#david Wesninski au

[aledethanlast]

Anon asked:

The different amounts or knowledge everyone has when Kevin tells Wymack who he is to Wymack must be something: Neil knows he and Kevin are cousins (assuming at some point his parents told him about his father’s twin or he realized on his own who Wymack was), Kevin probably thinks Neil is just oddly scared of Wymack and has no idea they’re in any way related, Wymack thinks Kevin and Neil are telling him they’re both his kids and are thus brothers and probably utterly terrified for what this means considering his only real guidelines for sibling relationships are him and Nathan and the Minyards, and the Foxes probably still know nothing.

Also, Baltimore must be fucking wild, one teammate was tortured and nearly murdered by his father, the aforementioned serial killer father is their coach’s twin brother, Kevin’s uncle is Neil’s murderous father, Neil’s other uncle and maternal relatives murdered his father, and more. Baltimore is just a host of family drama that the FBI probably didn’t expect and the agents are likely praying for someone else to come take over this shift so they can leave (or are watching avidly and think this is more entertaining than tv)

No see that's the thing. Neil doesn't know shit. He thinks Coach's resemblance to his father is unnerving but coincidental, and over time this is what helps him slowly get over his fear of his father. He looks into that face and sees not a man to fear but a man to cajole and tease and respect.

And then he's back in the basement. Back on his knees, looking up through pain and blood loss and pure exhaustion at that familiar face and those familiar arms.

And the only words managing to stumble out the gate are "Christ, Coach, get off my dick."

As for the reveal... turns out pulling a surprise secret twin brother here to swoop in and take all the suspect's shit is a hell of a move to pull on the FBI. Wymack still has that paternity test result and he's milking it for all its worth to get Neil back. And okay, maybe he should've explained to the foxes what the fuck was actually going on, but he just found out his brother was alive in Baltimore, and is now dead in Baltimore, so he's got a lot on his plate, and this is really a conversation he should have with his nephew(!?!?) first. Letting the kids think Neil is his son for like a day won't kill them.

But at least he didn't really secretly have a biological son on the team that was trying to hide the truth from him, right? Hey Kevin are you okay you don't look so good.

[simonsrosebud]

CHAPTER 7 WEEWOOWEEWOO

[sunriseabram]

WOLFSBANE IS NOW COMPLETE!

I decided to post the epilogue early. If you were waiting to read, now is the time to shine :D

Thank you so much for all your support. This fic was a pain to write but I'm so glad I managed to finish it.

Happy reading! Reblogs appreciated!

Wolfsbane

After his father’s death, Pureblood Vampire Neil Hatford thought life would get easier. He was no longer alone, bound by the chains of The Butcher’s rule. He had an eternal partner, a found family, and a new home to call his own.

The world would not be so kind.

His father's obligations await him, and there are no safe hiding places from the Moriyama family, not when they are a group of crazy scientist werewolves intent on wiping him out for good.

[mini-minish]

nathaniel wesninski & andrew doe au i picked up from a 2021 sketch 🪓🖤🔪

notes under the read more!

• andrew doe gets adopted into the wesninski family when he's just a little older than nathaniel, who hasnt been sent to edgar allen tryouts yet, and andrew doe is trained to be his bodyguard since childhood

• mary doesn't like it, he becomes a weakness for her son and when she leaves she refuses to take andrew with them, so nathaniel stays, and in that mary never really gets to leave

• on the same day she fails at running away and nathan finds them, nathaniel loses his eye lolastyle

• one time when he's a little older, andrew receives a letter, from a boy who claims to be his twin. andrew minyard doe throws it to the fire, and nathaniel picks it up while he's turned, before it burns completelly

• from the day nathaniel gets injured because he refused to leave andrew behind, they go from annoyed acquaintances to inseparable friends

• he calls andrew "drew" and andrew pretends to hate it. later when theyre older the name "nathaniel" starts to weight, starts to sound weird, so he asks andrew to call him something else, and andrew calls him alex, stefan, adam, until they get to neil

• but he only calls him neil when theyre alone, when its a secret, when nathan cant hear them

• "nathaniel" takes up the axe. he's as good a hitman as the little devil of baltimore has to be. he hates it, hates the color red, the color of his hair

• one of andrew's first memories at the house is of nathan cutting a man to pieces and making him watch, making him learn not to flinch, but red is the color of neil's hair, soft, safe, soothing

• before that, though, theres little league. theres learning andrew is talented at exy, theres kevin day, and riko moriyama, and theres jean moreau

• i want jean and andrew to be funny about each other just for some levity here ok

• the reynolds are a renowed fashion brand, far from them to refuse big mafia money, so they work on suits, on silk shirts, on tailored pants, and allison reynolds is always joined by her friend renee when she goes with her parents for fittings

• renee walker meets andrew doe, and andrew thinks shes silly enough to keep in touch.

