#baker Neil Josten

[allfortheslay25]

Gumlee AU aka my comfort soft pastel no hurt all comfort Andreil AU

Baker Neil (who doesn’t have a sweet tooth) and Sweet Tooth Musician Andrew

(Instead of exy, Neil’s obsessed with baking)

Since this is a no hurt au I wanted a way to include Neil’s scars without making them scars so instead I gave him vitiligo where his scars used to be

[captain-sunshine-11]

Youtube Titles That Made Wymack Want to Quit a Little More

Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 3 (you are here!!)

"Matt Boyd and Neil Josten losing the Chubby Bunny Challenge to Allison Reynolds"

"PROOF that ANDREW MINYARD of PSU has KNIVES on Court!!!" (its just a comp of him glaring at cameras and the light catching metal on his armor)

"Neil Josten and Jean Moreau forget what team they are on and work together on court???" (..anyway)

"Kevin Day hugs Jeremy Knox a little too long before Trojan vs Fox game"

"Kevin Day hugs Jeremy Knox a little too long before Oklahoma Eagles vs California Tornadoes game"

"PSU Foxes Freshman causing Issues on Court for 20 minutes"

"John 'Jack' Baker getting in Neil Josten's face for 6 minutes gay (?)"

"Sheena Gadzinski Flipping off Cameras With Feral Grins Comp"

"Clip of Andrew Minyard's comment on John Baker's name tells us his parent's occupation!" (linked to an article of the same name, both are false)

"Clip of Andrew and Aaron Minyard Shoving Eachother with Increasing Aggression"

"Two grown men fail to make a quesadilla" (the men are Matt and Aaron, recorded and uploaded by Katelyn)

[millportisntreal]

Favor by Julien Baker, a Neil Josten song

[unnebie]

Neil

(Sorry, I love Julien baker’s music)

[neveranniething]

Aftg characters as julien baker songs

Nicky-

Aaron-

Neil-

Andrew-

Kevin-

Matt-

Allison-

Renee-

Dan-

[sternenschaukler]

List/ Collage with A-Spec Characters: canon confirmed, and popular headcanons

Colours:

Canon confirmed: blue

popular headcanon/ speculation: orange

Alastor, Hazbin Hotel: ace, aro

Senku Ishigami, Dr. Stone: ace, aro

Vi Moradi, Star Wars: ace, aro

Victor Vale, Vicious: ace, biromantic

Spongebob: ace

Kirby: ace, aro, non-binary

the Knight, Hollow Knight: agender, ace, aro

Todd Chavez, BoJack Horseman: ace

Georgia Warr, Loveless: ace, aro, aego?

Jughead Jones, Archie: ace

Doomguy/ Dooomslayer: ace

Seiji Maki, Bloom into you: ace, aro, aegoromantic?

