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tntwme:

Andreil Headcanon

  • Neil goes for a run every morning while Andrew sleeps in for another hour
  • Some mornings, Neil gets a late start because Andrew wakes up, too 
  • Neil doesn’t ask Andrew to join him on his runs, he knows it won’t happen
  • But one morning, Neil confesses that he misses Andrew during his morning runs and he can’t wait to get back home
  • Andrew just stares at him, then finally says, “316%” and rolls over to go back to sleep
  • Two weeks later Neil leaves their apartment at 5:30am for his normal daily run
  • Twenty minutes into his route, a cyclist in full cycling gear on a professional road racing bike passes too close to him, forcing Neil to jump out of the way
  • He stares at the cyclist, but he’s already too far away to be sure who it was
  • A few days later Neil is midway through his morning run when another cyclist rides too close again, this one on a rugged mountain bike
  • Neil saw his face this time
  • It was Andrew
  • When Neil gets back to the apartment, Andrew is lounging on the couch reading a book with both cats curled up on his lap
  • He ignores Neil’s entrance
  • Neil decides right then not mention the cycling
  • Two days later a cyclist on an orange folding bike with a tall seat and a rider in neon green bike shorts who can barely touch the pedals brushes up against Neil
  • It’s all Neil can do not to crack a smile
  • There is no mention of the incident back at the apartment by either of them
  • The next morning during Neil’s run, Andrew goes whizzing by him on a bright purple Schwinn with a sparkly silver banana seat that has a seven foot pole with a flag at the top attached to the back of it
  • (The flag is a rainbow color)
  • This time, Neil can’t help his grin but manages to wait until Andrew is past seeing it
  • Andrew still acts as if nothing is going on when Neil gets home, so Neil sticks with not mentioning it
  • However, Neil can tell by the twitch in Andrew’s lips that Neil’s lack of commenting is getting to him
  • The following morning, Neil is almost done with his morning run when Andrew zooms past him wearing silver and orange bike shorts and shirt, riding a hot pink tricycle, complete with wheel clackers and green and white streamers flying from the handlebars
  • Neil falls to the ground from laughing so hard
  • Andrew looks back at Neil with a smirk on his face and keeps on cycling
  • When Neil gets back to the apartment Andrew is once again reading on the couch
  • Neil steps in front of him and leans in close
  • ‘Bike shorts are always a ‘yes’ with me

Psst. So. Word on the street is that you’ve got some ASD!Andrew headcanons. May I offer you… ten bucks and some change in exchange for some details?

thisnightsrevels:

thisnightsrevels:

*pockets the money*

Alright so I have some Serious Feelings abt this and the majority of this is from a Google Doc comprised of every time I’ve subjected some poor soul to my ramblings. I’m also projecting like crazy from my own experiences and ideas about Certain Topics but Here U Go: 

(I’ll try divide this up a bit, bear with me)

  • Andrew has a very solid idea of good/bad in his mind, if someone hurts his family (eg.Tilda) then that is Bad and so it has to be Fixed so that things are Good. It’s something that Doesn’t Make Sense to the other Foxes but to Andrew it makes sense because There Was A Problem and Now There Isn’t One. Andrew admits in canon that he doesn’t understand why Aaron doesn’t understand how Andrew Fixed The Problem.
  • There is also his possessiveness over people. Them/Us. He Keeps His People Safe by stopping New and Potentially Bad People getting to them. He makes his deal with Kevin, and with Aaron to keep them Safe. New People are not Us and are Less Predictable and therefore Off-Putting. Personally, when I am in situations with people whom I cannot predict I get thrown off very quickly/easily and it gets Upsetting Real Fast.
  • He has fixed rituals that Do Not Change. On Fridays, they get in the car and everyone gets in Their Seats and they all go to the Same Diner Every Time and get the Same Thing and then they go to Their Club and get Their Drinks in the same way they always do. A common trait in those on the spectrum is the desire for routine. Again, here I’m drawing off of my own experiences. Admittedly, in the books the Eden trips are not very regular, but they always follow the same order. There are also other things. For example, his sessions with Bee. He goes every Wednesday to Bee and she makes him the chocolate and they Talk. Every night he takes Kevin (and later Neil) to the court to practice while he chills in the stands. Consistent Routine is Important to him.
  • . Andrew has His Spot on the roof where he goes to be Alone and Quiet when Things get Too Loud. When the upperclassmen get to be Too Much or his family is getting to be A Lot then he goes to the roof. If you are familiar with the idea of Sensory Overload then you might already understand the point I’m making here. If not, I recommend this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2P4Ed6G3gw) but be careful, as I personally found it to be very overwhelming. Basically in the books, when Andrew is getting Overloaded he heads off to the roof to Process. In this sense, allowing Neil to join him is a huge sign of trust because That’s His Safe Space.

