#aftg fencing au

[minyard-05]

ok foxes fencing au because i need to

the fact that they're a team of 9 works out great because you can only have 3 people per weapon competing at a time (unless you have a substitute) (sorry seth)

divided into threes by what weapon they fence, i have changed this since my last post about this au:

sabreurs: andrew, kevin, renee

épéeists: neil, aaron, allison

foilists: nicky, dan, matt

why did i split the monsters up? you'll never know

the twins fence different weapons weapons but in similar-ish ways, they're both small targets, but andrew moves much faster by choice. he's able to intimidate his opponent with a strong offense, feint a retreat and then return for a wrist hit when they extend their arm. aaron is much better than andrew on the defensive, so i put him in epee because the no right of way rule means you need strong defense to prevent double hits and i think he's really good at that

kevin breaking his left hand would be equally shitty for his career as a fencer but ALSO him being able to learn how to fence RIGHT handed is entirely plausible because i know people who have learned to fence with their non dominant hand i have even done it myself. it would change the sword he uses and his general technique but it can be done

neil and allison are also both epee

everybody is at least SEMI competent in every weapon in case there's a situation in which somebody has to sub in for someone else in a different sword

this means that the scene in TFC where kevin gets neil to shoot at andrews goal until he gets tired turns into neil picks up a sabre and andrew parries every hit he makes until neil cannot hold the sword up anymore. cue shenanigans

why did i choose fencing for this? because your big Final Battle™ is OBVIOUSLY kevin vs riko in sabre and also fencing can be incredibly homoerotic if you're not a fucking coward

dan wilds deserves to hit things with a sword

renee is sabre because its aggressive and it's fast and its also about respect and learning your opponent just as much as it is about skill. to be a good sabre fencer, you have to know how to move and when to use those techniques, you need to be able to read and predict your opponents movements and if they do something different, figure out a different option on the fly. it's about logic, violence, and respect all mixed into one and renee walker speaks to me what can i say i love her your honor

now. i don't care HOW fucking edgy the ravens are. they are NOT fencing in black kit. black kit is for COACHES ONLY. they will be in WHITES like EVERYBODY ELSE. if they REALLY WANT TO they can have ravens on the backs of their lamés but THATS. IT.

the foxes have fox paws painted onto the sides of their helmets

the perfect court's numbers are tattooed as well as being on the shoulders of their jackets

jean is épée, riko is sabre

jeremy and cat are foil, laila is epee

i will explain more of this when i think enough about it

[ashestoashes7]

Hiii might I request some fencing au?

Yes <33 (kind of hilarious to me how we haven’t reached the actual fencing but we’ll get there eventually)

WIP Wednesday

- Fencing AU -

When fencing was introduced in juvie, he chose it simply because it was the one the person presenting the options seemed the most nervous about. They didn’t want him to pick it so, of course, he just had to. He didn’t really care one way or another, but Aaron liked it so when Tilda kicked the bucket—a tragedy, truly—he enrolled them in lessons with part of the inheritance.

To a degree, he had miscalculated. Seeing Aaron with a litany of bruises wasn’t made any easier with time, but they weren’t from fingers or vases or hands from a woman who had never been Andrew’s mother. Not anymore.

He had not forgotten the side effects of fencing, but they hadn’t been prevalent enough in his mind to keep his blood from freezing the moment he saw Aaron painted in familiar colors. A faint yellowish brown dotted his legs like malevolent constellations, deep purple darkening his collarbone and one point on his arm that hurt to move.

Andrew was in front of him in a matter of seconds. Inspecting, reminding, and watching as Aaron’s face slipped into knowingness. Gold met gold and for the first time since Andrew had met the boy who so hopefully sent him that letter he saw nothing but truth in Aaron’s assurances.

The smile sold it.

Aaron didn’t smile, not really. He tried it sometimes. In mirrors, in the face of too many questions, in the moment Andrew swore to protect him and Aaron shook his head lightly but locked his denial between clenched teeth.