Monkey D. Luffy, One Piece: ace, aro

Connor Hawke, DC Comics: ace, alloromantic

Perry the platypus: ace, aro

Kusuo Saiki, Disastrous life of Saiki K.: ace, aro

Yelena Belova, Marvel: ace, aro

Izaya Orihara, Durara: ace, aro

Daryl Dixon, the Walking Dead: ace

Keyleth, Critical Role: demisexual

Neil Josten, Foxhole Court: demisexual, demiromantic

Isaac Henderson, Heartstopper: ace, aro

Vernestra Rwoh, Star Wars: ace, aro

Light Yagami, Death Note: ace, aro

Caduceus Clay, Critical Role: ace, aro

Murderbot, Murderbot Diaries: ace, aro, genderless

Jonathan "Jon" Simms, Magnus Archives: ace, biromantic

Shouto Todoroki, Boku no Hero Academia: ace, aro

Lilith Clawthorne, Owl House: ace, aro

Bill Cypher, Gravity Falls: ace, aro, agender

Ezperanza "Spooner" Cruz, Legends of Tomorrow: ace

Nadia Van Dyne/ the Wasp, Marvel: ace, aro, quoiromantic

Peridot, Stephen Universe: ace, aro

Gwenpool, Marvel: ace, aro

Frieren: a-spec, ace, aro

Joffrey Baratheon, Game of Thrones: ace, aro

Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle: ace, aro

Lord Varys, Game of Thrones: ace, aro

Reyna Avila Ramirez-Arellano, Percy Jackson: ace, aro

Son Goku, Dragonball: ace

10th Doctor, Doctor Who (David Tennant): ace, panromantic

11th Doctor, Doctor Who (Matt Smith): ace

Sakuko Kodama, Koisenu Futari: ace, aro

Satoru Takahashi, Koisenu Futari: ace, aro

Felicity Montague, Lady's guide to petticoats and piracy: ace, aro

Jasnah Kholin, Stormlight Archive: ace, heteroromantic

Loth, Priory of the Orange Tree: grey-ace

Tané, Priory of the Orange Tree: ace, aro

Adèle, Baker Thief: demisexual, bi

Claire/ Claude, Baker Thief: aro (aroallo!), genderfluid

Sandry, Circle of Magic: ace

Ling Chan, the Diviners: ace, lesbian

Nancy Whitman, Every Heart a Doorway: ace, alloromantic

Kel, Protector of the Small: ace, aro

Natalie, Natural History of Dragons: ace, aro

Raphael Santiago, Shadowhunters: Cassandra Clare: ace, aro (In the show only ace)

Please note that I took most of my information from online, and I didn't personally read/ watch everything, so there may be some mistakes. Also, some of the not-canon characters are very likely aspec, but just not confirmed. And especially if they say/ do really obviously aro/ ace stuff, I wasn't sure if it's enough to put them in the "confirmed" category. (e.g. Saiki literally said he isn't attracted to anyone regardless of gender, and never wants to be in a relationship. But there are still people who doubt his aroace-ness. (And at this point I don't see how it could be anything but aphobia, to deny the mere possibility of him being aroace so vehemently lol.) ) Also: Sadly, I couldn't find good aro-allo characters except Claire/ Claude from "baker thief". There is tons of good a-spec representation in that book (also more side characters that I didn't mention here), but I couldn't really find any fan-art. So then I just slapped the entire book cover on the collage.

[jtl-fics]

and last but not least I kindly request some foxhole bake! Happy WW, dear ash!!! You're a legend!

10/30/24 WIP Wednesday (CLOSED) | Foxhole Bake AU

“We are.” Paul nods and soon the bakers are back in the tent. If Neil Josten has a bit of chocolate sauce on his lips then no one comments on it. The same way no one comments on how Kimura keeps fidgeting hand going for his pocket before stopping.

“You all had some wonderful wonderful bakes for the signature bake challenge this week.” Prue starts off looking at each of the contestants.

“You really showed us your creativity when it came to these dessert bars. They really can be a blank canvas.” Paul nods at them all. “It was a hard time for Prue and I to decide on which one showed the most skill and talent.”

“The winner of the Signature Bake Challenge is someone who brought a lot of different baking techniques and textures into their dessert bar this week.” Prue’s gaze stops as she looks at Tiffany.

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Quality Control Time

okay everyone: realistically despite having read some since last tournament I can't have read all of these books as I am one person running a blog for funnies

so I'm posting a list after I've gone through the submissions and I'm counting on you guys to tell me if any of these submissions don't count (or if someone typoed something in the submission I didn't catch)

that said here are your (tentative) competitors:

Rune Saint-John- The Tarot Sequence by KD Edwards

Quinn Saint Nicholas- The Tarot Sequence by KD Edwards

Layne Dawncreek- The Hourglass Throne by KD Edwards

Silas Bell- The Spirit Bares it's Teeth by Andrew Joseph White 

Daphne Luckenbill- The Spirit Bares it's Teeth  by Andrew Joseph White 

Benjamin/Benji Woodside- Hell Followed with us by Andrew Joseph White 

Sideways Pike- The Spacegracers by HA Clarke

Tayend of Tremmelin- Magician’s Guild series (The Novice, The High Lord) by Trudi Canavan

Gideon Nav- The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir

Ianthe Tridenarius, Ianthe the First- The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir

Harrowhark Nonagesimus- The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir

