ways andrew and neil show affection:

andrew helping neil out of his gear when he blows his arms out during a game and can barely lift his racquet anymore

if neil notices how andrew’s hands linger a little longer on his skin than they should, he doesn’t mention it

andrew waking up to the smell of coffee, and a just-came-out-of-the-shower-and-dripping-wet neil, messing around in their kitchen making breakfast for them both

he’ll never admit it, but neil does it mostly so he can have andrew’s silent thank you kiss on the back of his neck

sitting on the couch or in a booth or anywhere just a little too close, just so that their thighs touch and neil can remember that this is home

andrew letting neil’s head loll on his shoulder when they’re in the bus back from a game and neil is too exhausted to stay awake

‘i hate you’

walking side to side close enough that their shoulders bump every few steps

on the best days, andrew holding neil’s pinky with his own

neil leaving notes every morning before going for a run, and ending them with ‘i’ll be back’ everytime

when they’re watching tv, andrew letting neil lay his head in his lap and carefully running his fingers through the mess of his hair, brushing his bangs out of his face and tucking them behind his ears

(neil has never been able to tell who doing this calmed down more)

the familiar weight of andrew’s hand on the back of his neck, and a calm but strict ‘abram’ spoken into his ear

neil sleeping on the couch on nights andrew can’t stand having him close, and never asking for more than what he’s given

‘yes or no?’

the weight of the name ‘neil’, pushed into his mouth along with andrew’s tongue, grounding him and making his head spin

sharing cigarettes and kisses on rooftops in the cold and dead of night until neither of them can feel their lips or fingertips

‘stay’

You guys probably want me to shut up at this point but I live to annoy:

so imagine that when the press finds out about Neil and Andrew, they get pretty excited

now it’s canon that these two don’t as much care about being openly gay as much as they are annoyed that this is going to incite a lot heat that they’re going to have to respond to

they recognize that every team, athlete, and tv host in the country (and likely all over the world) is going to drag them through the mud just to fill in their time slot

so what do they do?

they give them nothing to work with

nothing

at all

if a reporter asks about their home life, they walk away from the interview, even if it’s the very first question

they do it post-games, they do it at panels, they do it on live TV

their message is clear: we will respect you as reporters when you respect us as athletes, anything less won’t slide

and when someone is intentionally disrespectful? Well, it doesn’t take long for some teams to learn that there is no greater career killer than Neil’s powerhouse personality with the backing of the entire LGBT community. More than one player lost an offer to play pro because they went tried to go against Neil.

eventually they learn to just let it be and that they’ll probably never get anything good

except they do

because it’s not that Neil and Andrew are actively avoiding mentioning their relationship, they’re just naturally very private

they don’t actually give a shit what people find out as long as it’s not intrusive

so every once in a while they just do something that sends the press into a tailspin while they both appear as the epitome of indifference

most notably, one game during their 3rd season on the same team, they walked onto the court wearing brand new jerseys that read “Josten-Minyard” above their respective numbers

all game commentary is derailed for ten minutes

they were Josten and Minyard respectively in last week’s game what happened

later they swarm Neil

“Neil, when did you and Andrew get married?”

“…um, Monday I think?”

“You think?”

“or Tuesday. Which one was the 15th?”

“Tuesday”

“Tuesday then.”

“…okay then, who attended? Wouldn’t have been a big thing, if we only hear about it now, eh? Decided to make it a bit more intimate?”

“thing? I’ve been dating Andrew for over a decade. Trust me, this doesn’t really mean anything new for us.”

“then why get married now?”

“credit”

“credit?”

“our bank was running this promo for joint accounts but it only applies for married couples so we figured why not”

“you got married to improve your bank credit…and that’s it”

“yup”

they corner Kevin the next day and ask him for his opinion on the…unconventionality of Neil and Andrew’s relationship

he thinks for a moment, then

“you know, every so often, there are days where those two are all that keeps me up and running, and I feel like I would do anything for them”

pause for dramatic effect

“and then there are days like today, where I regret having ever associated with those idiots”

at which point he leaves, muttering about midgets and vodka

fucking rude, Kevin

this is why you weren’t invited to the wedding

oh yeah did I mention this is now Neil’s favorite insult to use against the Foxes

