Over here thinking about how Andrew and Neil would both be willing to sacrifice everything for each other but also how neither one of them would ever ask the other one to do that
andrew: *promises to protect neil from the yakuza*
neil: *goes to evermore so proust doesn’t hurt andrew*
based on this idea that i had where andrew and neil are youtubers and are essentially dan and phil. disclaimer: this is very loosely based on dan and phil and while i did borrow ideas from their interactions/videos it is not all based on them and i’m not meaning to imply anything about them or any possible relationship, just writing my spin on things. the way people theorize about them dating reminded me of andreil fics with their rivalry in the media so i made this
first things first: neil is neilisnotonfire and andrew is amazingandrew simply because of the way it sounds and not at all to do with the content or personalities in respect to dan and phil
neil does mostly storytimes because he has ~a lot~ of stories and andrew plays video games and occasionally records fights with renee etc
they have a side reaction channel that they share where they react to various exy plays and the like but just rip apart everyone
it’s considered an honor among exy players and just everyone in general if neil and/or andrew actually compliment you or even just make no comment at all because they are that blunt
neil is obvs more into it but andrew is HARSH and has a better time filming the videos than he would like to admit
everyone knows that they’ve been living together forever and that they played college exy together which is how the met but the internet is divided on whether or not they are together(they totally are)
they dont come out because they love screwing with people
even on their regular channels there are constant collabs
there are constant innuendos that they either ignore or pretend are accidental to mess with people further
they absolutely have a series of baking videos and either whatever they’re making comes out perfect or like shit there’s no in between
they also have an april fools channel that they only upload videos to every april 1st
(andrew wears all white and neil actually dresses nice and they both fake smile the whole time and are fake nice to each other and do crafts)
the foxes appear enough that their viewers know who they are despite none of them having their own channels
when they go see exy games live they vlog or livestream to get real time reactions from a live game on their channel
the best is when they go see kevin’s games and roast him
they literally only roast kevin in those videos
*slow zoom on kevin sitting out on the bench* *the i’m a barbie girl song plays in the background*
they tour together of course
touring is difficult for them
neither of them are big talkers to begin with and coming up with a set is hard so they mostly just take audience questions and meet their fans and sign stuff
sometimes neil goes on andrew’s channel to play games that andrew tries to teach him but he fails everytime
even at the exy game to his extreme dismay(“but i’m PUSHING the jump button why isn’t he jumping” “there is no jumping in this game, neil”)
they have had kevin on the exy channel before but kevin only complained about how they both stopped playing after college the whole time so they never invited him back
they have also had all of the foxes on the exy reaction channel and racked up the views with the clickbait “our college exy team roasts kevin day’s playing” which they absolutely do so it’s not really clickbait but they only called it that so people would click on
neil did a video where alison did his makeup and then he did hers
after incessant requests alison did the same video with andrew on his channel
they set up two bedrooms in their apartment to fool the public even though they only ever sleep in andrew’s because they are that extra
eventually they needed to convert one of the bedrooms into an office type room because they ran out of drawers to shove paperwork into so neil “mysteriously” starts filming in their living room which many people take to be proof that they switched to a shared bedroom
neil always tries to catch andrew eating his cereal on video to prove that it’s him stealing it but never can until one day he actually does and it’s the happiest vlog of his life he cries
sometimes when they’re lazy and don’t have a video ready they will just upload compilations of the cats being cute and weird
andrew will sometimes join neil for his storytimes if he was there for the actual occurrence of the event and is feeling up for talking
mostly neil will tell the story but andrew will add details and dry remarks if warrented
neil also sometimes won’t tell andrew about something that happened to him(but only if it isn’t important like a weird uber driver or smth small) and will record andrew’s reaction to neil telling him the story for the first time
they eventually do come out and it’s really cute
andrew is the one who makes the video after they had been considering it for a while
“you guys were right neil and i were dating that whole time but i regret to inform you that we aren’t anymore”
that’s it. that’s the whole video. the internet actually implodes
an hour later(they were going to wait until the next day but after seeing everyone’s reactions neil couldn’t help but take mercy on them) neil uploads his follow up
it’s even shorter than andrew’s and it’s just neil saying “relax we’re married now” followed by him holding up his ring and beyoncé saying “if you like it than you should’ve put a ring on it” playing on loop over the outro
nobody relaxes
#andreil starts trending on all social media platforms
mercifully and entirely because of neil they upload a q&a the next week and it’s over a half hour long of them answering the questions people were inevitably asking despite them not asking for q&a questions
they call the video “yes, andreil is andREAL”
everything about the whole situation is perfect and they are happy
“They could have blinded you,” Nathaniel said. “All that time fighting and you never learned how to duck?” A stony stare was his only answer. Andrew let go of him so he could tug Nathaniel’s hood out of the way. He dragged a finger along the lines of tape keeping the myriad of bandages in place as if looking for the best place to start. He tore the gauze off Nathaniel’s right cheek first, exposing the striped lines left by Lola’s knife.”
Everything about Andrew was hot, from the hands holding him down to the mouth steadily taking Neil apart. Neil finally understood why his mother thought this was so dangerous.