But he was smiling then, something real and raw and free that bubbled up until the laughter spilled out too. His own surprise was mirrored in his twin’s eyes. Aaron laughed and didn’t look like he was covering up how much he ached to scream. It was an odd sight to imagine reflected on his own face, but it fit Aaron more than forced silence ever did.

Andrew didn’t smile, but he had drawn his hands back and ever so lightly brushed Aaron’s shoulder. In time, he hoped Aaron would learn them to hold the same meaning. He is still hoping.

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[reinekes-fox]

Aftg AU The Cured

Sometimes he could pretend that everything was normal. Could ignore the scar on his arm, the fences surrounding the cities, frequent health check ups. But... sometimes, when the scent of blood was too strong and he could feel warm skin under his gloves hands... he could feel his nurses look at him full of worry. Hear the whispers of the security guards Keep an eye on Doktor Minyard in case he goes zombie again. Nothing ever happened. He hadnt spent much time as a zombie, in fact the time he had the red stamp cured on his pass had now been longer than the time he spent... sick. Sick, that was what the world called it.

Zombie, that was what the many one star reviews on his hospital called it. The fact that he was even allowed to finish his studies, he was the first cured to ever work as a doctor... and it seemed he would be the last.

The world was back to normal, but not quite.

The only reason why he could practice as a doctor: his brother. Cured like him, and a star when the world needed to pretend everything was normal by playing some Exy. He glanced at his arm, the teeth marks on there were similar to his... memories came rushing back and he closed his eyes. He never wanted to see his brother like that again! At least he was lucky now, with his favourite, also cured, auburn haired idiot. A wonder they all made it out alive.

With a shaking breath he opened his door, locked it behind him before he opened one lock after the other on his cellar door.

"Hey, Kev." he called out softly, and what other might call a monster looked at him. But to to him, not to the cured. Some where resistant but they never attacked the cured. Birds of a feather and all that.

"I think we can continue with this new cure, what do you think?" he blinked away tears. Someday it would work.

[hangingthesunandthestars]

Calling to AFTG fans!! I'm writing a mental hospital AU and I need help finalising Seth's mental illness.

It's very certain for me that he has bipolar II, but reading up on his past, he, to me, definitely presents borderline personality disorder traits. In this AU, Andrew also has BPD, but because of their difference in their general morals, personality, and behaviours, I thought it would be easier to assign them a specific subtype. I gave Andrew a petulant st, and I'm considering self-destructive st for Seth, but I'm kind of on the fence.

The sources that I've seen say self-destructive turn inward during splits, but to me, Seth has VERY outward anger and is always getting aggy about one thing or another, so I was wondering that him having explosive rage at other people could be because he's projecting, being destructive or trying to compromise for his self loathing. For example, in that scene where he's talking about how he hates Kevin because he gets what he wants and is jealous, this pushes the narrative of his self-loathing. But I'm still unsure because sources still are adamant that they split inward.

If anyone has BPD or knows anyone with BPD, can the destructive types have primarily outward splits rather than inward? I'm aware that pwBPD can have more than one subtype, but I want to make it as specific as possible for me because I don't have this disorder, thus need to do research for myself.

If you have any feedback or any good sources for BPD behaviours pls get back to me. I'm almost certain with self-destructive BPD Seth. I just need help with the presentation of splits and how emotional dysregulation can merge into one emotion (if that makes sense lol)

[bratprinceofexy]

Aftg Rdr2 AU

This absolutely unhinged au came to me last night, and now I have to share it. I realized as I was matching characters to rdr2 characters that in this au, the Van der Lindes are significantly less doomed.

Foxes(Van der Lindes)

Wymack- Dutch, this is easy, though he would be much less unhinged than the real dutch

Andrew- Arthur, andrew can draw in this au! Arthur just makes so much sense for andrew at his core. I think instead of improperly prescribed drugs, the focus can just be on alcoholism and the debts.

