#aftg bonus chapters

[bees-figurines]

Andrew Minyard passively saw his long lost brother watch a medical tv show and say 'I want to do that' while his abusive mum laughed and dismissed him and he said to himself I will get you into med school. You will do that. AND HE DID.

[lightlytoastedcashews]

the biggest thing i took away from the short stories is how much andrew minyard cares about people. he signed onto the foxes to give aaron a chance at college. he went through with the kit to give aaron a legitimate chance at trial. he gave neil the armbands so that he wouldn’t have to look at his scars all the time. he constantly sacrifices himself for others so much so that he ends up harming himself sometimes. andrew minyard, who still gets called heartless when he has one of, if not the biggest, hearts in the series.

[kukobs]

bee tapping the table so andrew would stop hurting himself 😭 bee not being able to contain her joy when she finds out about andrew and neil 😭 bee getting all the milk and chocolate cuz she knows that andrew has a sweet tooth 😭 bee knowing andrew so well and caring so much about him she doesn't fear him, to the point he said they spent so much time together she became reckless with her questions 😭 bee hoping wymack would take care of her "most precious charge" 😭 bee being so, so proud of andrew for what he overcame 😭 bee not sending wymack away bc she doesn't want to make andrew feel unsafe 😭 bee being such a gentle being every one knows how much andrew appreciates her even if they don't understand it😭 bee watching a musical with andrew and wymack to distract andrew from what happened 😭 bee messaging andrew after the session™ saying she was happy for him 😭 bee and andrew texting each other regularly 😭 just mama bee

[joejhang]

a list of my favourite things from the aftg bonus chapters (spoilers ahead !!!)

aaron bitching about neil endlessly

bee and andrew !!!

mama bee

"everyone knows now bee" (KMSKMSKMSKMSKMSKMS)

"who fears the monster that knows the taste of a whip?" (shakespeare was gagged)

andrew calling neil the bane of his existence (they're in love your honour)

bee telling andrew she's sorry about what happened to him and is proud of him (who else cried)

more outsider pov of andreil (i need this shit like drugs)

"would you like to talk about neil today?" "no." "yes."

"you know i asked him (neil) about you. i asked him if he was taking advantage of you. he tried to punch me out." (and andrew's reaction????? i SCREAMED)

"i like neil's promise ring, by the way." (GOODBYE AARON'S SO FUNNY)

"his (neil's) father's people tore up his arms with a lighter and knives, and none of it is going to fade. he doesn't need to see those" (I'M CRYING HE CARES HE CARES SO MUCH I'M GONNA BE SICK HE'S SO HONEST)

andrew SMILING????

andrew calling aaron "an ignorant little shit"

andrew wanting aaron and bee's approval (AGAIN. HE CARES SO MUCH.)

KATELYN AND AARON <3333

"neil is not our family, not with the way you look at him." (i SCREAMED it's the way aaron can see through andrew so clearly. HOW DOES HE LOOK AT NEIL AARON. HOW DOES HE LOOK AT NEIL.)

aaron taking any chance he can get to yap about katelyn (they're soulmates wtf)

i blame us both. (i threw up)

"i don't want to lose you" (TWINYARDS YOU WILL ALWAYS MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME)

"peace?" "we're foxes. there's no such thing." (no you don't get it. they're FOXES)

"give her to me andrew." "you will regret it." "says the man dating a mafioso." "i'm not dating him." "liar." (FOAMING AT THE MOUTH. NEIL "MAFIOSO" JOSTEN IS CRAZY. MIND YOU NEIL CALLS ANDREW A TERRIBLE LIAR LITERALLY LATER ON THIS WEEK FOR DENYING THEIR RELATIONSHIP. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE CLOCKED BY YOUR BROTHER AND NEIL MF JOSTEN ABOUT THE SAME THING, ANDREW. HOW DOES IT FEEL.)

anyway as you can tell i enjoyed the bonus chapters. a lot.

[little2nerdy]

been thinking more about the aftg extra content, specifically the conversation between bee and andrew when she asks if he had a r*pe kit done. throughout the entirety of the drake attack & aftermath andrew had aaron’s wellbeing/future as the first thing on his mind. he went through a traumatic experience and then chose to go through another to make sure he had all the proof he needed to prove aaron’s actions were in self defense even at the cost of andrew’s own well being so that he could ensure his brothers future.

and then consequently aaron finding out that andrew told bee that he wanted to be a neurosurgeon and that he would do anything to make sure aaron got that chance to succeed. aaron finally realizing never really understood andrew until this point.

[cheerupqueerup]

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[faithless-hoaxx]

"Trusting he would keep a discreet eye on her most precious charge, Betsy collected her keys and purse and left the house. ."

Her MOST PRECIOUS CHARGE

Andrew is Betsy's MOST PRECIOUS CHARGE

excuse me while i go sob

[shouts-into-the-void]

Finally have time to gather my thoughts about th David chapter and other than Kayleigh Day being an icon, I really only have one major point:

The fandom has beat the horse dead on how badly the foxes treat Kevin in the face of all his trauma vs Neil, but considering the implications of what Kevin says about Betsy, I think its safe to say the reason they don't seem to take his trauma seriously enough is because they really don't know the full extent of how bad it was.

