– Aaron marching into Neil and Andrews room being like YOU BETTER NOT BE HAVING SEX. and he walks in and just freezes bc they’re just sitting, andrew reading, and neil is watching exy with his head on Andrew’s lap and Andrew’s fingers in his hair.
Aaron pretends to be disgusted and all that, and internally he does feel a bit of disgust (leftover homophobia ingrained by his mother and uncle) But honestly, most of what he feels is just relief, that andrew gets to have that with someone even if it has to be Neil fucking Josten the most annoying human in the planet.
(it also helps his opinion of Neil, seeing him being soft with Andrew, because it stops him from seeing them as simple hate sex. It’s impossible to think of Neil as using Andrew in any way when you see him truly looking when he talks to Andrew to make sure he doesn’t go too far or dig too deep in his questions.)
– Aaron may not like Neil, may never like Neil (although i like to think they do end up liking each other. But by the end of university he sure as hell appreciates what Neil does to, and for Andrew