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Andreil Headcanon

• Neil goes for a run every morning while Andrew sleeps in for another hour
• Some mornings, Neil gets a late start because Andrew wakes up, too 
• Neil doesn’t ask Andrew to join him on his runs, he knows it won’t happen
• But one morning, Neil confesses that he misses Andrew during his morning runs and he can’t wait to get back home
• Andrew just stares at him, then finally says, “316%” and rolls over to go back to sleep
• Two weeks later Neil leaves their apartment at 5:30am for his normal daily run
• Twenty minutes into his route, a cyclist in full cycling gear on a professional road racing bike passes too close to him, forcing Neil to jump out of the way
• He stares at the cyclist, but he’s already too far away to be sure who it was
• A few days later Neil is midway through his morning run when another cyclist rides too close again, this one on a rugged mountain bike
• Neil saw his face this time
• It was Andrew
• When Neil gets back to the apartment, Andrew is lounging on the couch reading a book with both cats curled up on his lap
• He ignores Neil’s entrance
• Neil decides right then not mention the cycling
• Two days later a cyclist on an orange folding bike with a tall seat and a rider in neon green bike shorts who can barely touch the pedals brushes up against Neil
• It’s all Neil can do not to crack a smile
• There is no mention of the incident back at the apartment by either of them
• The next morning during Neil’s run, Andrew goes whizzing by him on a bright purple Schwinn with a sparkly silver banana seat that has a seven foot pole with a flag at the top attached to the back of it
• (The flag is a rainbow color)
• This time, Neil can’t help his grin but manages to wait until Andrew is past seeing it
• Andrew still acts as if nothing is going on when Neil gets home, so Neil sticks with not mentioning it
• However, Neil can tell by the twitch in Andrew’s lips that Neil’s lack of commenting is getting to him
• The following morning, Neil is almost done with his morning run when Andrew zooms past him wearing silver and orange bike shorts and shirt, riding a hot pink tricycle, complete with wheel clackers and green and white streamers flying from the handlebars
• Neil falls to the ground from laughing so hard
• Andrew looks back at Neil with a smirk on his face and keeps on cycling
• When Neil gets back to the apartment Andrew is once again reading on the couch
• Neil steps in front of him and leans in close
• ‘Bike shorts are always a ‘yes’ with me