Dekka- Gone series by Michael Grant

Therem Harth rem ir Estraven- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Seregil í Korit Solun Meringil Bôkthersa- Luck in the shadows/the nightrunner series by Lynn Fleweling

Victor Vale- Vicious by VE Schwab

Alucard Emery- Shades of Magic series by VE Schwab

Rhy Maresh- Shades of Magic series by VE Schwab

Elliot Schafer- In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

Sebastian Black- The Sacred Sins of Father Black by St John Starling

Father Victor Ardelian- What Manner of Man by St John Starling

Wenren È- Devil Venerable Also Wants To Know by Cyan Wings

Zhu Chongba- She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Ouyang- She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Giovanni- Giovanni's room by James Baldwin

David- Giovanni's room by James Baldwin

Danny Tozer- Dreadnought by April Daniels

Magnus Bane- The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

Alec Lightwood- The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

Thomas Lightwood- The Last Hours by Cassandra Clare

Alastair Carstairs- The Last Hours by Cassandra Clare

Alex Fierro-Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series by Rick Riordan

Magnus Chase- Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series by Rick Riordan

Nico di Angelo- The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan

Frances Janvier- Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

Nick Nelson- Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Charlie Spring- Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Tori Spring- Solitaire by Alice Oseman

Gwen (Princess Gwendoline)- Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

Jack Alston/Lord Hawthorn- The Last Binding Trilogy by Freya Marske

Maud Blyth- The Last Binding Trilogy by Freya Marske

Robin Blyth- A Marvelous Light by Freya Marske

Silariathas “Silas”- Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Nathaniel Thorn- Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Ballister Blackheart- Nimona by N.D. Stevenson

Ambrosius Goldenloin- Nimona by N.D. Stevenson 

Neil Josten- All for the game by Nora Sakavic

Andrew Minyard- All for the game by Nora Sakavic

Nicky Hemick- All for the game by Nora Sakavic

Xie Lian- Heaven Official's Blessing / Tian Guan Ci Fu by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu / mxtx 

San Lang/ Hua Cheng- Heaven Official's Blessing / Tian Guan Ci Fu by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu / mxtx 

Luo Binghe- The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu / mxtx

Shen Qingqiu- The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu / mxtx

Lan Wangji/ Lan Zhan/ Han Guang Jun- Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu / mxtx

Wei WuXian/ Wei Ying/ Yiling Patriarch- Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu / mxtx

Kelly Bennett- Heartsong by TJ Klune

Linus Baker- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Arthur Parnassus- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Laurent- Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

Damianos (Damen)- Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

Will Kempen- Dark Rise Series by C.S. Pacat

Sarcean- Dark Rise Series by C.S. Pacat

James St. Clair- Dark Rise Series by C.S. Pacat

Ronan Lynch- The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

Adam Parrish- The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

Loki- Loki- Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee

Theo Bell- Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee

Daniela- We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Carmen- We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Seonid Traighan Sedai- Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

Siuan Sanche Sedai- Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

Shallan Davar- The Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson

Jasnah Kholin- The Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson 

Jesper Fahey- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Wylan van Eck- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Nina Zenik- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Evelyn Hugo- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Moiraine Damodred Sedai- The Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan 

Yan Wushi- 千秋 /Thousand Autumns/Qian Qu by Meng Xi Shi

Shen Qiao- 千秋/Qian Qiu/Thousand Autumn by Meng Xi Shi

Alex Claremont-Diaz- Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor- Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Biyu "Jane" Su- One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

August Landry- One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Jolene Whitaker- Stars Still Fall by Jules Kelley

Jude St. Francis- A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Francis Abernathy- The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Ishita Dey- Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

Carmilla Karnstein- Carmilla by J Sheridan le Fanu

Murderbot- The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

Shuos Jedao- Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

Achilles- Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 

Patroclus- Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 

Yin Hanjiang- Devil Venerable Also Wants To Know by Cyan Wings

Daja Kisubo- The Circle of Magic series, The Circle Opens series, The Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce

Simon Torquill- October Daye Series by Seanan McGuire

Kade Bronson- Wayward Children Series by Seanan McGuire

Jack Wolcott- Wayward Children Series by Seanan McGuire

Sundew- Wings of Fire by Tui T Sutherland

Zanja Na'Tarwein- The Elemental Logic Series by Laurie J. Marks

Karis G'deon- The Elemental Logic series by Laurie J. Marks

Thaniel Steepleton- The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley

Raff Barden- One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny

Penn de Foucart- One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny

Alec Campion- Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner

Richard St Vier- Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner

Nico Ferrer De Varona- The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

Parisa Kamali- The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

Sam Black Crow- American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Salim- American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Hunter- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Islington- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Tsukiko- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Zachary Ezra Rawlins- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Dorian- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Katrina- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Katherine- The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner

Geraldine- Christabel by Samuel Coleridge 

Priya- The Jasmine Throne/The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri

Malini- The Jasmine Throne/The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri

Henry Gaunt- In Memoriam by Alice Winn

Sidney Ellwood - In Memoriam by Alice Winn

Benji Ovich- Beartown by Frederik Backman

Renly Baratheon- A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF) by George R.R. Martin

Loras Tyrell- A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF) by George R.R. Martin

Oberyn Martell- A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF) by George R.R. Martin

Ellaria Sand- A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF) by George R.R. Martin

Ead Duryan- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Thara Celehar- The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison

Iäna Pel-Thenhior- The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison

Vanyel Ashkevron- The Last Herald-Mage Series (Magic's Pawn, Magic's Price, Magic's Promise) by Mercedes Lackey

Galen- Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher 

Doctor Piper- Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher 

Eliot Waugh- The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Simon Spier- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Bram Greenfield- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Leah Burke- Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

Abby Suso- Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

Jay Gatsby- Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie Mclemore

Harold Hutchins- Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

Eric "Bitty" Bittle- Check, Please! By Ngozi Ukazu 

Jack Zimmermann- Check, Please! By Ngozi Ukazu 

Ollie O'Meara- Check, Please! By Ngozi Ukazu

Pacer Wicks- Check, Please! By Ngozi Ukazu

Maurice Hall- Maurice by E.M. Forster 

Alec Scudder- Maurice by E.M. Forster 

Clive Durham- Maurice by E.M. Forster 

Cal Stephanides- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Therese Belivet- Carol or The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith 

Carol Aird- Carol or The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith 

Baz Pitch- Carry On Series by Rainbow Rowell

Tennalhin (Tennal) Halkana- Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

Evander (Andy) Mills- Lavendar House by Lev Ac Rosen

Kaiiestron (Kai) l, Prince of the Fourth House of the Underearth- Witch King by Martha Wells

Max Owen- Magical Boy by The Kao

Remy Pendergast- Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

Ben De Backer- I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver

Nathan Allan- I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver

Genevieve Lefoux- The Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger

Maddie Morrow- Havenfall by Sara Holland

Catherine St. Day- The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

Lucy Muchelney- The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

Fetter- The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

Leonie Jackman- Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

Red- This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone 

Blue- This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone 

Rose- Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

Li Shimin- Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Cliopher Mdang- The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard

Lily Hu- Last Night At The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Patrick O’Hara- The Guncle by Steven Rowley

Ambrose Cusk- The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

Kodiak Celius- The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

[palmettoshenanigans]

Baker/Pastry Chef Andrew Minyard embarking on a journey to make a menu of deserts Neil "I don't like sweets but I love fruit" Josten would enjoy AU, is that anything?

[just-a-queer-person]

first sentences of fav books:

• It's a weirdly subtle conversation.

• Als erstes ist da der Geruch von Blut und Kaffee. [the first thing is the smell of blood and coffee.]

• Neil Josten let his cigarette burn to the filter without taking a drag.

• Joost had two problems: the moon and his moustache.

• On the White House roof, tucked into a corner of the Promenade, there's a bit of loose paneling right on the edge of the Solarium.

• "Oh dear," Linus Baker said, wiping the sweat from his brow.

• I am aware as I step into the common room that the majority of people here are almost dead, including me.

• I walk to the bus station by myself.

• One summer night I fell asleep, hoping the world would be different when I woke.

• There's these two kids, boys, sitting close together, squished in by the big arms of an old chair.