Aaron- John, if andrew is arthur, aaronn is john. I think their pact would have to be different and they might just be adopted siblings in this au. Adding the arthur-john sibling dynamic to the minyard twins would be really fun

Katelyn- Abigail, because aaron is john, katelyn has to be abigail roberts. Jack exists in this au as their son. Love an au where katelyn and andrew are besties

Nicky- Josiah Trelawney, I originally went with Javier for him, but trelawney works so much better! He's gay, he has a ring of 'men down on their luck', he has a secret family in saint denis (Erik!); it's perfect!

Renee- Charles, renee was difficult, but I chose charles because of how he is torn between his identities. She would obviously not be christian, and I think it would be more of her discovering more about her identity as she connects with the Wapiti and her indigenous heritage. Also, Charles is Arthur's bestie (and more in canon if you believe in charthur, though that would not be a factor here)

Bee- Hosea, this was chosen mostly because of bee's relationship to andrew, but also she'd be so interesting as hosea. We'd really get to see her mischievious side :)

Abby- Grimshaw, it fits best for her role. I think this au implies a polycule between abby, wymack, and bee

Dan- Tilly, Tilly is sister to Arthur and I think her personality is in line with Dan

Matt- Lenny, he's the closest fit, but it's a bit of a stretch. I don't know how lenny's backstory would mesh with Matt's. If anyone has a better match, let me know.

Allison- Karen, they are loud, confident, and bitchy. It's an easy match

Seth- Sean, this is less a personality match and more of a role in the story match. Sean's relationship with Karen meshes on well to Allison and Seth too.

Kevin- the one character who doesn't have a match to an rdr2 character. I do have an idea about how he fits in with Kayleigh Day and Riko though

Neil- Sadie, this is another character where the role in the story matches well more than personality. I think he and mary would have been at that homestead and mary was killed there. His father is Nathan Bronte, crime lord and puppetmaster of the political leaders in saint denis

Kayleigh Day- Annabelle, annabelle has zero backstory other than that she died, similar to Kayleigh Day! I think she was involved in the creation of both the foxes and the o'driscoll(ravens in this au) gangs and Testsuji killed her sparking the rivalry between the gangs. Kevin was raised with the O'driscolls and fled to the foxes when Riko broke his shooting hand

Antagonists:

Tetsuji and Riko run the O'driscolls and work with both the Brontes (wesninskis) and Ichirou moriyama, who is a wealthy businessman in blackwater with ties to both the criminal world and the pinkertons. Also a friend of Leviticus Cornwall.

Jean was stolen as compensation from some poor family and is considered riko's property

Misc Characters(chosen for what was funniest):

Roland- Fence in Emerald

Jeremy Knox- Albert Mason

I'm having a lot of fun piecing this au together and I might turn it into a fic if it gets that far!

[jingerhead]

I love how we all may disagree on what hogwarts houses the foxes are in but we do agree that no matter what Andrew is a Hufflepuff and I think that should just bring us together as a fandom

[fuzzballsheltiepants]

What do you do when you're bored out of your skull during social distancing and a spider has just taken up residence in your living room?  If you're Andrew Minyard, you take up fencing and end up meeting someone who you can't get out of your head - even if you've never actually seen their face.

If you’re looking for 7200 words of humorous fluff in which Neil and Andrew meet wearing fencing gear and attempt to stab each other with foils, well, so was I.  So I wrote it.

Read Fencing With Reality here!

[saywhatyouwillbut]

grace's essential aftg fics

hi friends! i made a list of all my favorite aftg (read: andreil) fics to recommend to whoever wants them! all of these are either complete or regularly updating, so no waiting for a chapter that will never come. enjoy, and make sure to leave the authors a comment!

never fallen (from quite this high) by crystalcrow

For most people, a problem is a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful that needs to be dealt with or overcome.

For Andrew Minyard, it’s the word that fits Neil Josten with a capital P.

