Nicky at some point, possibly joking, possibly not,
mentioning how damn disappointing it
is that Neil and Andrew don’t have pet names for each other. Like, don’t they
know that’s the ultimate height of affection?
And like Andrew thinks this over for two seconds and turns
to Neil and says, completely deadpan, “what do you think, sweetheart?”
Neil doesn’t miss a beat when he says, “sounds like a great
idea, darling.”
And so this starts positively the most terrifying thing the
Foxes have ever seen. Neil and Andrew’s pet name war. Andrew pulls out Honey Bunny while they’re out for dinner
one night and nearly causes Nicky to choke to death on his spaghetti, but Neil
gets to drop Snookum in the middle of
a team meeting and causes Wymack to go speechless.
It’s awful. Nicky has never heard somebody sound so close to
committing murder while calling their boyfriend High King of my heart (Neil maintains he should get extra points
for creativity on that one) and he is very,
very, very sorry he ever brought it up but now it’s too late because Neil
and Andrew think it’s hilarious and they will
not stop.
uhhh i can’t stop thinking about how andreil is revealed to the press and then this happened
it’s neil’s first season after college
andrew and neil are on rival teams
before their first ever game playing against each other a reporter asks neil “do you think you’ll be able to score on your former teammate, andrew minyard?”
and imagine matt’s on neil’s team and they’re doing press together right
and matt’s trying & failing to keep a straight face
neil just snorts
look he’s oblivious
but he’s not that oblivious he gets the subtext
and all the foxes are like right there because it’s after neil’s first pro game and they all came to watch / have vip access or something so they’re there for the post-game interview ok
and nicky starts cracking up
kevin chokes on his drink and then .2 seconds later starts chugging it because he knows neil can’t pass up an opportunity to screw with the press
because neil’s an instigator™
and kevin’s worried about how coming out will affect neil’s exy career
but neil doesn’t care
neil just looks to andrew and raises an eyebrow like yes or no?
and andrew just stares a him like a challenge
and a yes
so neil smirks at the camera and says “i can score on minyard”
and then “and the goal, too”
allison whistles in audience
matt gives up on trying to keep a straight face & is grinning at dan like wow he’s so proud of his son
nicky’s still laughing
kevin’s still drinking
wymack’s just shaking his head like thank god this idiot is someone else’s pr problem now
Nothing but My Aching Soul 