#aftg minyard sibling au

[graveyardviolence]

Katelyn Mackenzie core methinks

[simonsrosebud]

don’t leave this in the tags bc ur right…

when i first created the next gen foxes blake was the frontrunner (quickly sidetracked by these two hopelessly pining boys).

once andriel take in blake and elliot it takes her a while to stop mothering elliot bc it’s such a deeply ingrained thing for her to do by then. although he’s only a year younger than her, she took the mantle of his guardian bc he needed someone. he had undiagnosed/unmedicated ADHD & anxiety (despite teachers clocking it easily) bc of their parents, and dyslexia that he only got help with in school. blake had helped him with homework and reading since 5th grade, defended him and brought back to the surface when he got overwhelmed and overstimulated as a kid. it was natural for her to take up the other responsibilities after their mom died.

i try to show how blake still finds herself parenting elliot unintentionally every once in a while. but the thing is, she doesn’t know how to parent bc what she was doing back with their bio dad wasn’t parenting, that was surviving. she was barely 16 when she met andrew, and she’s now still only a 20 year old kid that makes mistakes and doesn’t know best.

in a social media au that’s hard but i did it with these two text threads, for example:

[emry-stars-art]

What are your thoughts on Neil and Katelyn being friends? Either in your au or just in general. Personally I’m insane about it

SAME

Like if you’re asking realistically, if I was to write a post canon Neil and Katelyn friendship it would be that they don’t actually seek out each others company, but when they DO get together it is chaos for the twins. Like no one expected them to have that much or that kind of energy around each other. I don’t even know if I can describe it, it’s something adjacent to a sibling relationship with a wordless agreement to mess with Andrew and Aaron as much as possible and also having that step-sibling vibe that is both ironic hate and a little bit of real “still not a huge fan of u”. I do like Andrew being better with kids so Neil doesn’t necessarily have a special in with kateaaron’s girls.

But they get along completely well enough and are comfy around each other. My weakness for better post canon relationships for everyone strikes again

In the royal au it’s similar, obviously it takes even longer for Abram to be comfy/casual around the queen but once he is they have a fine time when they happen to around each other. As stated previously, he sometimes ends up watching out for her at parties and stuff bc Katelyn has always been incredible at sneaking away from her people - if she isn’t on Aaron’s arm she’s gonna be on Abram’s and like at least halfway drunk, if she’s not somewhere on the floor dancing. Since this universe (or at least Palmetto idk) doesn’t have super strict policy on dances and stuff, sometimes she convinces Abram to dance with her as long as there’s someone else near enough to keep an eye on the room around the prince. Andrew always rolls his eyes at their friendly/sibling-like affection but he’s also relieved Abram’s relaxing enough to allow it. He always lets Abram go dance (Andrew himself keeps the same arm-length distance from Katelyn that he does from everyone else). Aaron doesn’t mind either, HE’S just relieved she picked someone capable of protecting her to go drunkenly talk to when she disappears (he also likes the way she lights up when Aaron eventually comes to collect her. She’s very happy to see her beloved husband and I love that for them).

Anyway Queen Katelyn is very sweet to Abram (bc she’s a sweet person) and eventually yes they ABSOLUTELY cause chaos for the twins hehe

Find the royal au writing masterpost here 💕

[ghost-tings]

so thought for aftg/ a kit among foxes slight au art thing ig if you can call it an au anyway

but do you guys think that stuart has kids or is married or has kids older than neil and then those kids have kids or that nathan had siblings I know that there's an au where David is Nathan's brother and I follow that like its drugs

but basically a thought came when I was sketching poses for elio art and about one or two have another kid in them I'm aware I can just make the kid casey (my first aftg kid oc who won't get a fic just cuz icba may get a one shot here and there) but casey is about 9-10 in 2007 which wouldn't make the height of the poses make any sense so

do we think that neil has cousins who have their own kids who are like toddler age so like 3-5 like it would make some kinda sense for Stuart to have kids even if they wouldn't inherit anything from his crime stuff but like would it mak3 sense like so do I make an art piece with a grandkids of Stuart or do I make some random kid from elios school

[merceyca]

Mack the Knife is, at long last, complete. I feel like I just sent a piece of my soul out into the universe, holy shit.

