neil josten absolutely uses baby talk around his cats and i refuse to believe otherwise
Andrew on the other hand has whole adult conversations with them and asks them for their opinion on the news. When they meow back he answers like they’d given him an elaborate response. Sir is the diplomatic one who tries to see both sides of an issue; King has controversial opinions and he isn’t gonna budge.
do you ever think about how it’s entirely possible that as readers we would never have known what aaron looks like if neil “unreliable narrator” josten wasn’t literally dating his identical brother
I still can’t believe Neil “the ravens actually suck” Josten, Neil “riko is a shitty person” Josten, Neil “you’ve always known what it’s like to be second best you worthless piece of shit” Josten actually called Andrew a natural instigator like really?? ?
One year Andrew bought Neil a camera, after he noticed how much Neil loved the picture wall in the locker room. It’s permission to record his life & their trips, leaving a colorful trail of memories without caring who sees.
“I hate you,” Andrew said casually. He took a last long drag from his cigarette and flicked it off the roof. “You were supposed to be a side effect of the drugs.” “I’m not a hallucination,” Neil said, nonplussed. “You are a pipe dream,” Andrew said.
Nothing but My Aching Soul 