(or, aftg from andrew’s pov)

Chapters: 43/43, Words: 352140

why i like it: i'm a slut for andrew's pov, so this fic is kind of my everything. bonus points for being an alternate way to reread the series.

Every Time a Bell Rings by fuzzballsheltiepants

Nathaniel has been lost since his mother died. According to the authorities, he died too, in the shootout that killed his father. In reality, he's been dragging himself along from town to town, sleeping on the streets, lacking even a name. He's not sure how he's been surviving, or if it's even worth it anymore.

Andrew has been stuck in the waiting room of the Afterlife, reading the same stupid pamphlets and listening to the same terrible music, ever since he was collateral damage in the car wreck that eliminated his mother. Until he gets a chance to take over the guardianship of one particularly difficult person and possibly earn his wings--if he can keep the idiot alive.

Basically, an It's a Wonderful Life AU featuring our favorite Foxes.

Chapters: 17/17, Words: 56704

why i like it: it's sad, funny, and heartwarming, much like the inspiration.

Fencing with Reality by fuzzballsheltiepants

What do you do when you're bored out of your skull during social distancing and a spider has just taken up residence in your living room? If you're Andrew Minyard, you take up fencing and end up meeting someone who you can't get out of your head - even if you've never actually seen their face.

Chapters: 1/1, Words: 7230

why i like it: pandemic or no pandemic, taking up a new hobby because there's a spider in your house is both hilarious and ridiculously valid.

Magesong by fuzzballsheltiepants

Ten years ago, Neil and his mother fled from his violent Fire mage father, leaving the kingdom of Ravenar and his childhood friends behind. Now alone, his magic stripped from him, Neil finds himself a spoil of war, sold by the new king of Ravenar into marriage with the prince of Palmetto in an attempt to buy peace. Nothing goes quite as he expects: he regains his lost magic, makes new friends, and reconnects with old ones. But even as he starts to form a magical bond with Prince Andrew, a threat lurks on the horizon, and he must stop it before war breaks out again.

Chapters: 13/13, Words: 54753

why i like it: magic! but also the positive arranged marriage. mostly the magic tho.

light fires at night (to push back the void) by inthesea (now archived)

The first time Andrew realizes he wants to hear the words, Neil isn’t even doing anything. He’s just sitting there, staring at the horizon with that stupidly dramatic faraway expression of his, and letting the cigarette burn down between his fingers all the way to the filter — an outrageous waste of good nicotine, if you asked Andrew.

(Or: 20+ times Andrew and Neil say I love you, and one time they say it out loud.)

Chapters: 3/3, Words: 61862

why i like it: a very good development of neil and andrew over the years. it's just satisfying.

The Bachelor of Baltimore by likearecord

Nathaniel Wesninski, the only son of the Butcher of Baltimore, has two options: choose a mob boss to marry for the benefit of the Moriyamas, or meet with an unfortunate accident. He thought he had it worked out. And then Andrew Minyard walked into his life.

Chapters: 5/5, Words: 32235

why i like it: it's a (slightly nicer) look at what neil might have been like if mary had never ran, and while we don't support the mafia, it's interesting to see how the foxes might have fit into that world.

Point Nemo by moonix

Neil meets his favourite Exy player of all time one starry night on a balcony, steals his cigarette lighter, gets asked out on a date... and has to pretend not to be completely, utterly obsessed with Exy in order to keep his interest. Easy. Right?

Chapters: 1/1, Words: 13814

why i like it: cozy winter vibes, chronic pain rep, and neil being absolutely ridiculous. plus, this kevin moment:

“Remember what happened last time you tried to set me up with someone?” Neil said, snapping his fingers at him.

“She wasn’t so bad,” Kevin said mulishly. “How was I supposed to know she was deathly allergic to peanuts?"

Not Nothing by TheRainbowElectric

Five times Neil tells someone that he and Andrew aren’t dating, and one time Andrew uses his words to set the record straight.