• kevin day leaves them, and neil realises he doesnt have to be kept either. kevin day gets to get out and nathaniel wesninski gets quieter.

• neil finds his uncle's contact among some of the things his mother left behind. from stuart he gets to ichirou. from ichirou he starts to make a plan

• riko moriyama is going to make a big announcement soon, something about the perfect court, something that will finally brand the rest of them as his, and well, andrew has always told neil how much he hates that the pen's ink makes the skin of his face break out

• and neil still has the address of a boy who claims to be his andrew's twin

• for whatever reason the moriyamas and the wesninskis have one of those rich people dinners planned. neil gets kevin to show up, nathaniel gets andrew to leave, kicking and punching and a promise broken

• later in the night, a little after the first course is served and they begin the socializations, neil gets kevin to leave, leave, run as far as possible, *now*.

• he sees jean, grabs his wrist, and takes him outside. theyre walking fast before neil starts running, and then the explosion comes from inside the house, from the basement, and knocks both of them out before they turn the corner. the hathford's men long gone from the scene.

• all renee walker and andrew doe see from where he's been waiting for the little voice at the back of his mind to make sense, is the house bursting on fire, believing that it does so with what he's supposed to protect still inside

• but since i can't bring myself to do this to them, andrew finds him, finds jean, and at the hospital finds stuart, who takes his nephew in

• he gets contacted by a man called david wymack, who was convinced by kevin day to offer them a place among his foxes :)

[allfortheslay25]

Pls loredump Abt ur new all for the war au

THE MOMENT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!

everyone keep up it’s a doozy☝️

TW: mentions of abuse, torture, human trafficking, assault, murder, and lots of violence ⚠️

Some facts to keep in mind: Based on a draft for a novel I am working on, despite Milo being in this AU it is not 100% based on the Milo fic and has some changes to adhere to my novel, this novel is fantasy with light magic aspects and more godly mythology aspects (so not everyone can do magic cuz it’s more like witchcraft or godly blessings/curses), Neil is sort of intersex (or at least a version of it in this fantasy world) This also isn’t the full story, I left some stuff out because I don’t think I can get through every microscopic detail

The war started when Palmetto country was harassed for the last time. The Moriyamas had sent another army to pass through, use their resources, and bully their citizens. So Palmetto decided enough was enough and declared war. It was Kayleigh Day that accepted and decided to fight back (otherwise the Moriyamas would have closed their boarders and just ignored Palmetto)

David Wymack was in charge of the Palmetto army and fought a long and hard battle against Kayleigh and the Moriyamas defenses. Eventually, they’d met in person and become frenemies. Kayleigh was pregnant with Kevin and after many interactions and conversations with Wymack, decided the war wasn’t worth it. She didn’t want Kevin to grow up surrounded by meaningless bloodshed.

The Moriyamas did not stand for her decision. She started this, she has to end it. They tasked Tetsuji, her closest friend and family, to kill her. Tetsuji did so and raised Kevin as one of his own (alongside Riko) Kevin was told his mother was assassinated by the other side and her war is now his.

So Kevin trained hard, studied war and battle strategy, and worked to finish what his mother started.

Along his journey to becoming the ‘hero’ the Moriyama empire needed, he trained alongside Riko who he considered a brother, and was given two friends; Nathaniel, a young boy belonging to a war driven family aka the House of Slaughter who were well known battle strategists, and later Jean, a teen belonging to a wealthy family aka the House of Pride who were known to own lots of ships and traveling resources.

Nathaniel was always promised to Tetsuji’s unit since his birth. Riko let Kevin have him so Kevin could make a warrior out of him. And, after all, what’s Kevin’s is Riko’s and what’s Riko’s is always Riko’s.

Jean was betrothed to Kevin when he’d completed his first mission. Kevin assumed it’s what Jean wanted since the Moreau family has always been stuck up about letting other families marry into theirs. Their children are picky and if Jean was his fiancé, it had to mean Jean chose him. But Kevin was oblivious to how little Jean mattered to his family.

Nathaniel grew up with Kevin as a brother figure and a mentor. They trained and studied together and snuck away with Riko and Jean to get into childish shenanigans. But every weekend, Nathaniel would need to go home for Wesninski family training where they’d torture him. It was meant to train Nathaniel in interrogation, both how to survive one and how to conduct one. On his first day back, the Moriyamas would hurt him so that he wouldn’t forget to fear them too. Kevin was just as obvious to this and assumed Nathaniel was just very weak and prone to injury.

