, kevin being able to talk about history with someone who doesn’t shut him down please and thank you