Chapters: 1/1, Words: 23148

why i like it: it's a nice, pretty realistic take on neil and andrew's relationship and the way it develops in the aftermath of tkm.

Blame It On My Youth by youreyestheyglow

10 years after the end of The King's Men, Andrew and Neil have decided to foster a kid. They have low expectations for themselves--they're not exactly ideal parenting material--but at the very least, the kid will be safe with them. But neither Andrew nor Neil do temporary very well.

Chapters: 126/?, Words: 1,425,633 (as of 2023-03-05, updates on Sundays)

why i like it: general domestic fluff (with some drama here and there), great character dynamics, and the fact that i laugh out loud at least once each chapter.

[monstersanonymous]

let’s say i were to write a pro bending (legend of korra) au of aftg,,, hypothetically what bending would everyone have

(also i’m on the fence about making Kevin the avatar for reasons but if someone can convince me i’ll do it)

[darkblueboxs]

Limbic Resonance

AFTG Sense8 AU (no need to know Sense8 canon) 11k

Chapter 8: Interrogation, Part Two

Summary:  "You tell me everything. I don’t kill you. Simple enough for you?”

Read on AO3

Neil seriously considers ignoring Renee’s request and taking his dose on time, but the comfort with which she handled Matt’s knife and the memory of her slamming his pursuers to the ground tells Neil that she’s far more dangerous than her sweet nature suggests. Regardless, Neil knows all too well the many ways Andrew has of getting what he wants. The price of ignoring Andrew’s summons is not one which he is willing to pay.

“You don’t have to go out if you don’t want to,” Matt says, feet kicked up on the couch as a basketball match blares on the TV. “He already knows where I live.”

“I know.” Neil hikes his rucksack over his shoulders, doesn’t miss the nervous flicker of Matt’s eyes towards the movement.

You’re coming back, right? he says without speaking.

“I’ll buzz when I want back up,” says Neil as though his return is as inevitable as sunrise. Honestly, he’s on the fence; the warmer Matt is towards him, the more Neil feels like he’s sinking into a trap like a fly into honey. He pushes the thought away - there’s always a chance that Andrew will kill him, effectively making the decision for him.

Continued here.

[minyard-05]

list of projects i have started in the time since reading AFTG (march)

Golden (ongoing)

Heaven & Hell Were Words To Me (ongoing)

Blood In The Water (series started, main fic unposted)

Don't Tell And We Won't Ask (ongoing, WIP wednesday)

come back to me (ongoing, WW)

Accidentally In Love (ongoing, WW)

The Verdict (ongoing, WW)

like a son to a mother, like a crow to a murder (status unknown, WW)

Telepathy AU (Talk To Me)

and the ones that never made it out of the notes:

Folie á Deux (CIA au)

Time Is Running Out (andreil assassin au)

How To Save A Life (sethaaron)

so much to learn about gravity (jeanaaron)

Home (golden post scene)

they might be your wounds but they're my sutures (also jeanaaron)

L'aube (undecided)

don't you dare forget the sun (heaven & hell post scene)

Untitled (neil werewolf au)

Untitled 2 Electric Boogaloo (katelyn werewolf au)

Band AUs (5 and counting)

Nothing Like You (aaron gets to yell at his father)

Different (kateaaron as foster parents)

hold my hand (kevaaron but they hate* each other)

Caraphernalia (hold my hand but worse)

Transgenderism Win (kateaaron's trans son)

There's A Light On In Chicago (katekevaaron au, mafia stuff)

Midnight Show (andreil commit crimes)

burn it down (andrew and bee)

Roommates (trojan!aaron & sebastian)

This Is How Empires Fall (mary hatford)

in the shadow of the death of a queen (27 club kevin day)

Understanding In A Car Crash (andrew kills his mother and its very cathartic)

When Silence Means Everything (kevaaron but WORSE worse)

All Day, All Night (Lessons in Love) (jerejean)

Untitled 3 (fencing?)