Nicky is being a nuisance? Allison is trying to pry information? Aaron is breathing in the general vicinity? “This is why we didn’t invite you to the wedding”

kevin day + neil josten headcanons

neilswesninski:

kevin and neil are always yelling at each other on court, but when the game/practice is over, they’re the first to pat the other on the back and say “good game” or “could’ve been worse” or “nice work”

they always do grocery runs together, because kevin wants to grab healthy food and because andrew sends neil to make sure he gets his candy

for kevin’s birthday neil gets him a trojan’s shirt and a bottle of vodka

for neil’s birthday kevin gets him running shoes and a weekend alone with andrew in their dorm room

neil chewed out a reporter who was telling kevin off for not attending riko’s funeral, and when he finally stopped to take a deep breath, he was literally dragged away by wymack before he could continue

the first time neil gets drunk at eden’s twilight, him and kevin became best friends for the night, dancing, taking selfies, and nicky has photographic proof of kevin kissing neil on the cheek, an event kevin will deny happening until the day he dies

he also denies cuddling neil in while they slept on the bus after a long game ~~but that’s another story~~

they both go to exites together once a month to check out the new equipment, and every time they get back the rest of the foxes always ask them how their date was

kevin always competes with neil on the treadmill in the workout room, and only won once (because neil got distracted staring at andrew’s biceps when he began benchpressing and had to stop and redirect his thoughts)

one time kevin walked in while neil was having a panic attack about riko, and when he realized andrew was still in class, he calmed neil down himself by whispering gentle words to him in french

they then sat on the couch for the entire duration of finding nemo and finding dory because kevin knows that they’re neil’s favourite

when neil was accepted into his pro team right after he graduated, a few tears escaped kevin’s eyes because here was this boy, who didn’t think he’d live to be 20, holding his future in an envelope in his hands

whispers sleepy andrew in the morning walking around in neil’s sweatpants, walking on the hem bc his boyfriend’s legs are too long

littlespooneven:

neil with a whole collection of sweatpants with walked-off hems that he refuses to throw out or stop wearing bc they make him feel loved

friend do u know. this. this is my aesthetic. listen

andrew gets rly cold feet ok

and bc he likes to be difficult his natural reaction isn’t to put on socks

oh no

his reaction is: longer pants

aka neil’s pants

now neil isn’t that much taller than andrew but three inches makes a difference ok

just enough to cover andrew’s feet and keep them nice and warm

neil doesn’t realise at first bc they share a room and their clothes tend to get mixed up a lot so he doesn’t think andrew is making a conscious decision to wear his clothes

except one morning

andrew gets up before him and neil is still in bed

he wakes up to find andrew at the dresser, his own pants in his hand

andrew considers them for a minute before throwing them aside and digging around in the drawer until he finds a pair of neil’s sweatpants instead

he freezes when he turns around and realises neil’s caught him

“you like wearing my clothes”

“shut up neil”

“it’s okay i like seeing you wear them”

“i don’t like wearing your clothes”

“then why’d you put on my sweats instead of yours”

cue andrew going silent for approximately forty-five seconds before he eventually admits his feet are cold

neil doesn’t tease him but gOD he wants to

bc that is so cute

his bf is so Cute

instead he just grins to himself until andrew hits him with a pillow

now neil pays extra attention every time andrew wears his clothes

like when they’re both sitting on the couch in columbia watching tv and eating breakfast and he notices andrew’s feet hidden inside the hem of the pants

so he sets his bowl of cereal aside and takes andrew’s ankles and tucks his feet under his own legs to keep them extra warm

andrew glares at him but he doesn’t move his feet

and omg

imagine poor andrew coming into the kitchen one morning all sleepy and tripping over the hem and almost falling

neil puts his exy reflexes to good use and catches him but omg andrew doesn’t blush but he’s blushing on the inside

neil just gives him a crooked smile and says “coffee’s ready”

eventually it evolves into more than just the sweatpants stealing

whenever neil sees andrew give so much as the tiniest shiver he’s instantly shucking off his hoodie and offering it to andrew

andrew kinda feels bad always taking neil’s stuff and he hates owing people

so one day he just comes into the living room and dumps his favourite pair of sweatpants into neil’s lap without a word

they’re too short

neil still wears them all the time though

Hello! I love your blog so much, especially your TFC headcanons and fics! I was wondering if you would ever consider writing some kind of sequel to the headcanon about the Foxes’ bets expanding on Andreil’s wedding in Neil’s senior year? Of course you don’t have to if you don’t want to, but it would make my life :) Have a good day!

cigarettesmokeandexyracquets:

This is how it goes.

Andrew was tired of fighting with security and hospital staff every time Neil managed to land himself a trip to the ER.