It seems Kevin is conditioned in a similar way Jean is to absolutely never speak about what was done to him. The Foxes know about Riko breaking his hand, that he was raised as more property than a family member, and that the Ravens are a mafia-run cult because they need to know if Kevin is going to be on the team and endangering them all by association, but past that it sounds like Kevin hasn't really told anyone about the full extent of his abuse. It's implied he got off lighter than Jean and Neil, but we don't really know how much and based on the fact that he becomes an alcoholic who can barely think about Riko without having a breakdown within a year of being free, I'd say it was probably still pretty bad.

There isnt really have a conclusion we're getting to here, it's just something I've been thinking about that clears up a lot of the Foxes' seemingly overly callous attitude towards Kevin. I'm hoping it means with more healing and opening up, he can eventually have an actual support network outside of a bottle of vodka and a spouse who never unlearns her cult conditioning.

[cabesswtaer]

aaron that entire bonus chapter:

[the-inner-musings-of-a-worm]

“everyone knows now, bee”

what if i threw myself off a cliff

[toad404]

andrew canonically being a hot chocolate lover is everything to me

[ninyard]

okay this was supposed to be a reply to an ask but it got too long so i give u: my first thoughts on the bonus chapters pt 1 (TFC bonus chapter)

David's chapter

Coach Hernandez had warned him Neil was distressingly single minded about Exy, but surely the fucking Yakuza of all things should have made a dent

Obsessed. I wonder what else Hernandez told him

His hip was years healed

Was this mentioned before? Did he break it? When did he break it? Was he playing pro and it's why he retired/became a coach? Just headcanoning this rn

[Kevin] set the bottle down, looked around for something to clean his mess with, and ended up patting at the puddle with his hand.

Kevin Day I Would Die For You. why is that the cutest thing he's done in the whole series

"What could you be holding on to still that would drive you this far away from her?" "No. Don't ask me that."

gnawing at the cages of my enclosure. this is too much for me. SO many thoughts

[About Abby + the kids crutches] Maybe she was right, or maybe she didn't have enough nightmares to understand. David rubbed a thumb along his knuckles, looking for blood he'd washed off years ago.

??????????????????????

"Did you think you were my only lover? He isn't yours, David. You have nothing you need to worry about."

Why did this literally break my fucking heart

Nine years later she was dead

Hello? Am I insane or did anyone think Kevin was WAY younger when she died? This changes SO much for me

"You're not just a Fox," David said, before he could think to stop himself. "You're Kayleigh's son." Kevin's expression fractured as he recoiled. [...] The silence that fell between them was wretched and deep.

i know kevin's head was screaming I'M YOURS TOO and just,,, once again him being older when she died changes SO MUCH. that's his MOM. He's KAYLEIGHS SON. how much did that fucking sentence hurt him? he knows!!!!! and she's not around anymore!!!! throwing up.

Kevin looked so much like her, except Kayleigh had never looked so defeated and afraid. She'd been fierce and vibrant and fearless.

This bonus chapter is NOT good for me because now i need so much more kayleigh content it's unhealthy. like i NEED more of her

When he started thinking about rings he put himself on a plane home.

I know this could be about,,, literally anywhere in the US. but IMAGINE it was Ireland. Imagine he was in Ireland with her. and ALSO???? him wanting to marry her??? like please. dont do this to me

"Coaches have no honor," Kevin said, ragged with renewed heartbreak and despair. [...] "Your word is enough. Just yours."

PUUUUUUKE. too much to unpack.

"They'll be too busy drooling over you to care what you're saying. Works on me every time." Nicky wasn't the only one so easily swayed, but if Nicky and Kevin were both too blind to figure that out David wasn't going to put it together for them.

I know the automatic assumption is Andrew but like,, what if he means Neil. and misread how obsessed neil is with him. Just a thought. But either way what a THING to SAY DAVID

David wasn't a praying man, and he'd never quite decided whether he believed in an afterlife, but for a second he glanced up at the sky in search of Kayleigh's disapproving glower. "I'm sorry," He said, and he went back inside to find a drink of his own.

once again screaming crying throwing up. He cared about her SO much

[bees-figurines]

Something so painful about the way trauma often makes you mature earlier and relate more to adults in Andrew sitting with Wymack and Bee and him opening up to Bee as a peer in a way he’s never behaved with his teammates.

[sunny-three]

Anyways this is reminder that Aaron literally made a rape joke about Neil and left him drugged and alone with Nicky when Aaron knew about Nicky’s comments and literally saw nothing wrong with letting Nicky bring him into his room despite literally saying that he would punch anyone that made comments like that about Katelyn

I have always been apart of the twinyards are both hypocrites but this is the proof

Aftg fandom respect and include Aaron minyard hypocrisy and complex character in your fics and meta about him or die by my sword

[little2nerdy]

aaron calling neil’s armbands a promise ring has me dying, like just imagine if it really was one 😂

[neil-jostenminyard]

andrew NOT talking to betsy about neil 👀👀👀