● "Can you come into my office?"

● My father was a king and the son of kings.

● The love of my life wants to die.

• Death Cast is calling with the warning of a lifetime - I'm going to die today.

• Yadriel wasn't technically trespassing because he'd lived in the cemetery his whole life.

• It makes sense that, when the times were desperate enough, when the people were frenzied enough, at a certain point we went past praying to deities and started to build them instead.

• I'd been envisioning what it would be like to behead the Vile One since the old wizard had shown up at my door the day after I turned seventeen and told me my destiny - that i would be the person who ended the dark shadow of evil that ruled our realm.

• When Gwen woke up, she knew she’d had the dream again – and that she’d been loud.

° It was a nice day

° In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.

° Dear friend, I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn't try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have.

° Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite

a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death.

° The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.

- Nichts rührte sich im Tal der Drachen. [All was still in the valley of the dragons.]

- Es war Herbst in der Stadt des Mondes, als Victor zum ersten Mal von Prosper und Bo hörte. [It was autumn in Venice when Victor first heard of Prosper and Bo.]

- Der Fluss wirkte heute grauer als sonst. (There should be an english translation of this saga but i can't find it, it's called = Alea Aquarius)

- Meine Mutter wurde als kleines Mädchen fast entführt. (this book is apparently not very well known even in germany, so there isn't an english version sadly. i reread this every few years and it gives me so much joy. everything you want to happen in it actually happens. it's called: 'Wie eine Nuss mein Leben auf den Kopf stellte')

[aristocratic-otter]

10 Characters Tag

Rules: give 10 different characters from 10 different fandoms, and then tag 10 people to do the same 

Thank you to @carryonsimoncarryonbaz for the tag! This is going to be challenging, because I tend to be obsessively loyal to a very few fandoms. Here goes nothing!

Simon Snow, of Rainbow Rowell's Carry On (my numero uno🥰)

Elliot Schafer of Sara Brennan's In Other Lands

Neil Josten, of Nora Sacavik's All For the Game

Dante Quintana of Benjamin Alire Sáenz's Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Simon Speirs of Becky Albertalli's Simon vs. The Homosapiens Agenda

Alex Claremont-Diaz of Casey McQuiston's Red, White and Royal Blue

Linus Baker, of T.J. Klune's A House on the Cerulean Sea

Elio Perlman, of Andre Aciman's Call Me By Your Name

Star Lord, of The Guardians of the Galaxy movies

Paul Stamets, of the Star Trek: Discovery TV Show

Phew! I made it! I'll nominate a random ten people, since I haven't been on Tumblr much. If you've already posted, then this is just a wave hello!

Tagging: @artsyunderstudy, @frjsti, @ivelovedhimthroughworse, @annabellelux, @fatalfangirl, @facewithoutheart, @giishu, @moments-au-crayon22, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @moodandmist

[skz-miroh]

Listening to a book on audible after reading a physical copy of it is wild because:

A character will be introduced that I couldn’t pronounce the name of and my brain spent the rest of the book calling them ‘Askdfjghzvx’ and I’m internally screaming that ITS NOT PRONOUNCED LIKE THAT

The narrator’s voice doesn’t match up to the character and I have a crisis every time they speak

and because I’m stubborn i carry on listening to it anyways

[darlingbudsofrae]

just a headcanon of neil baking

The first time Neil tries to bake was because he was bored- he was all alone in the dorm (the monsters were in class) and he found a cookbook at the top of the fridge when he was looking for snacks. He had all the reasons to not go through with it because he was lacking supplies and ingredients but he wasn’t deterred and instead went to the nearest store to get what he needed. He ended up baking a bunch of cookies. Yes and nos may have been exchanged when Andrew came home and he may or may not have been delighted and kissed him despite the flour all over his face (what do you mean Neil isn’t a messy baker?). Andrew got a whole lot of them but Neil also gave some to the other foxes (Aaron was reluctant) (Kevin refused to try one because of course, and gives Neil a lecture of how he could’ve literally attempted any other hobby- which really just fueled Neil to bake more, if you ask him).