If you want to read about the adventures of Neil’s sister, Mack, now you can!!

CLICK HERE TO READ

[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!

[aftgficrec]

Do you know of any fics where Andrew and Neil get kid/s, either having them themselves, adopting, or one of them having a younger sibling they need to take care of?

(Preferably not abandoned)

Thank you so much.

Oh, there are so, so many fics about Andreil with kids or siblings!  Our previous posts contain many complete fics, but who knows of a complimentary comment or kudos on an older wip wouldn’t provide the author with the encouragement and motivation to continue?

The fics included in this post are either complete, or have been recently updated.  And don’t forget the behemoth that is ‘Blame It On My Youth’ (previously rec’ed here), a wip that updates consistently and currently stands at over 1 million words! - S

Also see …

Andreil dad aus here

recent Andreil with kids here

long complete Andreil with kids here

Andreil adopt Kevin here

Andreil fostering/adopting here

cute parental Andreil here

complete Andreil as parents here

Andreil with a kid before meeting here

Andreil and Kandreil with kids here  

K(andreil) fostering here

new single parent/domestic with kids here

kid fics here

new kid fics (parental) here

the minyards with long lost siblings or kids here

Neil with a kid/younger sibling here

Neil with a twin here

Neil with a brother/sibling here

Neil with a sister here

Neil with a half-sister here

Foxes taking in a younger sibling here

‘Pinch of Salt’ here

‘A Home for the Holidays’ here

‘Say You'll Stay’ here

‘I could carve you in my dermis’ here

‘My Brother's Keeper’ here

‘where the heart is’ series, ‘Forming a Family; Forging a Future,’ and ‘We Are Survivors’ here

‘"Do you see my old man’s scowl? That’s his nice face…"’ here

‘Meant to Be Loved’ here

‘spilt coffee and bumped heads’ here

‘Bean.’ (a/b/o with mpreg) here

‘All Hail the Underdogs’ here

‘Growing With You’ here

Big Brother, I'm Just Like You by hoziertozier  [Rated T, 16312 words, incomplete, last updated March 2022]

What if Neil got a call weeks, months after Baltimore, that he had a little sister? Well, this series of vignettes shows how he and the other Foxes would adjust to having a kid around, and also gives a new point of view on Neil, Andrew, and the Foxes.

Everyone, meet Charlotte Josten.

(this originally started as posts on my tumblr, and i'm still gonna make those but i'm moving it onto here as well for ease of navigation. very self-indulgent, i'm very passionate about these characters healing slowly goddamnit!)

tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: nightmares, tw: panic attacks

Jostens And Minyards by Flaunt_the_weird [Not Rated, 21713 words, incomplete, last updated March 2022]

“And why did you sign me up?” he asked, drawing her attention back to him.

“Would you believe me if I said it was supposed to be a prank?” Nyla asked him with an innocent, almost sheepish, expression that did not fool Neil for a second. He was having words with her once they get out of here.

“Did you or did you not?” Neil asked again.

“Did” she replied, this time her eyes flickered with concern.

“Nyla I presume?” asked Wymack.

AFTG but they all have to babysit while fighting the mafia.

tw: canon-typical violence, tw: internalised homophobia

and there is happiness. by smokeandspirits [Rated G, 881 words, complete, 2022]

She wonders if this is what it means to be happy. Happiness - that word that never meant much to her because it was the definition of a feeling and it was a feeling Piper had never felt. She wants to know if that is what she's feeling now; if happiness is bubbles in your chest like fizzy  lemonade, is warmth like the sun on your skin, is your face aching because you're smiling and smiling and smiling. So she does something she was never allowed to do with Ma and Pa - she asks.