i don't need you like you think I do (twinyards if they actually hated each other)

You Should've Raised A Baby Girl (I Should Have Been A Better Son) [alternatively: Mama, We All Go To Hell] (aaron at his mothers funeral)

just want you to know who I am (aaron after drake)

Sleep (andrew)

Send Me An Angel (kateaaron)

[ashestoashes7]

WIP Masterpost

Foul Play

Revolving in Reverse (Magic AU) - ao3

Sharing Clothes

Fencing AU

Aaron Minyard vs. Calculus and Neil Josten

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[foxbyeol]

All for the LOVE

Everyone, I raise you: A Twelfth Night Aftg AU completely turned over its head and significantly GAYER

Andrew as Viola-turned-Cesario, a trans boy struggling to keep his identity hidden. After being seperated from his twin in a shipwreck, he chances upon Palmetto and finally gets a chance to be his true self in the court of Count Abram, and subsequently falls in love with him.

Neil(Abram) as Orsino, a Count who has virtually no interest in anybody, including Countess Katelyn but is constantly badgered by his Uncle Stuart to court her as a social obligation. Falls in love with Andrew despite all odds.

Katelyn as Olivia, a Countess mourning her dead father and brother. Initially disillusioned with the idea of love but falls for Aaron.

Aaron as Sebastian, Andrew's twin, comes to look for his brother in Palmetto but ultimately falls for Countess Katelyn.

Nicky as Antonio, the twins' cousin who saves Aaron and accompanies him to Palmetto to look for Andrew. He is already in a healthy and wholesome relationship with a Sea-Captain named Erik (who ironically is the one who saved Andrew).

* All the members of Olivia-Katelyn's court have been shifted to Orsino-Abram's court for plot purposes. *

Uncle Stuart as Sir Toby, who is Abram's uncle.

Matt as Feste, the court jester at Abram's court. Abram's absolute Best Friend who has been through thick and thin with him. Married to Danielle, a member of Count Abram's court.

Renee as Maria, Katelyn's gentlewoman and a mastermind in disguise. Good friends with Matt, she plans the downfall of Riko. Is in love with Allison, another member of Katelyn's household.

Kevin as Sir Andrew, Count Abram's courter whose interest in him only extends upto Abram's expertise in Fencing.

Riko as Malvolio, Narcissistic Bitch who is convinced that he somehow owns Abram. His ultimate downfall is planned by Stuart, Renee, and Matt and he gets it Good.

(While I know that Toby, Maria, and Fabian emerged as sadistic fucks who took the joke on Malvolio, who wasn't that terrible, too far, Here for Plot™ I'm ignoring it all in favour of having Riko as a villain and Stuart and party to be looking out for Abram)

Honestly, the characters can be played around a LOT. I just feel the plot as a lot of potential for an AFTG AU, specially in terms of gender and sexuality. Shakespeare wrote for the gays, and that's that.

[rise-deepseamonster]

Adding on to the Andreil song list:  

WHY ON EARTH ISNT ANYONE TALKING ABOUT HOW EVERY LINE OF STRAWBERRIES AND CIGARETTES IS A WORD TO WORD STORY OF ANDREIL!?!?!?

Long nights, daydreams Sugar and smoke rings, I've been a fool But strawberries and cigarettes always taste like you Headlights, on me Racing to 60, I've been a fool But strawberries and cigarettes always taste like Blue eyes, black jeans Lighters and candy, I've been a fool But strawberries and cigarettes always taste like you

long nights?? daydream?!?! candy sugar drugs and icecream?!?!? blue eyes (neil) black jeans (andrew) LiGhTeRs and CaNDy!?!?!?!? racing in andrew’s car?!?!?!? SMOKE AND CIGARETTES!!!!!!?!?!?!? i don’t think i have ever been the same after accidentally hearing it in aftg context.