He was sick of Allison Reynolds telling him “We care about Neil too you know” every time security managed to get him back to the waiting room.

He hated the knowing look on his cousin’s face and the sneer on his brother’s.

Most of all he hated not knowing and he hated that Neil would wake up in that room alone and panic.

It didn’t happen often, but it happened enough that Andrew was tired of it.

So when Neil ends up in the hospital with a concussion during his senior year, Andrew makes the drive to South Carolina and makes a decision.

This particular hospital remembers Andrew from two years before when he took down two security team members the day Neil had emergency surgery for his appendix and Neil’s nurse has enough self preservation to pretend to not see him sneak into Neil’s room.

Neil’s first words when he wakes up and sees Andrew are “what the fuck happened?”

Because head injuries make it hard to have a serious discussion Andrew has to wait until Neil’s mostly coherent, it takes a couple of days.

When Andrew checks Neil out of the hospital and muscles him into the Maserati to take him back to Fox Tower Neil turns to him and says “We should just get married.”

Neil is only slightly surprised when Andrew says, “I know.”

Two weeks later they’re signing their marriage licence with Betsy Dobson as their witness.

It’s simple because it’s just a legal thing. They get married in a courthouse, both wearing jeans and Neil wearing Andrew’s pro team jersey. Betsy dresses up for it because she wants to and this is important to her. This boy that she cared about, that she was worried wasn’t going to make it to graduation, getting married.

Neil doesn’t tell the team because he doesn’t feel he has to. Nothing has changed, really, now Andrew and Neil just have more legal rights than they did before. The ring he wears on a string around his neck is mostly for his own sentiment. The fact that Andrew has one too would only be baffling to someone other than Neil or Renee.

The next time Neil end up in the hospital it’s for two broken ribs and Andrew pretends not to be affected when the doctor asks, “Are you the husband?” and Andrew gets to say “yes”

nickyhenmick:

goD like im so fucked up over the idea of andrew and neil giving each other forehead kisses like

neil starts it b/c three inches taller is the perfect height to kiss andrew’s forehead

it starts as just another thing neil does during their iconic makeout sessions

(or like, you know)

(when they’re done)

but then neil starts doing it other times and andrew is just like ?????

neil will give him a forehead kiss before leaving for class in the morning

or right before bed

andrew pretends that he thinks it’s the most annoying thing ever, but he really really secretly loves it and how it slowly just becomes neil’s go-to form of affection

it takes a while for any of the other foxes to notice since it’s a pretty intimate gesture, so there aren’t really that many occasions for them to see it

months after it started, they finally see it when neil goes to ask andrew something during a scrimmage and before he turns to leave he just kisses andrew’s helmet (!!!!!!)

allison makes an unbelievable amount of money

they all think that they will never see andrew return the gesture in a million years

but one day after a game the press is super nasty to neil and pull up way too much shit from his past

he holds it together until he gets back to the locker room but then he can’t breathe and the room is spinning

and andrew just shoves him up against the wall to keep neil from collapsing, with one hand on his neck and the other flat against neil’s heart

“neil, stop. fucking listen to me, you’re fine, you’re safe here, it’s okay”

neil does calm down after a minute and just looks exhausted and worn out as he refuses to make eye contact with anyone but andrew

everyone thinks andrew is going to step away now that neil is fine but he doesn’t

he presses himself up on his tiptoes

and grabs neil’s face between his hands to pull it down a little

and kisses his forehead

Prompt: The foxes being shocked when Andrew shows affection towards Neil. Thank you, you’re incredible!

mac-noa:

natrenwal:

transneil-deactivated20170131:

they don’t show affection in huge, monumental ways. we know this. it’s the little things. and slowly they begin happening in front of the foxes, who do not know how to react. at all.

aaron, kevin, and nicky all playing video games for a couple hrs one afternoon and andrew is reading while neil works on a paper.

the hours start ticking by and the guys don’t realize it, they grab Gatorade’s and some pretzels eventually and continue gaming

even andrew got up for a glass of water

eventually after another half an hr passes andrew goes and whispers something in neils ear, and he sighs and gets up and goes into the kitchen and grabs an apple and some juice and chats w/ andrew for five mins or so and then goes back to his paper

andrew goes back to his spot to read again

the guys just all kinda eyeball emoji

they hadn’t realized neil was so wrapped up in his work he forgot he was a human being who needed a break and sustenance

or maybe, they are having another mandatory team movie night

and andrew claims a spot on the couch, which is desired since there are 9 of them and most end up on the ground