Eventually, when Nathaniel was 13, he and Kevin got into a fight about how distracted Nathaniel had been these days. He’d kept sneaking off to hang out with some secret friends of his or to follow Riko around. Kevin assumed Nathaniel was purposely getting sloppy and tore into him. Nathaniel had definitely been getting away with those other soldiers, content to let them treat him to food and (appropriate)entertainment in the town. It was an escape from Kevin’s pressure on him and Riko’s abuse behind closed doors (which is why Nathaniel was often following him around)

Kevin said some things he didn’t mean and told Nathaniel to be at the training grounds for night practice or else. Nathaniel left to hang out with the soldiers so he could vent about Kevin’s attitude. He meant to show up for night practice but the soldiers had held him hostage and assaulted him until morning.

Nathaniel had Wesninski training the next day and was gone for two days and an extra day with the Moriyamas abuse. Before he could attempt to go to Kevin, Riko had locked him in his room as punishment for not seeing Riko before he left. When he was finally let out before the next week started, Kevin had to be fuming.

Nathaniel went to Kevin to explain or make up for his absence but running into Riko reminded him that even if he reported it, the soldiers wouldn’t even get a slap on the wrist. Nathaniel was property and if Riko didn’t care that they’d touched him, neither would any other Moriyama. So he showed up to the training grounds to lie about his whereabouts and it set Kevin off.

Kevin laid into him about his sloppiness and hit Nathaniel where it hurts. Kevin decided he had enough and Nathaniel wasn’t cut out to be a soldier so he quit as his mentor. Nathaniel of course had argued back and twisted the knife (metaphorical) into Kevin as a final word. They got into a bit of a tussle in which Kevin slice Nathaniel across the face as the final ‘we’re done’. Nathaniel left the castle grounds for some space and hid away for a week when he’d realized something was wrong. He was pregnant.

Knowing what the Moriyamas would do to him and how they would have decided to use this to their advantage, Nathaniel decided to leave the country. He changed his name and disguised himself (with the help of his mother) so he could go to Palmetto. Renee, a solider who helps people escape from the war and settle down into Palmetto, picked Neil out of the crowd instantly. They had to test him since being pregnant allows extra comforts and resources and many people try to fool them for it every day.

Neil was kept under constant watch by Andrew, a fellow soldier and friend of Renee’s. They talked every day, Neil never giving up any information and doing his best to take scraps of info about the war from Andrew. Eventually, Neil was far along enough for a doctor, Abby, to examine him and prove he was with child. The information wasn’t a blessing to Neil and only made him more bitter and hostile towards the Foxes (soldiers of palmetto tasked with guarding the farms that those with pregnancies stay at) Neil was allowed privacy but that was a favor from Andrew after Neil gave him a truth.

Neil had planned to use the comforts provided for pregnant ppl until Milo was born and he could just give him up and move on with his life. Andrew knew and because no one asked, he never told any of the other Foxes. Andrew would give Neil reports about the ongoing war, they’d play their truths game, and ofc Andrew would just do his duties as a guard.

When Milo was born, Neil decided to keep him, afraid to end up alone in this new country. While recovering, Neil could not stand the Foxes reckless and messy teamwork during battles and provided them with better plans and instructions while in bed rest. Dan was eager to let him since his plans worked and made sense. When Neil recovered, he enlisted and Dan took him under her wing to train him to replace her.

Word got out about this new strategist of there’s and how ruthless he was. Kevin had not been out on the field (he’s one of few people allowed to switch back and forth between battlefield fighting and hq strategy) but Riko had.

Riko one day stormed back into hq to rant about Nathaniel being the new strategist. Kevin didn’t believe it and didn’t think it was a funny joke since everyone had assumed Nathaniel was dead. Kevin instantly geared up to meet them on the battlefield and fought him, using Nathaniel’s old habits to get him on his back and unmask him. Kevin was relieved to find him alive but confused as to why he was fighting for palmetto.

Neil kicked Kevin’s ass and told him to go back home, deciding to retreat for now. Kevin followed his lead in his state of shock. A week later, he received a note from Nathaniel to meet him by a certain lake they used to hang around as kids. There, he explained that he was no longer Nathaniel and he would not be coming back to the Moriyamas. They argued, Kevin begged for him to come back, he told him that the Moriyamas killed Mary for hiding him and her last words were that Nathaniel died, Nathaniel did not mention his assault or his son but threw his abuse in Kevin’s face before they calmed down and talked about nothing. Sunrise came around and Neil left.

Kevin had hopes of convincing Neil back and confided in Jean about his struggles. He told Riko to forgive Neil and naively hoped they could all just go back to normal.