So yeah, those are some of my Feelings on this particular headcanon. HMU if you want more but that’s all I have directly from canon. There’s more that’s just personal headcanons for stuff, such as different ways he stims, or how Neil Helps (Nicky and Aaron totally got him a weighted blanket bc they Do Care and he Loves It). I have seen it suggested that Kevin is also on the spectrum, inspired by how quickly he bounces back to Exy, which is conceivably his Special Interest, and while I do support this hc, I haven’t put as much personal thought into it as I have with Andrew. 

And another thing, his speech patterns. Something I see forgotten a lot in fanfiction is how Andrew Does Not Often Contract His Words.I cannot speak for anyone else on the spectrum, but I know that when I am getting worked up/upset I feel that I will not be understand so I do the same thing, I try and use full words and focus on that rather than anything else to try in part to calm down and reorientate myself. 

andreil + a bubble bath oh my god plz

sherlocking-and-foxing:

hildcs:

holy shit !! im sorry this took so long. this is ridiculous, like, it’s really wild. p.s this is completely innocent ,  except for the extremely minimal smut

  • the thing is, neil has never really seen a bubble bath. 
  • Well he’s seen one. but not in real life, it sounds ridiculous but being on the run meant you had to take every detail in to account, showers are good and quick, you never have time to soak in a bath for 40 minutes 
  • so he’s never taken a bubble bath or even seen one, for a long time a bubble bath is this mythical thing
  • he never divulges this information. 
  • until one day!! he’s in the bathroom, about to take a shower.
  • Andrews not at the apartment, he’s out buying shit; books/coffee/various cat related accessories/a key ring that says ‘pussy wagon’ on it for neil??
  • and neil just looks at their bath tub.. like .. hmmm?? }:-)
  • he’s like ok why not try this out, andrew is out and not likely to come back to see neil trying to figure out how to work a tub, so he takes his chance. 
  • He forgets to put the plug in at first and becomes grumpy during the first 2 seconds of his bathtub journey until he realises and begrudgingly plugs the drain
  • then he fills it up, it’s taking long and neil is very impatient so he gets an early start on the bubble portion of things
  • he’s squeezing a whole bottle of body wash in to the thing before he knows it and /nothing/ is happening and ok now he’s getting frustrated, the bath is almost filled up and still no bubbles
  • he ran out of body wash so he proceeds to add andrew’s (coconut scented) shampoo to the mix, and what do u know, he finishes that too. 
  • there’s a lil bit of foam but he’s overall very angry so he leaves the bathroom to grab a drink and COOL off bc he was lowkey sweating in the bathroom with all the steam and hot water
  • he goes back
  • there. are. bubbles. everywhere
  • they’ve spilt over the rims of the tub and are on the ground, luckily the water is at a reasonable level (u did something right josten ffs) but the bubbles are .EVERYWHERe.
  • he’s mildly excited though and strips down asap,
  • the water’s hot when he gets in and it feels very weird but nice
  • really nice
  • he gets a solid 2 minutes of relaxtion (translation: playing with the bubbles) until he hears the front door open and he’s like. oh shit
  • the first thing andrew realises when he opens the door is that the whole damn apartment smells like coconut
  • he’s looking around for neil who is being like, weirdly quiet
  • he stops when he hears a small splash and a tiny ‘oh shit’
  • he is not ready for what he sees in the bathroom, yet again, i shall mention, there are bubbles. everywhere.
  • when he walks in, he’s like ???? and looks rlly angrily @ neil who is engulfed in bubbles and has a small bubble beard on (dont think about how frICKEN cute he is minyard)
  • and neil deadass says “you know, they say it’s impossible to say bubbles in an angry way”
  • andrew on the inside is like fuckingfkor oh ym god THIS kid
  • and in the deadest voice he just shoots back “bubbles”
  • neil is laughing, and andrew is sighing because he could never be actually angry at this lil ray of sunshine who is being swallowed by a mass of bubbles
  • neil is wiggling his eyebrows, giving him this look like ‘u gonna make ur move chicken?? huh?? huh??’ 
  • and andrew mutters out a percentage and strips down, getting in the tub, opposite neil, 
  • he tries to relax in the water which is pleasantly boiling
  • but neil is being really distracting by swiping bubbles on andrew’s face and giggling (ACTUALLY FREAKIN’ GIGGLING) every so often because it’s really funny lbr
  • andrew is like -.- but also very endeared and NEIL can tell so he’s leaning less than an inch away from andrew’s face and his lips are so close to andrew’s 
  • and andrew closes the distance between them. and suddenly lighthearted cuteness is turning in to steamy makeout session
  • neil stops every so often to leave wet soapy kisses down andrew’s jaw & neck and andrew needs to feel neil, really feel him
  • so he takes neil in his hand and neil moans and andrew captures the breathy moan in a kiss
  • all sloppy and teeth clanking and the taste of coconut

Two of my absolute favourite things: Andreil and bubble baths

knoxeau:

I love the idea of Andrew reclaiming control of himself and what he does with Neil by being soft and loving and tender