but neil just sits at Andrew’s feet, and Andrew’s hand immediately just falls into his hair and starts running his fingers through it

neil knows he does this to like calm himself down esp when there are a lot of ppl around even if its just the team

but everyone notices and shoots glances at each other like “u seeing this” and nicky gets a video of it def

renee shushes them tho and puts the movie on and sits beside andrew and smiles at him bc she’s so happy he’s happy and he just blankly stares at her and goes back to playing w neil’s hair

or, maybe, after a game that is particularly tense and hard-won neil gets back to the dressing room and feels like he cant breathe

his arms ache, he fucking wore them out, he shot on the net over 70 times the game (kevin shot around 60, even he was feeling the pain and ache in his hands too)

neil just collapses on one of the benches and none of the other team members would have noticed he was as dead on his feet if andrew hadn’t started ripping off Neil’s equipment

eventually he get’s to his face, pulling the headband off and the neck guard and helmet took too fucking long

neil was taking laboured breaths

andrew accepts a cup of gatorade pressed into his hand by abby (he thinks)

and neil drinks it from the cup still in andrew’s hand, he didnt trust neil to hold it with how hard they were trembling

and he just presses his forehead to neil’s, right there in the middle of the changeroom, and starts whispering about what a fucking asshole he is and how he better not do that again or he will kill him himself

after a couple minutes neil’s breathing is back to normal, and andrew pulls back. neil walks wordlessly into abby’s office at her insistance, and andrew begins to get undressed for showers

the rest of the foxes didnt even pretend they weren’t shocked at the scene and were literally standing there like statues and it isn’t until kevin slowly undoes his helmet that they all start moving again

they all discuss it in detail in the group chat they have w out neil and andrew in it on the bus ride home tho u just kno it

This is 100% what I am here for. A++ would headcanon again.

Need more of this, foxes reacting to andreil is the best

Andrew on a professional exy team and all of the team have fairly gotten used to him, but still keep their distance because Jesus fuck, this guy isn’t kidding around with his threats, more than one of them have been on the receiving end of his knives. Then Neil joins the team, and he reels Andrew in, he calms him down and isn’t that just like seeing a pig fly?

seairis:

this might have derailed a bit yikes

for the first few months of practices andrew was just eerily apathetic. he’d block the goal, mostly, and run drills, (still better than most but obviously without any serious effort,_ but he never said anything, he never seemed to even break a sweat, and he was out of the change room almost before anyone noticed he was in there

its sort of unsettling like he has a presence on the team but barely

and then

its mid game, some motherfucker from the other teams taunting andrew making gross homophobic comments at him

andrew doesn’t react once

even his teammates, who don’t know or care for him really, are getting pissed off at this guy

there’s like 4 seconds left in the game this guy really needs to get a rise out of andrew so that his team can make a goal to tie the game, because they’re losing

he says ‘bet he looks so good bent over, eh?’ (because after aaron’s trial everyone knows about drake my poor son)

he plays it off like it’s directed at a teammate not at Andrew

2 seconds. Andrew blocks the last pass they make, hits it so far up court no one could bring it back and lunges at this guy

he’s got him down on the ground with a knife pressed under his helmet to the bottom of his jaw

the buzzer rings

andrew has to be torn away from this guy, who’s nearing a coma at this point

andrew turns on one of his teammates, the one who’d pulled him off and wraps a hand around his neck, making sure he feels the knife in his armband

“don’t put a leash on me”

the rest of the team backs off immediately, and he lets him go

by the time that’s done the other teams left the court completely and he can’t murder that guy like he wanted to

next practice is tense, his whole team is afraid of him

one of them mutters something like ‘fucking psycho’ and andrew aims a rebound at him so hard he gets knocked over, winded

he pretends like he didn’t even know he was there

there are five more knife situations, and over a dozen other physical altercations, both on and off the court by the time neil going the team two months later

and then: Neil

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broship-addict:

a little bit about Kevin Day who is also A Massive Loser:

feels the need to remind everyone that he’s left-handed

brings out statistics about the pros of being a lefty

annoys the shit out of everyone when he constantly complains about hard it is to be left-handed

can get ready in the mornings in under 5 minutes to maximize sleeping in time

it’d be under 3 if he didn’t brush his teeth

holds secret funerals every time his racquet breaks

had the weirdest muscle gain/loss after Riko broke his hand

lost a ton of muscle on his left side and got built on his right because that’s the one he focused on training the most

likes to stand extra tall and look down on Neil when they’re arguing

wouldn’t have to eat quite so healthy if he wasn’t on track to giving himself alcohol poisoning

once tried to take revenge on Andrew by hiding his chocolate syrup in a higher cupboard

so. much. regret.