Flash forward to Tetsuji having a mission for Kevin. Kevin, eager to prove himself, agreed to kill an enemies son. Tetsuji tells him to slow down before explaining that it’s a baby and not only is it a child, it is Nathaniel’s one and only son. Kevin begs and tries to convince Tetsuji to see another way, that Milo won’t be a threat, that they can’t do this to family. Tetsuji reminds him that Nathaniel is a traitor and no longer family and that if he cannot complete this mission, someone else (possibly Riko) will. Tetsuji does this to Kevin because he wants to ensure that Kevin is a Moriyama and just like when Tetsuji was ordered to kill a sister (Kayleigh) Kevin must kill a nephew (Milo)

Kevin suits up and heads to the farm where Milo lives, sneaking in with the help of the Moriyamas and a token Neil had given him in case Kevin ever wanted to escape to Palmetto (it was a coin with a fox on it that he’d flash towards any guards at the boarders, and they’d let him in) At the farm, Kevin loses his resolve because of how much Milo just looks like Neil. Kevin had first met Neil when he was three years old at a Wesninski banquet, that’s when Riko had gifted Kevin with the honor of training him. Neil moved in with them when he was eight years old, and started his physical training at 10. Kevin couldn’t fathom killing Milo when all he saw was Neil’s infant face at that banquet.

Kevin instead kidnapped Milo and taken him back to the Moriyamas castle where he begged Riko to convince Tetsuji to let them keep him. Riko had agreed instantly with ulterior motives to raise his own Wesnisnki weapon. They tutored Milo in battle strategy and while Kevin was away on the battlefield, Riko would hurt Milo.

Neil had gone to torturing the Moriyamas ppl to find information about Milo’s possible whereabouts. It had gotten bad enough that the Moriyamas were willing to just toss him back to Neil or even kill him to get rid of the evidence. Riko had a dumbass plan to send an infants mutilated body back to Neil with a threat. Kevin actually believed it to be Milo and had a mental breakdown about the loss until Riko revealed it was all a trick. Kevin began to realize how much of a monster Riko actually was.

Meanwhile, Neil stopped torturing the Moriyamas citizens and instead just started burning down their villages. At first, it seemed like a ridiculous act of grief and the Moriyamas opened their kingdoms city borders for the homeless to reside in temporarily. Once all of their ppl were in one place, Neil broke into the castle and gathered all the Moriyamas to make them beg for mercy.

Kevin was the only one to beg for forgiveness and accept any punishments Neil had to offer. Kevin hadn’t known where Riko hid Milo at the time and didn’t know if he should admit that Milo was in fact alive (after all, Kevin didn’t even have proof) when the Moriyamas made halfassed apologies for Neil’s loss, he told Kevin that he was an idiot and needed to stop treating Neil like a child. Then Neil set the entire city on fire as his men slaughtered as many women and children as they could. Kevin was forced to watch from a window and listen to the people’s screams as the city burned and bled. It was the first time Kevin saw Neil as a monster.

Neil then castrated the Moriyamas, killing Kengo and Ichirou and taking Tetsuji’s hands. Kevin was the only person unscathed because Neil knew how Kevin has the worst case of survivors guilt. Riko was the only person who escaped, hiding away until the next day when the fires died.

Tetsuji was meant to make Riko king now. He first ordered Kevin to kill Milo as a last act of vengeance and fear that Neil would discover the truth. Riko taunted him about it and went to sleep like a baby for his coronation the next day. Kevin almost did kill Milo before deciding to instead kill Riko in his sleep. Kevin took Milo and returned him to Neil’s men.

On his long journey to palmetto (now that the city is burned and the borders are back up Kevin must take the long way) Jean’s spirit follows him, talking to Kevin as he begins to believe he is going insane. He didn’t want to believe Jean was dead but it was the only answer. Tetsuji and his advisors slaughtered Jean for killing Riko. They didn’t bother investigating and brutally murdered him. Kevin eventually is able to return Milo and wanders between the borders, unable to return home or go to palmetto.

Neil later forgives Kevin (after a very long few years) and helps him connect with Wymack. While Kevin talks to Neil about his plans, he avoids the war and Neil never tells him that Tetsuji hung himself and the throne now belongs to Kevin. The war is coming to a close and Kevin needs to let it end before he can claim his title. Except, while Kevin is helping a few ppl escape to Palmetto, Milo (who is a teenager by now) tries to kill him, driving Kevin farther from both kingdoms. It’s why he never gets the news about the end of the war or Neil and Andrew’s brutal deaths.