After that, it was just a saga of Neil trying out different things he could find in the cookbook (cupcakes, cakes, flan, etc.) much to the distress of one Kevin Day and content of one Andrew Minyard (Nicky and the upperclassmen were also very supportive, Aaron passes along recipes from Katelyn one time, and Renee also sometimes share recipes with him because what do you mean Renee doesn’t bake? Of course she does) (him and Renee baked pie once together and the foxes were in for a treat), along with him branching out by checking out other dessert cookbooks in the library and/or searching the internet. The most ironic thing about this is that Neil can’t actually cook shit and he hates sweets so much but his baked goods are really good? Really out there fantastic five over five?? Like Andrew wouldn’t admit it but his favorite dessert may or may not be this one chocolate cake Neil baked out of fun that Neil himself wouldn’t take at least three bites off??? 

The funniest thing though that will eventually lead to Andrew shortly getting mad at Neil, is Neil actually adds a lot of healthy things to these desserts (which he conveniently doesn’t tell Kevin) and it took Andrew like a month to notice it. He ignored Neil the rest of the day when he found out before eventually helping himself to the fresh blueberry cupcakes Neil bakes the next day.

[gennyan]

sometimes i think about the fact the first night when kevin tried to recruit neil for night practice and both matt and seth were ready to throw down just for neil's sake

and then on the second time, if neil hadn't got to the door first, they probs would have just, thrown down with kevin

seth and matt were already so protective of a kid they met a few months ago

[scribbleb-red]

Morning Fuc*offee AU

A Morning AU 

Andrew Minyard likes his routine - wake up, walk to Fuc*offee, side eye the barista, do some work, go home, drink, sleep.

He’s been doing this for months - the barista is good looking and easy to annoy, he’s deft with his hands and safe to look at from a distance.

He’s not happy with life but he’s fine with this - it gets him by for now.

Which is why he’s so irate when a new guy starts to do the same.

New Guy is short and chatty and a tad twitchy. He has the bluest eyes Andrew has ever seen - like the water of Bishop’s glacier lake - absolutely crystalline. But they keep flicking behind him, to the exits, like he’s waiting for danger to find him.

He talks to Andrew’s barista.

He brings in fucking baked goods.

He made Barista Boy smile.

What actual fuckery is this?

Andrew stews and simmers, furious and not a little envious.

It’s easier for other people, he knows that, because Andrew isn’t normal or whole. He’s broken and will spend a life time trying to paper over the cracks left behind.

Fortunately, hating Blue Eyes comes easily to Andrew. He’s well versed in this emotion and applies it liberally to his almost-non-existent interactions with Blue Eyes.

Blue Eyes doesn’t take the hint.

When he passes Andrew he starts to smile, it looks shaky, like he hasn’t practiced the expression much.

Perhaps he hasn’t - there are thin scars over his cheeks, old but definitely once deep and impossibly neat. They’d been inflicted on this man.

Andrew hates him even more.

Blue Eyes has red hair like autumn leaves, like maybe it was auburn but he spent too much time in outside and the sun kissed it amber. He has freckles like constellations across the tan of his skin and when he passes Andrew’s table, there’s the scent of fresh bread and pastry.

No wonder then that Barista Boy has started looking back at Blue Eyes.

No wonder Andrew has become a pale shadow at the sideline of their story.

Andrew decides to fuck routine.

For a week he gives Fuc*offee a miss. He tries other places: there’s no where quite as good though.

On the eighth day, he caves. He wants a good, sweet coffee with plenty of cream. The coffee Barista Boy makes so reluctantly.

He steps into the shop, orders.

Barista Boy actually smiles. “Been on holiday?”

It breaks their no speaking bar ordering rule but Andrew lifts one shoulder and drops it again. “Something like that.”

Interesting that he noticed.

Blue Eyes arrives at his usual time - windswept and breathtaking. His impossible gaze falls on Andrew and he beams. Smile wide and real.

Andrew’s chest is a vice. His stomach fills with iron filings that clip and snatch at his insides.

“You’re back,” says Blue Eyes. “Kevin must be delighted.”

Andrew blinks at him. Kevin. The name of the barista that he refuses to remember.

