and im just – Nothing but My Aching Soul

neiliamfinejosten:

Okay like the thought of Andrew and Neil being in a long distance relationship is absolutely wild to me. Like that’s the kind of thing that proves their love for each other. Long distance is hard and it’s requires a lot of communication and dedication to work. And to think that Neil and Andrew absolutely pulled it off, using every opportunity to see each other, Andrew literally flying over to see Neil (I am assuming since road tripping would take too much time out of their busy schedules), them video calling each other can you imagine, like them actually talking to each other about how their days went and about how they miss each other’s stupid face

And then Neil transferring to Andrew’s team and they have waited so long for this and it’s finally happening and they are so happy

Andrew literally went from being passively suicidal and only living to keep promises to being so in love with Neil, having a career, being a parent of two cats, having a network of friends and family and working hard to make his life work.

that’s like love man and it’s beautiful

vive-lanuit:

The thing that gets me about Andrew Minyard is … at the beginning of The Foxhole Court I really really didn’t like him. He was an asshole, he didn’t care about anyone (so I thought) and he was just … I just didn’t GET him. And that’s where the Upperclassmen still are, because they don’t care or don’t want to look further (plus: Andrew doesn’t care for anything that would make it easier to approach and understand him). That’s why they still think he’s a soulless monster (EVEYRTIME someone calls Andrew a monster I wanna yell “HE’S NOT!!!!!”).

But we get Neil’s pov. We get to know Andrew better, to get to know him AT ALL basically, and to understand him because Neil does. Because Neil is the first one to care enough and to be curious and persistent enough to do so. Having Neil’s pov gives us the opportunity to read one of the most amazing character arcs/character developments/character designs I ever came across in literature (simply because there is somone who makes the effort to LOOK).

I think I love Andrew Minyard so goddamn much because Neil does. Because I think it’s absolutely impossible to not-love Andrew when you see him through Neil’s eyes – the only eyes that see Andrew for who he really is. And I think this is beautiful.

audreil:

for @key-called-home bc i made her cry a lot today

okay so andrew isn’t really a forehead kisses person or a cheek kisses person i think thats the consensus yes

but listen to me alright neil josten Loves to kiss andrew’s cheeks and forehead and the tip of his nose and his fingers

basically anywhere that isnt his lips

he picks it up from dan & matt and he just,, he falls in love with casual kisses

like for example when he wakes up and finds andrew in the kicthen making coffee, he’ll walk by and press a kiss to the top of andrew’s head with a quiet “morning”

or when andrew’s sitting on the beanbag or on the couch and neil plops down next to him, he’ll lean over and kiss andrew’s cheek – maybe the corner of his mouth

when they’re showering together, his hands in andrews hair, he’ll kiss andrew’s neck and his jaw because he likes that andrew likes it

when they’re at eden’s twilight, sometimes a lof of the time they’ll just find a private corner and maybe on occasion neil will put an arm around andrew

on really sappy occasions he might tell andrew he’s happy and properly kiss him

theres times when the foxes get together in a dorm for movie nights and ofc andrew sits next to neil and sometimes neil just links his fingers with andrew’s

and absently fiddles with them. andrew lets him do it because he likes it too

sometimes a lot of times neil makes comments about whatever they’re watching and he whispers them in andrew’s ears

thats when hes actually paying attention to what thyre watching

post games, neil is the only one to hug andrew on the court and only sometimes

in the locker room, neil tells him he was amazing and might kiss his forehead

all the while andrew is growing Tired

all he wants to do is kiss this asshole properly he just wants a good ol’ make out session sometimes

A Real Kiss

so one night hes in bed, a book in hand, and neil leans down to kiss his head and andrew says “no”

and neil stops of course

neil gets in bed on his side and doesn’t push andrew doesn’t ask why

so after a while andrew puts the book down and asks “yes or no?”

and neil is a little ?? but yes of course its a yes

so andrew grips his face with both hands finally and kisses his mouth

dear god he’s been wanting a real kiss for so long and neil can tell that fucking shitstick and he smiles so big into the kiss

when andrew pulls away for a second to breathe again neil presses a kiss just at the corner of his mouth and laughs at the unimpressed look he gets