  • Andrew and Neil holding hands more and more as Andrew gets used to the feeling of skin against his own but in a good way
  • Tracing ever single one of Neil’s scars with the gentlest and most reverent fingers, committing them to touch memory so that he will always know that the body next to him is Neil, is safe
  • Andrew is so fucking careful with how he touches Neil that at first, when they start to go further, Neil has no idea how to deal with it because nobody has ever treated him like he mattered that much before
  • Andrew softly pressing kisses to Neil’s neck and chin because it’s easy to reach and because he likes the way Neil’s breath hitches
  • (Andrew asking for Neil to give him a hickey but it takes way to long because Neil keeps stopping and asking if its still a yes)
  • Andrew letting himself want things with Neil, letting himself like things with Neil
  • Andrew not being able to sleep next to Neil not because there’s another body in his bed but because he can’t stop watching Neil’s face when he finally relaxes into sleep
  • Alternatively, Andrew getting so comfortable with Neil that on bad days when he’s just done, all he needs is his back to the wall and Neil beside him and he’s out like a light
  • Andrew learning Neil’s ‘favourite’ things (e.g colour, fruit, time of day etc) not because he asked for them but because he observed how Neil reacted to and with them
  • Honestly Andrew ‘Neil Watches’ at a professional level, if he didn’t have a good memory he would definitely have a notebook or something with all of his observations
  • Andrew is super direct and blunt about asking for things he wants but this is only after months of agonising over this thing and asking Betsy at least one hundred times if it’s an okay thing to want
  • Blushing when Neil says stupid things like ‘I want to spend time with you’ and ‘Andrew is my favourite’ and ‘I trust you’
  • Slowly learning to accept that Neil isn’t lying when he says things like that
  • (Slowly learning to accept that he really likes it when Neil says things like that)
  • Just, Andrew being soft and allowing himself to be soft

fan5fics:

evil-diabolical-oops:

I got to thinking about how Neil and Andrew will be retired in their mid-thirties, early-fourties at their latest (although as a striker counting on speed I can’t imagine Neil hits 40 in that position), and how mind-blowing that is to be so young and done with their careeers, and what are they going to do with all of that time on their hands???

Then I got to thinking about how much that deal with the Moriyama’s could mess with the decisions Neil makes about his career. He can’t just retire when he wants. He has to be useful to them. Imagine the sports commentary about how Neil should have retired years ago and yet keeps playing, etc.

And in a moment of panic, I wondered how Neil was going to be useful to the Moriyamas after he retired. Or would they take him out as a liability?

But then I remembered he has Andrew, who is smart enough to make sure he makes the right endorsement deals, participates in the right advertising campaigns, and makes public appearances for the Moriyamas’ benefit. 

Now I can sleep better at night.

But Neil is a restless guy. What’s he going to do for the rest of his life? I really, really want to see him in an ESPN commentator position. We know he can’t keep his mouth shut, but Neil Josten-Minyard attracts thousands of new fans to exy with his scathing bullshit. Even people who hate sports tune in for things when he’s involved. Everybody loves him. He’s one of those celebrities you see everywhere just because he’s a huge entertaining drama factory. He narrates the Rose Parade before the exy Rose Bowl and it’s everybody’s favorite New Year’s for years to come. He gets bored of the floats and talks about his cats until they have to cut to another anchor.  Fuck, maybe he becomes a much adored actor and internet presence Dwayne the Rock Johnson style and the best part is he has no fucking clue. He thinks all these people are getting into exy because they finally came around to the best game in the world, not because gifs of him ripping some jackass apart on live television have made the rounds on every social media website ever invented and the words that come out of his face are a meme on par with Gordon Ramsey, who himself is a fan and got Neil’s signature for his kid. 

Andrew is fucking delighted to give him a push in any direction that will cause the most excitement. The ESPN gig is even better than those Japanese commercials where Neil had to sing about squid.

tiredpomegranate:

they were on the bus heading home from a tough win against the trojans when andrew kicked neils shoe to get his attention and mumbled, 

“today was interesting”

and neil felt a smile break across his face, so wide it strained against his scars, because andrew had been trying so hard, putting in so much effort to get to a point that he could let himself feel that, and he’s getting there, and he’s incredible. 

he curled his fingers around andrews and squeezed, before consciously relaxing his body and leaning further against him, he’s getting there, they’re both getting there and they’re going to be amazing

aledethanlast:

Okay but guys. Imagine the twins getting really good at imitating each other. Like crazy good. Like Andrew has perfected Aaron’s look of resentment and Aaron has Andrew’s cold demeanor down to a tee. And they fuck with the rest of the foxes so much.

The downside? The foxes stop trusting them to clarify who’s who. Meaning the final authority on who’s Andrew and who’s Aaron is Neil.

Can you imagine the absolute mess that is giving Neil that much power over the twins. Because he WILL use it. He WILL tell people that one twin did something stupid when it was really the other. And don’t you think he’ll favor Andrew, either. Josten is vindictive towards all.

Andrew didn’t cooperate during practice? “Aaron get the fuck out of my bed”

Aaron being especially assholish? Neil pretends he’s Andrew in front of Katelyn.

He doesn’t do it often. But when he does, it never ends well for the twins.