Injured and weakened, Kevin tries to help as many people as he can as they all make way to palmetto. Crossing the river, Kevin is too injured from Milo’s attack to fight the ripples, causing Kevin to fall and bust his head open on a rock. Kevin drowns until he finally bleeds out.

As for Neil and Andrew, they were still on the war front the day the news of the end came. Neil was asked to help some villagers nearby their camp. He was tricked and captured and the villagers burned him alive for a day and a half. Nearing the second day, Andrew received word about Neil’s kidnapping. He was leaving their tent when he’d had a heart attack and died. Andrew was purposely poisoned so he wouldn’t avenge Neil’s death.

The only survivor of this story was Milo, who had trained himself for his parents war, who was tortured just to end it, who was kidnapped and separated from Neil, who didn’t even get to fight in it. Milo lived to tell their tale and was forced to face it alone.

The end.

[film-in-my-soul]

On the impossibility of reality [Podfic]

Fandom: All For The Game

Pairing: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard

Rating: E

Length: 06:17:32

Summary: “Inception,” says Ichirou Moriyama.

‘You’re crazy,’ Neil does not say, but it’s a close thing. “It can’t be done,” he says instead, after a too long pause.

An Inception AU. Kevin is the best extractor in the game, Neil spends too much time pretending to be other people, and Andrew? Well, Andrew knows all about inception.

Many thanks to the amazing podficcers who gave their voices to all the different characters within this story:

@film-in-my-soul (me) as Narrator/Neil Josten/Nathan Wesninski

@kbirbpods as Andrew Minyard

@aliteralgarbageheap as Kevin Day

@notesofadelfa as Ichirou Moriyama

@literarion as Riko Moriyama

@mistbornhero as Nicky Hemmick

@omg-elledubs-things as Matt Boyd

@rhea314 as Dan Wilds

@shakespearestolemyurl as Aaron Minyard

@bubbleskat as Jean Moreau

horchatapods as Renee Walker

@flowerparrish as David Wymack

@thefluxqueen as Allison Reynolds

@N0Connections as Ichirou's Man

*Please note this podfic is split into 5 chapters, each one covering 5 chapters of the original fanfiction

Written by: @defractum - ORIGINAL FIC LINK

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[s-exy-sapphillean]

Okay i'm actually going to explain

Tying not to rant abt hazbin but it was wildly disappointing to me that the idea of redeeming sinners didnt actually rly go anywhere (in my opinion). And the whole concept of the foxes as a team in aftg is second chances right? And while it's not a focus of the story it's still done better than in hazbin lmao

So, not a 1:1 translation, just taking some hazhin concepts & the setting:

The moriyama main branch as the rulers of heaven

Tetsuji, Riko and the Ravens as the equivalent of Adam, Lute and the exterminators

Kevin as a dissented/cast out exterminator like vaggie

The hotel as probably the most different. No affiliation to any hellish royalty. Run by a literal saint, Wymack, who has been trying to oppose how heaven runs things but hasnt found much support since he hasn't yet been able to prove sinners can actually be redeemed. Literal angel Abby by his side.

Cherub Bee who fundamentally disagrees with how the roled of cherubs have changed in heaven and believes her job of protecting and redeeming souls can best be carried out with sinners in hell, so she joins wymack's project

Other big difference being Nathan as the Devil. Direct affiliation with heaven, still acting on their behest for the most part

Neil, son of the devil, trying to hide away from his father, no clue about the connection between his father and heaven thinks that mby, especially with his angel heritage, he can escape his father by getting into heaven through the whole hotel project.

Kayleigh Day as Eve

Mary Hatford as Lilith

Foxes as a varied assortment of hotel guests, some more enthusiastic about second chances and redemption (renee, nicky, matt, dan) than others (seth, andrew, aaron, allison)

Drake is in hell too. Big focus on how fucked up it is that andrew was damned to the same place as his abuser & aaron was too for killing his twin's abuser (i'm thinking different timeline when they were alive: aaron kills drake, andrew crashes the car to kill tilda but dies too, aaron succumbs to grief and addiction)

I have put way more thought into this than i like

Possibly the worst idea my brain has cooked up:

Hazbin AU of All For The Game

[ashestoashes7]

might as well do 2, 6 & 11 too!! if you wanna <3

I’m going to do this a little out of order because #2 might get long haha

6 - Favourite Theme/Motif?

I think there’s many I could pick from but I think I’m gonna go with Wymack’s about not writing people off and offering them a chance.

11 - Who are you most like in the series/ relate to?

I think I’m going to have to say Jeremy Knox for this one. With the whole trying at positivity and facade sort of situation.

2 - Favourite Fanficiton(s)?

