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two peas (in a pandemonium)

This is my gift for @dancyon​ as part of the @aftgexchange​ with the prompt “the twins bonding.” I had fun writing the scene with the twins before I realized that I needed to include some context, hence the super silly and kind of extraneous part with the Monsters + Matt in the beginning. I really hope you enjoy this – I haven’t written a lot about the twins before, so I’m kind of nervous about posting the fic,,,, I hope you have a wonderful Valentine’s! 

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Like many other mishaps in Aaron’s life, this one starts with Nicky exclaiming an “Oh!” like he’s received an epiphany.

Aaron doesn’t look up from his laptop. Matt does.

“How about we play something instead of watching a movie?”

“You mean like video games?” Matt asks.

“I mean like something we don’t normally do,” Nicky says, “like rock-climbing, or paintball.”

“You don’t like rock-climbing,” Aaron reminds him without tearing his gaze away from the physiology article he’s reading, “or anything that requires physical exertion.”

“Aaron Michael,” Nicky says, scandalized, “need I remind you that I am a collegiate athlete.”

“We played paintball last year, before the girls left,” Matt recalls, fondness coloring his voice and wistfulness filling his eyes, “it was a lot of fun.”

“Yeah, it was,” Nicky agrees. “Well, minus the part where Neil single-handedly shot and eliminated most of us. Remind me to never give the kid a real gun.”

“Any other ideas?” Matt asks, slurping on his can of beer.

Aaron groans. “Why are you encouraging him?”

“How about bowling? We did that a couple of times before.”

“You know I hate bowling,” Aaron asserts, unable to help himself.

“How about laser tag?” Matt suggests.

Nicky grimaces. “Let’s not play anything that requires shooting. Neil is going to kick all of our asses.”

“Why is he suddenly included in our plans?” Aaron asks, lips twisted like he ate something bad.

“Don’t be a spoilsport,” Matt chides, playfully kicking Aaron’s shin, “it’ll be fun to have all of us if we decide to do something.”

“Even Kevin and my brother?” Aaron asks dryly.

Matt winces.

Nicky sits up straighter, legs folded underneath him on the couch, his excitement rising. “How about roller blading?”

“I still have bruises from when we went last time,” Matt says sadly.

“Miniature golf?” Nicky tries.

“We’re banned from all three mini golf courses in the city,” Aaron states bluntly.

Nicky inhales sharply, like he just realized something.

“Oh no,” Aaron says.

“What is it?” Matt inquires, sitting sideways on his chair at the desk to look at Nicky.

“Don’t,” Aaron whispers.

“Badminton,” Nicky exhales.

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kevindayallday:

onlycareaboutexy:

kevinyard:

kevinndayys:

People who call Kevin weak or pathetic when he’s terrified to the point he has to get drunk as shit to even think about facing the man who abused him all his life can fucking meet me in the mcdonalds parking lot to get their ass beat.

@onlycareaboutexy

i’ll also be there, with bells on. it bothers me deeply that both the canon characters and half the fandom think it’s hilarious that kevin’s scared of riko, because jesus— if he weren’t, he’d be one dumb motherfucker. 

here’s the thing: riko is not some lame-ass high school bully that will back off if you stand up to him. he’s no longer a scared kid who is sad his dad doesn’t love him, he’s a psychopath with a hell of a lot of reach and power, and who has lost touch with reality to the extent where he doesn’t even recognise the boundaries of that scope and power and thinks he has more. 

this is the man who tortured jean for years. the man who arranged andrew’s attack and subsequent abuse. the man who had seth murdered.

if you’re not afraid of riko, you’re on a swift road to trouble. 

example: neil. i love neil very much, but the reality is that his lack of fear would have seen him into the grave if andrew had been just two seconds slower to reach them in that final on-court scene. riko’s racquet got close enough for neil to hear the wind in the strings. he very nearly died— he would have died, if not for andrew. 

…but then, neil’s had someone protecting him for most of his life. first it was his mother (who admittedly did a questionable job, but at least she was there), and then it was andrew. most of his life, he had an example of someone who loved him and who taught him to stand up and to run rather than cower.

who did kevin have to watch his back all those years alone in the dark with riko? who did he have, to demonstrate that it was possible not to fear, or to show him how to fight back, or even to teach him to run?

oh, that’s right: nobody. he had nobody, except his own self. there was kevin and his fear and his secrets, and that was all.

and people wonder why he’s a coward who focuses on himself more than others? it’s because he’s had a lot to be afraid of, and nobody else to take care of him.

The best addition to one of my posts ever.

What about Kevin, Badacts? What, besides Exy, do you think made him smile genuinely after the events of the books? How did everyone react to seeing a generally at peace, happy Kevin?

badacts:

i feel like you’re full-naming me and honestly? i’m kinda into it

things that make kevin happy:

  • learning, because kevin loves to learn, especially history, but he’s one of those people who always seems to know random facts about all kinds of topics
  • …learning to ski
  • thea, because she’s beautiful and intelligent and skilled and takes no shit from him or anyone else. also because she has a wicked sense of humour, and because she brings out just a little of that in him
  • his dog, who likes to go running with him but is really bad at fetch and also really bad at not being a naughty brat, because it turns out kevin isn’t great at training dogs? andrew compares the dog to neil when he watches it blatantly ignore kevin yelling at it as it bolts across the park after a squirrel
  • kevin likes the park squirrels, too. they’re really cute. thea calls them fluffy-tailed rats which kevin finds genuinely offensive
  • seeing the foxes succeed – watching dan’s team win, seeing aaron graduate and nicky get married, even the other pros beating him with their teams makes him smile a little
  • knowing that, even though their relationship will never be great, jean is happy and healing
  • helping people. he’s not renee, but there’s something nice in giving back. he gets into philanthropy and allison rings him once a fortnight to recommend charities and also make fun of him
  • buying a house and making it his own, because he’s never really had a space of his own since he was a kid. he gets super into design shows and thea has no time for it at all. they do, however, spend a weekend painting rooms in colours kevin picks. kevin gets paint in his hair and it’s a big thing with his fans for weeks afterwards
  • his mother, because grief fades a little with age and leaves him more and more able to appreciate the memories
  • wymack and their relationship which gets more and more established with time, less fox-coach and more father-son in all the good ways. they dad-barbeque together, and wymack is the best babysitter in the world, probably because he got lots of practice with the foxes. also, kevin is terrible at taking exy advice from wymack, but he drinks up all of the actual-functional-adult advice
  • his daughter, who is mostly thea with a touch of him thrown in, and who has him absolutely wrapped around her finger as she traverses the world with twice the confidence kevin has ever had
  • travelling, the kind where he stands on the top of a hill he climbed up, looking at the view and being impressed that he made it in the broader sense that, hey, he’s still alive, and that’s something worth celebrating

and everyone reacts like you would expect – they’re pretty goddamn happy to see him happy

lazyleezard:

I know we’re supposed to focus on the intimacy of that scene but am I the only one who can’t stop thinking about the audience ??? bc they went from discussing meds and hospital after major trauma to these two speaking in german while grabbing and feeling each other like they’re about to fuck

and poor wymack isn’t getting paid for all this bullshit (betsy on the other hand IS bc won bets bc it’s her job) (kevin’s just being a huge child bc they’re not prioritising Exy over everything else)