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Neil and Andrew adopt a daughter; this is her realising they make the best parents (because i believe they would)

After You Two by Fox_Fan13 [Not Rated, 13482 words, incomplete*, last updated Feb 2022]

Neil is forced to have a child after his father kidnaps him, but after his father hurts his son, he decides to take things into his own hands and has him killed. After getting out safely with his uncle, they move to London with him, but decides to move back after reconnecting with his old roommate Matt.

He goes, not knowing that his first heartbreak was still living in the small town of Palmetto.

tw: child abuse, tw:  violence

*there’s only an epilogue to come

It’s like being smashed in the stomach by allforthegayz [Not Rated, 3346 words, complete, 2021]

She took the seat and pulled out her jotter, reading what was on the board and listened to the teacher talk. It’s fine. She could get through this. She took a sip of her water and focused on getting the work done.

Only an hour till break, you’ll be fine.

Post-canon, Andrew and Neil have two daughters and one of them feels sick and calls Andrew to come pick her up. Andrew comforting his daughter + soft Andreil aka what you get from me when i’m angst about my period.

Big brown eyes by LukaHatsune [Not Rated, 3354 words, complete, 2021]

"But there was something, something like acceptance.

Nina accepted Neil before they could even figure it out, something like an automatic connection, something that might have happened between him and Aaron if they had stayed together or met earlier. Nina looked at Neil and blinked, lying her head on his shoulder soon after, Nicky made a sound that sounded like a cat meow that called King Fluffkins and Sir Fat Cat straight into the room.

Andrew would later discover that only Aaron had seen something that seemed close to a smile pulling on his face."

Or

Andrew and Neil adopt a little girl.

the one that got away (now stay) by neilwrites [Rated T, 5792 words, complete, Aftg Exchange 2021]

Andrew fiddles with his keychain. “Oh, you know, I’m not sure if we’ll be able to make it.”

“Oh, no! Are the girls okay?”

Andrew turns around to watch as Hazel drools on her shirt and Sienna takes turns between giggling and shrieking at an inhuman frequency.

He didn’t think far enough ahead to create an excuse to go back home. Fuck.

“It’s just that the meeting will start in five minutes—” Renee says, dangerously neutral.

“I know, maybe next week—”

“— and I can see the Mas parked out front.”

Damn it.

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Andrew Minyard, forced to attend a 'Single Parent Support Group' meeting by his best friend, Renee Walker, unexpectedly comes face to face with his old teenage crush. Although looking at him (and Renee), it's not so unexpected to him. Just where have you been, Neil Josten? And where did that four-year-old carbon copy of you come from?

tw: implied/referenced violence

We Are Family by LufwoodEmilius [Rated T, 23052 words, complete, Aftg Big Bang 2021]

Andrew and Neil never considered having a family. Not until other Foxes began and then family suddenly became important. Look into the little family moments of the Minyard-Josten family from birth until age ten. Chaos ensues but also warm family moments. They never knew that being fathers would be so good.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj4t8aGZLva5KKy85DsgmUmXsrgqgYTI8

For an additional bit of fun I made a playlist for the fic as well.

Thanks to caraleadraws for doing the art. And RainbowObsidian for betaing this mega fic!!!! You two rock!

NB: art for this fic by @caraleadraws here

blood on their teeth by foxholedumbasses (everyonedeservesamiracle) [Rated T, 6558 words, complete, 2021]

Marian wakes up to her mother’s steely face and her younger brother’s sleepy one. She is the one who stays awake in the car with Mary as Nathaniel slips back into dreams. She is the one who asks, “Where are we going?”

And she knows Mary’s smile is fake when Mary replies, “An adventure.”

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Katelyn Williams is born as Marian Ophelia Wesninski and the world shifts sideways

What if Neil had a younger sister? by @the-high-queen-emory [tumblr, 2022]

okay, i feel like this headcanon is popping up more and more and I have some things to add to it

Wesninski Brothers Au by @you-are-a-fox [tumblr, 2018]

(Just something I thought of. Don’t know if it’s been done before.)

