andrew lives by a certain philosophy that is more of a statement he maintains the truth in: there is very little that andrew minyard needs, and even less that he wants. this is the closest thing to religion that andrew knows; his faith is unshakable.
then a blue-eyed boy with a smile full of lies and lifetime of secrets stumbles into andrew’s life, bleeding and desperate. this is the moment, the resounding cleaving of before and after.
before he could list the things he wanted on one hand. clear, concise, and, most of all, not messy. he wants chocolate ice cream, cigarettes, alcohol, and his family. simple.
after he can’t number them, his wants are too many for that. he wants neil. he wants neil’s chest beneath his hand; he wants neil’s pulse on his lips; he wants neil’s wide-blown eyes on him; he wants neil’s legs slotted between his; he wants neil to stay. it’s a mess that andrew can’t sort through. every time andrew sees neil his list of wants grows longer. everytime neil speaks andrew wants to make him quiet.
it’s a flood in his mind, and the dam he builds isn’t enough. the floodgates break open on a rooftop and it all that he can do, kissing neil. and oh, for the first time in months his head is quiet.
My dear son. Today I want to wish you a good health and happines. That all things will be good in your life. I wish you the victories. And teasty ice cream) And a lot of hugs (from Neil of course) You deserve it, really deserve.soo…
Chapters: ¼ Fandom: All For the Game – Nora Sakavic Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, Minor or Background Relationship(s) Characters: Andrew Minyard, Nicky Hemmick, Neil Josten, Kevin Day, David Wymack, Renee Walker (All For The Game), Laila Dermott, Alvarez (All For the Game), Jean Moreau, Betsy Dobson, Original Characters Additional Tags: Alternate Universe – High School, Slow Burn, terrible flirting between adult men, POV Andrew Minyard Summary:
“It will not be cheap,” Andrew finally says.
“I know,” Wymack says. “Two bottles of Johnnie Walker sound good to you?”
“Four,” Andrew says without missing a beat. He thinks about having to deal with Nicky later on, about the additional work he has to do, and decides that he will not do anything for less.
“Three,” Wymack argues.
“Four or we have no deal.”
Wymack mutters something about blood-sucking hooligans under his breath before he concedes with a, “Fine.”
(or: a High School AU where only some of them are high-schoolers)
hi there! there’s a few mentions of andrew being angry at he fact he couldn’t see neil during/after the riot so i’ve gone through my book and found a couple of times it’s mentioned
when andrew first sees neil again when he’s still with the police, he is handcuffed to wymack because he was taking no prisoners in his search to get to neil. they had to literally handcuff him to another person to stop him tearing the place down to get to neil. then, once neil’s back with the foxes, he has this conversation with matt:
andrew, who has spent three books looking after kevin day, andrew, who put himself between riko and kevin, andrew, who promised to keep kevin safe, choked him so hard to find out what had happened to neil when he disappeared that it took three people to pull him off. it took three people to pull a 5ft nothing man off someone who is over 6ft tall. that’showangry andrew was that neil had disappeared and how desperate he was to get him back
Nothing but My Aching Soul 