Blue Eyes waves at Kevin and the man rolls his eyes.

Blue Eyes sits, uninvited, at Andrew’s table.

“I’m Neil, by the way. I run the new bakery over the street.”

Right. The one that now supplies the baked everything to Fuc*offee.

Clearly sleeping with the barista was an added bonus to the business transaction. Andrew shakes himself - that’s a cruel thought and Bee would scold him for passing judgement like that. Still, he feels bitter and annoyed.

He doesn’t have pastries for Kevin. And there’s no way Andrew’s eeked out living as a poet is going to get him in anyone’s pants.

Was that even what he wanted though? He could - and had - found plenty of one night only hookups in the past. It wasn’t enough. He never...

He’s aware of Blue Eyes - Neil - sitting opposite, reading a book.

He lifts his pen to write, pauses, waits for Neil to be an unwarranted distraction. He doesn’t.

There's a shift after that - Neil often sitting with Andrew when they come in together and have time.

Andrew will scribble.

Neil will read.

There's a certain companionship that Andrew doesn't let himself dwell on. Neil goes back to his bakery just before midday for the afternoon shift and Andrew packs up just after lunch to go home.

Andrew likes this.

Not that he'd admit it.

But the highlight of his day isn't ordering his coffee anymore.

It's the moments after - when he and Neil sit together, knees just brushing, occasionally interrupted by a huff of poetic frustration or an exclamation at a plot twist.

So much so, that when Barista Boy turns out to have not just one but two really rather stunning partners - a surly Frenchman and a man with a smile like sunshine - Andrew doesn't really feel... anything at all.

Neil's enthusiastic introduction to Jean and Jeremy is almost over the top.

Turns out Jean has been helping with the French pastries at his bakery.

Turns out Jeremy is way too nice for his own good and has helped to PR the two shops, which is why they're increasingly busy. He also works with Nicky - Andrew realises - or at least for the same company.

Andrew should probably touch base with his cousin, it’s been a while.

Still, even though Barista Boy is taken, Andrew comes to Fuc*offee and spends time with Neil.

And Neil is... increasingly distracting just because he exists.

It's the autumn shade of his hair, the freckles that Andrew wants to map, the fresh blue of his eyes.

It's his smile that comes easier now, at least when he's looking at Andrew.

So really it shouldn't have been a surprise that when Neil swept in one day with a flurry of snowflakes and nose pinked by the cold, Andrew's breath snatched away like birds had swooped off with his lungs.

Andrew has a new problem.

And this time it's not safe. It's not at a distance.

There isn't a coffee bar between him and Neil. There isn't a careful balance of customer and barista. There's nothing but paper and conversation, a scant few centimetres of table.

He spends the whole morning unable to write.

His only thought is: fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.

Right up until the moment that Neil reaches over, almost absently, and puts his hand carefully against Andrew's, palm up.

An offering.

Blue eyes flick up, "You're pushing yourself too hard today. Just relax a moment."

So Andrew puts down his pen.

Lifts his fingers so they hover over Neil's.

"Yes or no?" he asks.

Neil's smile is the widest yes he could give.

-The End-

[lyndiscealin]

Neil the chaotic baker

Neil is a baker and his pastries are good, they are the best in the city, because he bakes with passion.

But his skills aren’t following the standards. His kitchen is a mess after he is done and he is a mess, too. He thinks he has to get it right, so he takes classes with Kevin Day, the most skilled baker in the area. But Neil can’t... everytime he trains with Kevin his pastries get.. just wrong. 

He tries with other bakers. Renee, Jeremy and Jean, Dan and Matt... nothing helps.

One day Andrew comes into his bakery and falls instantly in love with the pastries. Robin is Neil’s cashier and she knows that her boss has problems talking with customers. He is afraid when they see all the flour and other stuff on him, they might think his kitchen isn’t hygienic.

So it takes Andrew a lot of time an patience to get to know Neil. He starts waiting for him at the beginning of his shift at the ass-crack of dawn.

And step by step he shows Neil, that he is perfect as he is. He doesn’t have to ‘get it right’ because there are different ways to get there and Neil is already there.