Remember when we first met? You said "light my cigarette" So I lied to my mom and dad I jumped the fence and I ran But we couldn't go very far 'Cause you locked your keys in your car So you sat and stared at my lips And I could already feel your kiss

Literally an Andriel au if things went slightly different but like first line> hit with exy racket wow andrew do u remember that? Neil lied about his mom and dad (but like And he was always running but this time he didnt  and the last two lines is just *gay sexual tension lasting over 2 books*

Cardigan by Taylor Swift is such an andreil song I'm dying

Hand under my sweatshirt

Baby, kiss it better, I

To kiss in cars and downtown bars

Was all we needed

But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss

I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs

The smell of smoke would hang around this long

[ashestoashes7]

ooo i’m interested in the fencing au from wip wednesday

Hi! Hope you enjoy <33

WIP Wednesday

- Fencing AU -

Riko Moriyama catches his eye for more reasons than he cared to name. On a strategic level, Riko is his biggest threat. In terms of protecting Kevin’s fragile state, he is enemy number one. Aside from a long, considering glance upon their original entrance, Riko made no spectacle out of the situation.

The absence of animosity was worse than being met with an offensive front—the worst types of danger lurked out of sight.

Jeremy Knox is a threat on the opposite end of the spectrum to Riko. Jeremy may be visually appealing, but his most distracting aspect is the positivity that curled the edge of his lips into a real smile even when the match ended far from in his favor. There is something almost more disconcerting about an opponent who truly looks forward to the show of sportsmanship at the end regardless of the results than any of Andrew’s usual opponent’s attempts at bone-crushing or a slow dissolution into a scathing self-critique.

Jean Moreau is another person to steer Kevin away from. When Kevin sees Jean, he is hesitant to look away as if expecting the man to fade away when not caught in Kevin’s sight. For a man so inconveniently tall, he is difficult to find. The three stenciled onto his fencing jacket and tattooed onto his face should make him an easy find, but Jean has a way of fading into the background that Andrew is more than familiar with.

It is a practiced farce though that knowledge does not make him any more visible. Before Andrew can continue his search, his eyes catch on another man with the Raven patch on his fencing jacket.

Wesninski, the back of his jacket reads.

Oh, that’s new.

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[ashestoashes7]

fencing au for wip wednesday? :P

Hi! It would be my pleasure <3333

WIP Wednesday

- Fencing AU -

Nicky had taken one long breath and walked out of the room, telling them to call if they truly needed him. He came back with dinner and a smile so bright one never would have known it had left.

Andrew watched him, but the most violence his cousin ever showed was after he picked up fencing as some supposed connector between them and accidentally stabbed his opponent’s finger with enough force and unintentional placement that it eventually bled through the glove. Nicky had stumbled over himself to apologize, genuinely repentant in a way Andrew’s monotone statements would never be.

It was almost ironic that Andrew was the one who brought them fencing when it was more of a chore to him. Fencing brought Aaron and Nicky scholarships, so off to Palmetto he went. Wymack’s pitch had not included the ugly Palmetto State University patch sewn onto their fencing jackets, but there would always be a price to pay for security.

The Foxes are an annoyance, though, except for a few particularly not-thought-out decisions on their part, they are tolerable. From anyone else, that would be condescension. Renee Walker had taken his declaration with a smile, and Kevin Day had gone on about how he should not be concerned about them when his inconsistent level of effort was a crime against fencing.

In response, Andrew had made his every touch for the next week into a flick. For a moment it looked like Kevin would strangle him.

Kevin is the only reason Aaron had spent thirty minutes waiting in line to complete both of their equipment checks—he should learn to stop betting against Andrew when it comes to Kevin’s expletives—and Andrew counts ceiling tiles as he contemplates the merits of breaking their most recent agreement.

This tournament isn’t strictly for collegiate athletes, so there are some faces he is unfamiliar with, but for the most part, Andrew can accurately assess the newest threats to his promise to place in the first event. Kevin will be facing Riko in official bouting for the first time since his hand had been broken, and he needs a distraction.

Andrew will be that distraction.

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