flour petals, sugar stitches – ephemeralsky – All For The Game – Nora Sakavic [Archive of Our Own]

nakasomethingkun:

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: All For The Game – Nora Sakavic
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, background renison
Characters: Andrew Minyard, Renee Walker (All For The Game), Neil Josten, Matt Boyd, Betsy Dobson
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe – Bakery, Alternate Universe – Bridal Boutique, author has zero knowledge on how bridal shops work, Mental Health Issues, Eating Disorders, Fluff, Light Angst, Flirting, Asexual Character, obscure French pastries
Summary:

“Thanks for coming with me,” she says, keeping her eyes trained in front of her.

“It is not like I had a choice in the matter,” Andrew says, blowing out a stream of smoke through his mouth.

Renee’s lips curl into a smile. “Maybe you’ll win our next sparring match and I’ll finally have to buy you ten cartons of Haagen-Dazs.”

“It cannot be worse than tagging along to a bridal boutique.”

“Maybe,” Renee allows, humor in her voice. “But what kind of man of honor would you be if you didn’t come with me to choose a dress?”

(or: Andrew is a baker, Renee is a bride-to-be, and Neil is a dressmaker)

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nakasomethingkun:

Written as a pinch hit for @idnis as part of the @aftgexchange based on the prompt “You’re the cute nerd that keeps getting pushed around but you just punched your bully and I gotta save you.” I hope you like this high school AU I came up with! Happy belated Valentine’s Day, and have a great rest of your February 🙂

CWs: some use of ableist language, violence

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The thing about Andrew is that he is always watching. Charles Darwin dubbed himself a machine that observed facts and ground out conclusions. Andrew is very much the same; he is a machine that observes facts and churns out hypotheses and scenarios, different permutations of how the core principles can mutate and evolve. The only difference is that he uses the word ‘machine’ in its literal sense. It’s what everybody around him thinks, anyway.

Call it paranoia, but Andrew likes to be meticulous, to be able to predict how the people around him will behave and act under normal and abnormal circumstances. He has always believed that it is better to be safe than sorry, but maybe that can be accredited to the fact that he doesn’t believe in regrets.

His latest object of scrutiny is a five-foot-three redhead by the name of Neil Josten.

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a world alone – Chapter 1 – ephemeralsky – All For the Game – Nora Sakavic [Archive of Our Own]

nakasomethingkun:

Chapters: ¼
Fandom: All For the Game – Nora Sakavic
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, Minor or Background Relationship(s)
Characters: Andrew Minyard, Nicky Hemmick, Neil Josten, Kevin Day, David Wymack, Renee Walker (All For The Game), Laila Dermott, Alvarez (All For the Game), Jean Moreau, Betsy Dobson, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe – High School, Slow Burn, terrible flirting between adult men, POV Andrew Minyard
Summary:

“It will not be cheap,” Andrew finally says.

“I know,” Wymack says. “Two bottles of Johnnie Walker sound good to you?”

“Four,” Andrew says without missing a beat. He thinks about having to deal with Nicky later on, about the additional work he has to do, and decides that he will not do anything for less.

“Three,” Wymack argues.

“Four or we have no deal.”

Wymack mutters something about blood-sucking hooligans under his breath before he concedes with a, “Fine.”

(or: a High School AU where only some of them are high-schoolers)

a world alone – Chapter 1 – ephemeralsky – All For the Game – Nora Sakavic [Archive of Our Own]