This one I could go on for probably a while so I’m only going to put a few right here so it doesn’t get too long.

wingpeople by likearecord

coffee shop au but Nicky sees Andrew smiling at Neil and decides to take the situation into his own hands. And to the rest of the Foxes.

(Absolutely amazing and all the interactions are lovely)

Vervain by foundinthedark

Special detective Andrew Minyard is tasked with infiltrating the infamous Wesninski household as a servant. Surrounded by pureblood vampires, his mission to uncover and tear down a suspected child blood smuggling ring is no easy feat.

It's a good thing that Nathaniel is nothing like he expected.

(Absolutely love this one and now the sequel is out too)

No More Fucks To Give by Wrotethis

What would happen if Neil Josten didn’t give a fuck? This, this would happen.

(I am never getting over this. Neil is chaotic and it’s amazing)

Brave-less, but not a coward by Leocante

Neil is a Raven. Foxes are playing against the Ravens soon and studying up on their games.

(Not going to spoil it by putting more in my makeshift summary but this gets me every time and it’s excellent)

make me a believer by makememakesense

Mobster matchmaking with fortunate outcomes:

(Words cannot explain how much I love this. Trust me. It’s so good!)

Into The Deep by Fortheloveofexy

Neil Josten stares at the large building in front of him, his mouth twisted into a small frown.

Yesterday, Browning had handed him a manila folder containing his new name, his new life. Included in that file had been a note, the same slightly crumpled note he’s holding in his hand now, with the name of his new employer.

Foxhole Aquarium. Ask for David Wymack.

(This is so absolutely lovely, excellent, the way they are written is just scream worthy <333 )

[aledethanlast]

For all those wondering about the interpersonal fallout between Neil and Kevin in the David Wesninski au

About a month post everything Kevin tries to pull a "Well since I'm the eldest—"

He doesn't even get to finish the sentence before Neil yells "ANDREWWWWW KEVIN IS TRYING TO USE FAMILY AS A COERCION TACTIC"

Six dead no survivors Kevin goes right back to being a bitch in general like nothing happened

[simonsrosebud]

CHAPTER 2!

Song: Formula by Labrinth

[moondal514]

I’ve been thinking about this ask from @theravenkin’s blog that talks about how AFTG is a fandom that likes to do random ass and hyperspecific niche au’s so naturally I thought I’d make a fic rec list of 5 of my faves:

Under A Sea of Mist by puddlejumper99/ @writingpuddle

For a thousand years the Lord Ruler has reigned over the Final Empire. Ash falls from the sky and strange mists shroud the night. The skaa labour in the fields and the nobility dance in their Keeps, their glittering lights blinding them to the cruelty in their hearts.

The skaa rebellion is a fantasy and Neil knows it. The Lord Ruler is immortal; there's no overthrowing him. It's as much a surprise to him as anyone else when he gets recruited. But as he gets drawn deeper into the plot, he starts to discover things that will change their understanding of magic forever.

There's always another secret.

Mistborn au. There‘s probably only like 4 people that love both of these fandoms like me, so reading this felt so self-indulgent, like it was ripped straight from high school me’s wildest dreams, and it just makes me clap my hands with joy like a child every time I think about the fact that this fic exists

Whispers in the leaves, shadows in the moonlit night by Silveriss/ @wulfrann

Monsters and ghouls of every age,

Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

Far beyond the graveyard and its renowned Spiral Hill, the Woods prevail. There are no animals to be found there, not one sign of life but for the shifting of the mist and gentle caress of the wind.

Neil has lived in Halloween Town for as long as he can remember, though memory is a fickle thing.

Since his mother, Mary Finkelstein, died two years ago, he hasn't been as good at following her orders as he used to be.

He's made friends. He's not sure how it happened, really - it feels like he just woke up one day with his life suddenly entangled with a whole group of people he hadn't noticed getting slowly closer.

He's also taken the habit of looking at the Woods.

There's something calling to him. He can hear them in the wind, the whispers in a hundred incoherent tongues.

They say crossing the threshold is always the most difficult part.

Nightmare Before Christmas au. Really gorgeous atmospheric writing and adds some v cool worldbuilding elements to the Nightmare Before Christmas universe

The Real Folk Blues by moonix/ @annawrites

Captain David Wymack and the bounty hunter crew of the Bebop spaceship might be a little out of their depths chasing down the infamous hacker and notorious runaway Neil Wesninski, whose bounty exceeds even Kevin's wildest dreams. Worst of all, Andrew might actually enjoy it.