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Neil and Aiden Wesninski art

tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: violence

Aiden Wesninski by @you-are-a-fox [tumblr, 2018]

Part 1, Part 2

Aiden Wesninski art

[palmettofoxesthings]

More twin au wildness. Fellow Junkies, this is why I started the conversation about Neil’s real age IM SORRY A one shot about what happens when Nat visits for their birthday in January but the Foxes think it should be March

[deus-ex-knoxina]

do you have a tag for your aftg (preferably andreil pairing) fics that you’ve read? and do you bookmark all the fics you’ve read on your ao3? pls spare me some good andreil fics bc i wanna feel smth tysm!

OH BOY

okay so i have a fic tag on tumblr for fics i’ve read which is here and i imagine a lot of the stuff in there is andreil

i also have a bunch of stuff bookmarked on ao3! no idea if this link is gonna work but here are my bookmarks filtered for andreil, and here are my bookmarks in general so you can filter for what you want

AND here are some of my favorite andreil fics (they’re also all in my bookmarks if a link doesn’t work for some reason):

canon compliant or pretty much canon compliant:

The Crooked Kind: minyard-josten rivalry post-college, about 10k

progress comes in small steps: post-canon series, in college, is kind of split between focusing on twinyards, andreil, and kaaron, about 147k

light fires at night (to push back the void): post-canon, in college i think, from the summary: 20+ times andrew and neil say i love you, and one time they say it out loud, about 62k

forever, for you.: post-canon, set in andrew’s last year of college, fluffy marriage proposal, about 3.5k

men, abort mission (that is the silver lining in my cloudy disposition): the summary is succinct enough that i’m copying it here: The recorded number of times someone hit on Neil Josten and got nowhere, and the one time Andrew didn't even have to try. (about 2.1k, one of the tags is ‘neil josten the most oblivious human on planet earth’ which tells you all you need to know really)

music AUs:

And We’ll Be Running: genuinely one of my favorite AFTG fics of all time, rock band AU where neil joins the band The Monsters while andrew’s in rehab, they play the same instrument so what’s gonna happen when andrew gets out oOoOoOOo, about 62k

Slinging Mozart Sideways: classical music-focused, i don’t know how to succinctly describe this fic??? it’s just beautiful and it has a playlist that goes along with it!! if you’re into composing as a love language, HIGHLY RECOMMEND. about 10k

Something, Nothing & Everything: another rock band AU, featuring neil trying *not* to be discovered until kevin swoops in and decides neil is EXY’s new lead singer, about 140k, first fic in a series

can i get a kiss (can you make it last forever): strictly speaking not a music AU, but there’s a music podcast that is HIGHLY relevant to the plot. if you like secret identity shenanigans this is the fic for you. about 9k

other AUs:

Armies: without a doubt my favorite AFTG fic of all time. MIND THE WARNINGS. this is a dark fic--it’s a mob AU largely set in europe with a war between the hatfords and the moriyamas that gets heavy. about 342k and so worth it

I’ve got hella feelings for you: literally completely different sjlghdjfk. no exy AU, neil walks in on his roommate andrew making out with a guy, experiences a Feeling, and goes into a crisis because he thinks he’s homophobic. absolutely hilarious, about 4k

i’ll crawl home to him: a super fluffy high school AU, no exy that i know of, featuring neil and aaron being friends and andrew and aaron having a good sibling relationship. also kevaaron if you’re into that! about 5k

it suits you: andrew and nicky work at/run a custom suit shop in london, neil is an olympic runner who needs a suit. the rom-com shenanigans in this fic are off the CHARTS. about 13.5k

dating & other disasters: another one of my favorite AFTG fics! art school AU, andrew and neil are roommates and decide to fake date to get their friends off neil’s back about dating. except andrew has been pining hardcore for neil for FOREVER. featuring writer andrew and actor neil and so much domesticity. about 51k

this post got long but I HOPE YOU FIND THINGS YOU LIKE ANON!!!! thank you for asking for recs!!!!!!!

