cigarettesmokeandexyracquets:

i like that your second ask clarified that this post was much older than you thought it was because this post is almost so old i forgot it completely but i’m glad you read it and liked it because hell it was absolutely a good one!

[original post]

• it takes a couple of years for katelyn and neil to actually start talking but when they do it’s at a party after the foxes have won a game
• aaron is in the middle of getting trashed with nicky and kevin and andrew left ten minutes after the whole party started
• neil and katelyn are just kind of hanging out on the fringes of the group, neil watching everyone and katelyn watching aaron
• and katelyn starts talking about everything aaron has been through and how proud she is of him
• and neil thinks about andrew and has to agree
• they get on to other topics with school and movies they’ve been to see and everything just kind of snowballs until nicky mentions he’s surprised neil is still here and teases him about not wasting an empty dorm room
• that’s when neil realizes he’s been talking to katelyn for two hours without feeling awkward or uncomfortable about it
• neil goes to leave and katelyn says “do you want to get coffee on friday? we can leave the boys at home.”
• and neil agrees but katelyn doesn’t actually think he’ll show up
• but he does?? and they hang out for a long time and it’s actually really fun
• so they start meeting for coffee on fridays after neil goes for his morning run
• and sometimes they’ll even run together if katelyn is in the mood for it
• katelyn is so sweet and strong and funny and neil really likes her
• she texts him a lot and when andrew asks who he’s talking to neil doesn’t lie, he tells him about katelyn and when neil asks if andrew doesn’t want him to andrew gives him an unimpressed look and says “i couldn’t care less about your little dates.”
• and shockingly aaron doesn’t give neil shit about it either
• katelyn invites neil to movie night with the vixens and since allison isn’t there to badger neil into wearing makeup or painting his nails the vixens start doing it
• neil knows how to do it himself he’s just lazy
• but he likes when the girls paint his nails and wing his eyes with charcoal eyeliner
• (tbh andrew really doesn’t mind either)
• and sometimes when katelyn comes to visit aaron and nicky she’ll get bored of watching them play video games and ask neil to come over
• sometimes andrew comes but he doesn’t even look at katelyn
• not for a while
• not until they all four have dinner together years later and andrew and aaron have both healed more
• but anyways here’s a list of cute things neil and katelyn like to do together:
• katelyn takes gratuitous selfies with neil and plasters them across her instagram wall until people start asking if she broke up with aaron
• neil learns to braid katelyn’s hair and sometimes does it for her on game nights 
• katelyn tries teaching neil vixen cheers with mixed results
• neil is very flexible but not very enthusiastic about cheer
• neil will punch someone for saying cheer isn’t a sport though like it’s difficult as fuck and cheerleaders face a lot of negative stigma and neil learns to care a lot about the vixens and hypes them up in the press
• they have their own handshake because katelyn insisted
• katelyn knows neil’s coffee order by heart and will sometimes order for him so he doesn’t have to wait for it when he meets her for coffee dates
• they study together in the library sometimes, sometimes when aaron is there and it’s a little awkward but still nice
• katelyn makes fun of neil’s note taking and starts color coding his notes for him because it’s something she likes to do
• katelyn wins neil a teddy bear from a crane machine and he keeps it for the rest of his life
• katelyn calls neil when she and aaron are fighting. usually he has pretty good advice even if it’s not what she wants to hear.
• neil calls katelyn when he thinks he and andrew might be done for good and katelyn is the one that gets his ass into gear for almost giving up on the best thing that’s ever happened to him
• katelyn calls neil “sunshine” and it’s the cutest thing ever
• when katelyn and aaron come to visit andrew and neil’s apartment, king gets really attached to katelyn and cries when she leaves
• andrew calls king a traitor
• during neil’s fifth year katelyn sends him packages all the time of cookies and coffee and post cards and dried flowers and anything she finds that reminds her of him so he doesn’t forget he’s still loved even if his family isn’t around all the time
• katelyn goes with neil when he gets his first tattoo without andrew
• when katelyn gives birth to her and aaron’s daughter audrey neil holds the little girl in his arms and says “i wonder if she’ll be as pretty as her mother,” and when he gives her to aaron to hold he says, “hopefully she won’t look like you” to which katelyn just starts hysterically laughing because she’s still on pain meds
• aaron is so not amused
• andrew kind of is but aaron is also his twin so ??? wtf you trying to say neil
• neil teaches katelyn to throw knives it’s beautiful
• and yeah i can go on for hours but i shouldn’t just remember katelyn and neil are really good friends who love each other