Cowboy Bebop au. The Foxes are space cowboys, I think that’s all I need to say

I'd Never Want to Complicate Your Heart by jingerhead/ @jingerhead

Andrew glanced at the board and found his name at one of the pods of two rather than four (thank god), right next to the windows. Next to his name was ‘Neil Josten’, one Andrew didn’t recognize, but he had to be at least a sophomore to be in this class. Turning to find the right seats, Andrew found himself pausing as he walked, seeing the person he’d be sitting next to for the foreseeable future if Mr. Browning had his way.

And shit, this was either a good thing or a bad thing, because Andrew is very, very gay, and Neil was good looking enough to become a distraction very quickly.

~*~

Or, the Heartstopper AU nobody asked for but that I absolutely needed to write.

Heartstopper au. I called this fic Heartstopper for the asexuals in my bookmark notes and in my comment on it and I will stand by that until I die cuz some of Neil’s experiences with his sexual orientation in this fic echo my own so well I got chills

Andrew Minyard's Diary by fuzzballsheltiepants/ @fuzzballsheltiepants

Andrew is comfortable with his life. He helps edit bad books. He has his collection of people, an apartment, and a novel he will never finish writing. If only his cousin and best friend would stop trying to set him up with one Neil Josten.

Except...perhaps he wouldn't mind being set up with Neil after all.

In which Andrew is Bridget Jones, Kevin is Daniel Cleaver, and Neil is Mark Darcy. Except none of them are like their inspiration characters at all.

Inspired by @scribbleb_red, who said on Twitter "What if there was a Bridget Jones AU?" and when I said, "Yes please!" she handed me the reins. I hope this is even remotely what you were looking for.

Bridget Jones’s Diary au. Absolutely hilarious concept with just perfect character dynamics

[xasafi]

Red by xAsafi

Words:

43,591

Chapters:

15/15 (completed)

Fandom:

All For The Game - Nora Sakavic

Relationships:

Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, Neil Josten & Jean Moreau

Characters:

Neil Josten, Andrew Minyard, Jean Moreau, David Wymack, Kevin Day, Aaron Minyard, Nicky Hemmick, Danielle "Dan" Wilds, Matt Boyd, Allison Reynolds (All For The Game), Renee Walker (All For The Game), Abby Winfield, Betsy Dobson, Agent Browning (All For The Game), Jeremy Knox, Coach James Rhemann, Ichirou Moriyama, Nathan Wesninski, Lola Malcolm, Stuart Hatford

Additional Tags:

Alternate Universe - Vampire, Vampires, Blood, Blood Drinking, Implied/Referenced Torture, Implied/Referenced Abuse, Canon-Typical Violence, Suicidal Thoughts, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Flashbacks, Anxiety, Food Issues, Nightmares, Trauma, Out of Character, Not Beta Read, Car Accidents, Blood and Injury, Soft Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, Torture, Hurt/Comfort, Blood and Violence, Neil Josten & Jean Moreau Friendship, Fluff and Angst, Happy Ending, Use of the Word 'Love', kinda fast burn because apparently slow burn isn't something I can write, POV Alternating

Summary:

Then the door to their room opened to reveal a group of men and Neil's mind narrowed to what one of them held in hands - two transparent bags that contained the only thing he needed to survive but which brought so many bad memories.

Blood.

A vampire AU

[andylantsov]

He could have had them there in half the time but Coach was married to traffic laws.

- Andrew Minyard (@downintheflames), The Raven’s Nest chapter 6

Pretty sure coach is a bachelor, Andrew :/

[sleepdeprivedyurio]

AFTG Boy Band AU part 2; Neil

Nathaniel Abram Wesninski is the son of the Butcher of Baltimore. His mother was the princess of a crime syndicate across the sea. Together his family controlled an indisputable portion of the southeast

One day, after a fun little studio session with some other boys his age, Nathaniel’s mother took him and ran. Nathaniel never understood why his mother took him away from the only thing that he loved

After his mother’s death Nathaniel wandered aimlessly for days, weeks, months even. Until he found himself at a garage sale on a Saturday somewhere in the middle of Virginia

Sitting right in front of him was a bright orange Squier Bullet Mustang, hardly used, and being sold at an ungodly price. Thankfully, Nathaniel had an ungodly bank account.

Two weeks later found Neil on street corners, playing his guitar until his fingers bled, just to have something to do. He didn’t need the tips but it felt good to earn money doing something honest. The metal cutting into his fingertips dragged his mind away from his mother’s burning corpse

He kept moving, making sure not to play one city too long, not to develop any sort of reputation among the locals. He thought he had done a good job until his worst fear came true and he was approached by a man who said he recognized him.

Wymack, of Fox Records, offered Neil a contract and a chance to play on a real stage. Everything Neil wanted but new he couldn’t have. After two weeks of convincing Neil agreed to test out the studio, but told himself he was making no promises.