[kevinqueenofexy]

Alice Minyard

Her heart was beating ridiculously fast as Wymack looked at her, his hand on the doorknob. Behind this door were the Foxes. Behind this door was her cousin. Behind this door were her brothers. It felt like a dream, a surreal and incredibly weird dream. This couldn't be true. She was an abandoned child, she had no family. Yet behind this door were the people who should've been with her for her whole life. She felt like it was yesterday that she had found out she had two older brothers after stealing the papers her social worker kept about her. She had also found out the name of her mother - Tilda Minyard. And then, one day, after she had been playing Exy for almost a year, she saw them on the TV. Andrew and Aaron Minyard. So she had done some research on these two boys who looked unbelievably similar to her. It was a good thing that she has always been very good at hacking. And now she was finally here. "Are you ready?" She had totally forgotten that Wymack was standing right next to her. Somehow she managed a quick nod. She wasn't ready at all. Her heart was about to explode. Wymack had warned her about Aaron and Andrew. The reunion of the Minyard-siblings would probably not turn out like she imagined. But after eighteen years of way too many Foster families she was used to things turning out differently towards how she had imagined them. Wymack hadn't told the twins yet that their sister was coming. According to him, he hadn't even told Dan or Kevin who she was. He has only told the Foxes that they were getting a new freshman. Wymack opened the door. She was late to arrive. All the other freshmen had already been with the Foxes for weeks now. She was late but she was here and there was no turning back. All the eyes where on her as she entered the room. Almost all the eyes. She found them immediately. They weren't sitting next to each other, which didn't surprise her. Aaron sat next to a tall boy with ruffled dark hair - Nicky Hemmick. Her cousin. Aaron looked at her with a bored expression. Andrew was sitting on Nicky's other side, next to him a red-haired boy, who she recognised as Neil Josten. Andrew wasn't looking at her, he was looking at Neil. She flinched as Wymack cleared his throat. "Guys, this is our newest addition. She's a striker," he declared. "We don't need another striker," a boy protested. She didn't recognise him so he probably was a freshman as well. "Our lineup can always use more players, Jack," Dan Wilds, team captain responded. She shot her a quick glance, smiling but it was obvious that she didn't know what to think of her. "What's her name?" a blonde girl asked Wymack. She recognised her as Allison Reynolds. Wymack started to talk, but she interrupted him. "I can speak for myself. My name is Alice Minyard." The room went quiet within a second. Alice felt the blood rising in her cheeks, making her pale skin look red. She didn't dare to look at Aaron and Andrew. She was afraid to witness their reactions. For so long she had been waiting for this moment and now it was finally here. The Foxes looked at her with their mouths hanging open and their expressions blank. Even Kevin and Neil were shocked. After seconds or minutes or hours of silence someone finally reacted. It was Nicky. He got up from the couch and walked slowly towards Alice. He rose his arms carefully, probably knowing from experience that a Minyard didn't like to be touched without giving permission. At first Alice was confused but then she realised that Nicky wanted to hug her. She slowly rose her arms and he immediately threw his arms around her and squeezed her. "Welcome to the family," he said. Over his shoulder Alice got a glance at her brothers. They both stared at her, Aaron with obvious confusion, Andrew with a blank stare. It wasn't what she had hoped for. It was so much more. She had finally arrived.

[graveyardviolence]

YALLL IM BACKK. also KATELYN IS HERE🫶🫶🫶

ft. andrew arden bonding, texts between katie & arden, & lux & arden

[foxsoulcourt]