is super judgy about dollar store Exy racquets

tests the strings and handle quality as if it’s comparable to his own racquets and looks at them like they’re a disappointment anyways

honestly cried that one time Nicky switched out his racquets as a prank

(the Foxes couldn’t stop laughing)

(Wymack is not paid enough for this)

tries to convince Renee to donate to sports-initiative charities

went straight from yelling at a Fox to encouraging a six-year-old girl to follow her dreams and make Court

once called Abby “mom”

the kindest thing Abby could to was pretend she didn’t hear

but also sometimes Kevin would wonder what if

calls out misogynistic bullshit lightning quick

once watched the wrong History Channel while drunk and believed every single word

he won’t admit it to the other Foxes, but Kevin definitely thinks aliens built the Great Pyramids

does not have the keys for Andrew and Neil’s apartment but keeps banging on the door and leaving voicemails until they finally open the door only to find him carrying bags of fresh vegetables

tells them he should be charging their team for his time because Kevin is a fucking a s s h o l e

gets his first dog from the shelter and the poor guy’s malnourished and has a missing leg but Kevin skips out on practice to help him heal

when the dog’s healthy and happy Kevin brings him to practices and they play a dangerous version of fetch with Exy balls flung around the court but both of them love it

goes to see Wymack at least once a month but spends the whole time complaining about his team’s quality

leaves Andrew and Neil angry voicemails after their games, no matter the score

leaves them angry voicemails after his own games

leaves them angry voicemails after Jean or Matt’s games

leaves incoherent fanboy screaming voicemails after Jeremy Knox’s games

(they won’t admit it, but Andrew and Neil definitely look forward to these as they’re absolutely hilarious)

is able to look at his racquet at the beginning of each game and think, I’m better than he ever was

is able to prove it to the world

the foxhole court family <3

anactualfairyqueen:

basically neil adores his family

like he is 100% invested in them

and they are so proud of him (yes, even kevin)

like kevin and him will sit for hours rewatching the same Exy games, making terrible exy jokes (’hey, day?’ ‘what?’ ‘this is exylent’)

and neil will agree to sample his protein shakes even though they all taste horrible and healthy

like basically the two are indeed friends, no matter what reporters says, seeing kevin day basically screaming at neil for being so fucking stupid half the court away, neil flipping him off without even looking.

neil also always waits for renee after her bible group. they meet late every wednesday and end around 10 at night and he finishes class at 9 but he doesn’t mind waiting because it is a long walk across campus at night and he knows renee is perfectly capable of walking by herself, he just thinks she might not mind the company.

she always tells him what pastel colour she plans on dying next, and he always asks how she does it exactly because renee’s hair always looks so perfect and they exchange hair dye tips and tricks.

allison makes him go shopping

and neil lets her critique his barely held together converse shoes.

basically they spend entire days together and she drives him far away from the university and it helps him deal with his anxiety, with the car going faster and faster until the stress goes away.

he’s also right there beside her at women right protests and movements, because he does not understand why guys think its weird to support how strong women really are.

allison totally paints his nails for those events and he never minds. he likes it most when she does orange and white because he is such a team spirit nerd.

dan and matt always take him out for pizza since it’s his favorite food.

they go see a movie and basically run around taking the weirdest instagram photos e v e r.

like neil planking in front of a fountain? got it.

dan flipping off the statue of christopher fucking columbus? got it.

matt trying to coax of a bunny rabbit in the park to trust him and be his forever best buddy? you better believe they got it.

fans adore their instagram accounts.

basically neil is dan and matt’s child and they adore him

some idiot tries to attack nicky for being gay on twitter?

ohhhh poor life choice buddy because did you not know that is neil’s domain?

like riko may have thought he was king of exy, but neil is the master of twitter.

like basically he does not stop. he shreds the poor ignorant bastard and educates him on why exactly he is wrong and basically whenever someone tries to attack nicky’s sexuality he is right there ready to fight.

(he is also the more polite one nicky can introduce erik without as much fear to because really? aaron or andrew? please son. neil is the one with more evolved manners, even if they aren’t much.)

aaron and him have a more basic relationship.

sometimes neil hands him a bottle of water instead of throwing it at his face

BUT

he is always nice to Katelyn. that is without fail.

and well

andrew

andrew is a bit more special

“it’s always a yes with you”