Chapters: 10/? Fandom: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, Kevin Day & Neil Josten, Kevin Day & Andrew Minyard, Neil Josten & Original Character(s), Andrew Minyard & Original Character(s) Characters: Neil Josten, Andrew Minyard, Mackenzie Josten/Dinah Hatford/Mary "Mack" Dinah Wesninski (OC), Kevin Day, Aaron Minyard, Nicky Hemmick, Matt Boyd, Renee Walker, Allison Reynolds, Dan Wilds, David Wymack, Abigail Winfield, Betsy Dobson, Dorian Landler (OC), Stuart Hatford, Helena Lebedev (OC), Rada Lebedev (OC), Lola Malcolm, Tristan Landler (OC), Sheena (All For The Game) Additional Tags: sister fic, Josten sister AU, Angst, Canon-Typical Violence, Andreil, Gun Violence, Mild Language, Explicit Language, this has literally no purpose, i just really like badass women, and the aftg universe, Neil Josten is a Little Shit, he will send Mack to an early goddamn grave, this was fun to write, I hope it's fun to read, Post-Canon, Wesninski sister, Sibling AU, established andreil, I get way too invested in Mack's story, I'm not sorry, this is just an excuse to write Neil as a woman, the Jostens have big bastard energies and I love them for it, Gang Wars Summary:

‘You’re alive.’ It wasn’t what Neil had wanted to say, but the words seemed to spill from his lips and he couldn’t take them back. His sister scoffed. ‘So are you.’ Her eyes were sharp. ‘Fuck knows how.’

 Neil Josten's sister, Mary "Mack" Wesninski, isn't as dead as he'd once thought and—to his ultimate displeasure—she's got plans. Andrew's going to kill him. He just narrowly avoided one mob war.

Bookmarker's Notes:

WHAT IF...

What if Neil had an older sister? Who he thought had died? But had NOT + wanted to reconnect w/her brother? Even when it will upset his life? And they might want to stay connected? Even if it's complicated? And this all takes place in Neil's sophomore year...so like right.after.canon? And that means Neil + Andrew are still figuring out what they've got going on between them? Even though they know it IS a thing? Which is interesting enough, but...what if you fall in love with this original character so much that you really want to see her + her life unfolding in every chapter?

If you read the first couple chapters of this fic + that happens to you too, welcome to the club! This is a such a great story line by @m-ercey. (Plus there's a 5 hr playlist you can listen to while you read!)

[filteredred]

The Foxhole Court Fic Recs

In honor of Fanfic Writers Appreciation Day, here are a few fantastic works in our favorite fandom.

Signing on the Line by andrewiel @jostenminyard | When Neil Josten is offered a position as a starting striker for a professional Exy team, he feels like all of his dreams are coming true. He signs the contract, not caring about the strict morality clause that controls who he can and can't date in the public eye. Then he meets Andrew Minyard, the top-ranked goalie of a rival team, and then Neil thinks he might just have to care after all.

This fic is ah-mazing. I read it 3 times before I could let go enough to read something else. 10/10

Something in Return by reaching_my_summit @reaching-my-summit | Andrew’s final year at Palmetto State comes to a close. His future is upon him and there are plans to be made. Years ago, Neil asked Andrew to stop smoking in exchange for something. Andrew finally knows what he wants in return.

Post canon andreil happily exploring Disney World.

light fires at night (to push back the void) by inthesea | 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.)

Remember that fic you read that one time when Andrew counted syllables and consonants and everything about it was just. so. good? I think everyone loves this fic. This was one I read before I read the books based on kudos, then went back and read it again.

dangerous magics by SashaSea (SHCombatalade) @anneuhken | For centuries, there was a war. Then there were the Bindings (Reposted and restricted to registered AO3 users only)

If you’ve seen many fic rec lists, you may have heard of this fic. I searched high and low...and finally it’s back! If you enjoy fantasy, this one’s for you.

Ultraviolence by lscar123 @lscar123 | Neil Josten is of the most successful songwriters in the industry but years of blocking out his own personal pain and writing mind numbing radio hits have started to wear him down so he decides to take a break from it all and return to The Fox Hole, the bar he stumbled onto years ago and helped set up an open mic night at. It's there he meets Andrew Minyard, a bartender who makes an immediate impression on him. Something about Andrew tells him to run but it's either his own stubbornness or his pension for self destruction that makes him stay. Nothing in his life will ever be the same after the first night he spends back in the place he used to call home.

I. Love. Neil. In. This. Fic.

Ohana Means Family by SensationalSunburst @sensationalsunburst | He honestly thought they were going to make it.David understood that adrenaline could make time feel like it was crawling by; make seconds turn to minutes turn to lifetimes. He’d experienced it before. But when a man to his left, up next to Andrew's lot, raised a bottle high, red flushed face contorted in a sneer, he felt time slow to molasses around him.

Part of the Return of Dad!Mack series, in this one, Wymack takes a hit meant for Andrew.

Where You Lead by gluupor @gluupor | When Neil promised Kayleigh that he'd look out for Kevin if anything ever happened to her he'd never expected to be a single teenage father hiding out in a small town. Luckily the town's residents seem keen to adopt them. A Gilmore Girls AU where Kevin's a kid, Neil's his caffeine-addict father, and Andrew's a grumpy diner owner who loves them both.

Part of a just-the-right amount of sweet series set in a small town.

Skilled by wildfrancium @lexatargaryen | Neil has a talent for deactivating sensors that tell doctors when a patient takes their medication. Andrew, a famous Exy player, has a sensor that needs deactivating.

Very cool sci fi.

Kintsugi by SensationalSunburst @sensationalsunburst | “He saw our scars and thought they'd been fixed with gold, like the pottery in the book.” Neil blinked, stunned. “Kids this age are honest.” Andrew said, “They haven't learned to lie.”

This whole series (Small Angry Gardeners) is fantastic, featuring post canon andreil playing pro exy and living in the suburbs. This piece shows Kevin’s son reacting to their scars...it’s beautiful.

Crossfire by RoseGold_En @foxhole-pipe-dream | The year is 2073. Andrew and Aaron Minyard are twins born into a world with a strict one-child policy due to overpopulation. They take on a singular identity as "Adam Minyard", with only one of them allowed outside at a time. Siblings who are discovered are separated from their families and put into an eternal cryosleep. One day, Andrew disappears. Aaron and Nicky have to find him while maintaining the twins' cover. It's up to Aaron to find out who sold them out and why a bureau agent named "Neil" knows his brother's real name.

An excellent distopian au

A Mewment Like This Series by fuzzballsheltiepants @fuzzballsheltiepants | “...will the owner of the cat with the stupid name come back here? Your cat is trying to kill the vet.” And Neil and Andrew both stand up.

A continuing series of vignettes featuring pre-relationship andreil (so far), their cats Sir and King, and various aftg characters. Andrew cooks, and Neil is grateful.

Two Bros Five Feet Apart by Leahelisabeth (fortheloveofcamelot) @leahlisabeth | Jeremy's girlfriend dumps him on the eve of a romantic vacation. Jean fills in.

Jeremy and Jean fake dating on a cruise ship. Cue adorableness.

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insta posts ft. katie & arden bestfriendism, baby aaron and arden, andrew and arden being annoying + neil & aaron antagonizing each other

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random shit inside the Monsters dorm

1. Andrew and Aaron found that lamp during their freshman year in a random thrift store. It’s the first thing they bought together that they both liked

2. Aaron buys that for Andrew as a petty gift to try and get hum to stop smoking

3 & 4. Arden brings the dinosaurs in (they’re toys from his youth) and he and Nicky cut holes into them to make them the toothbrush holders

5. The handsoap dispenser is a stupid gift from Arden & Neil (mostly Arden) to Kevin

6. They rewatched all of spongebob after both Kevin and Neil admit to never watching it. Arden buys all the sink stuff afterwards

7. Arden just comes home one night after being gone all day with Katelyn. Apparently the two were in a completely different state for the whole day hunting through thrift stores for that lamp

8. Katelyn buys that after realising that the group doesnt have a thing to put their keys in

9. Nicky buys that while grocery shopping their freshman. he gets emotionally attached to it

10. Arden & Robin really liked the lego keyholder and decides they need a spice container to match

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arden minyard twitter bs bc i said so + the minyard brothers interaction. lets just say andrew does not like sharing his chocolate truffles