The first moment he walked into the studio Neil was hit with a broken microphone stand and barely missed being pelted with a cymbal. As he looked up he didn’t know whether to grin or reach for a gun: standing in front of him, between debris from various instruments, was Kevin Day, former guitarist for The Ravens and Neil’s obsession

To be continued…

Part 1 Part 3

[stay-because-now-you-have-a-home]

Follow up post this

@undershipped asked some question about the aftg vampire/werewolves idea I came up with, so here are my answers:

1) Kevin wouldnt be a werewolf, he's the only one of the Ravens who arent, mostly because Wymack is a vampire (hence why the rest of the Foxes are also vampires) and ig Kayleigh was too. However, because of his history with Exy the Ravens made an exception, at first he had a hard time with being the only vampire on the team, being called names such as "bloodsucker" but after Riko unoffically made Kevin court he started to gain more respect from both the media and the Ravens

2) In my brain Nathan is werewolf, his job is to eliminate vampires,so yes he is kinda like a hunter and the Moriyama's pay him for protection and information on the fae covens because Mary is a dark fae, like the Maleficent.

3) For Neil, he had a choice to either become a werewolf or a dark fae he had weak power from his parents but he couldnt offically identify as either fae or werewolf, I do like the idea that the payment for Neil was a bite to intiate him into the Raven but him and Mary ran before the transaction was complete, Mary still dies though.

4) Wymack let Neil join the Foxes even though he wasnt a vampire, however in exchange for keep Neil safe, he let Andrew bite him. Obviously Neil didnt know at the time that bites are how mates/soulmates are marked but eventually found out when him an Andrew were talking leading up to the "doesnt mean I wouldnt blow you"/"you like me", "i hate you" thing

If anyone has any more questions then feel free to put it in my asks! This was fun to write and I definitely wouldnt mind doing it again!

@undershipped hope I answered all you questions and cleared up any confusion :)

[neil-jortson]

wymack! and! his! kids!! incredible!!!!!, please make a pt 2

Thank you!! Ask and you shall receive:

Pt. 1

Wymack and his kids pt. 2

Wymack looked down at the kid on his doorstep and asked “Nathaniel are you hurt?”

Neil flinched hearing the name “please don’t call me that”

Wymack sighed and said “alright - kid - are you hurt?”

Neil shook his head and fiddled with the duffel bag on his shoulder, his eyes looking down.

Wymack sighed again and said “okay, well I’ll go get you some towells. You go around to the back and we will get the hose to get most of that dirt off you before you try to track blood through my house”

Neil looked at the blood on his hands and the grime covering his body and said “I’m sorry” before making a slow walk to the back gate

Wymack looked up at the sky and grabbed the bridge of his nose before turning to face his inquisitive family.

As happy as he was to see that Nathaniel was still alive he could deal without this bullshit today with a crowded house

What was he going to tell the kids?

He gave himself another minute before shutting the door and returned to the table. He took a long look at his kids before saying a sentence that would change their lives forever

“He came home” it was said with a small smile while Wymack made eye contact with everyone in the room

The kids mouths were agape as they tried to figure out who “he” was. When they put it together they began to clamour:

“Nathaniel! He’s back” “where has he been?” “Is he okay?” “Is he going to stay with us” the chatter of the voices rose in volume until Wymack hushed them

Wymack says “he’s in the back right now and I’m going to try to get most of the blood off of him before he comes in for a proper shower. Aaron I need you to grab some of your and Andrews old clothes for him to wear. Abby I need you to get the first aid kit because he looks pretty beat up. Matt go and run and get me some towells. I don’t want to alarm you all but you’re old enough to be told: he looks different and I’m not quite sure how much different he’ll be. I don’t know where he’s been or why he was gone, but he doesn’t want to be called Nathaniel anymore. I’ll go out there and help him but I want you all to stay inside for now. Also, for the love of god eat some of Abby’s food she spent so long preparing it.”

“I think it’s best we give him space so I’ll let you all talk to him after he’s had a shower and some food because the kid looks like he’s been through hell and back.”

The kids made a fuss when Wymack mentioned they couldn’t go out but they all moved to help. All but one. A blonde hair boy wearing all black just sat there staring at his plate.

Wymack got the towells from Matt and walked out towards the back porch he turned to Abby before asking her to try and get the kids to eat. “They might be in for a long night”

Wymack went out to the back yard alone. As much as Wymack doubted Nathaniel would hurt any of them he didn’t want to put any of his kids at risk. Plus, Nathaniel looked like he was one startled sneeze away from running.

He walked out into the yard and over to the water hose and Nathaniel who was sitting on the ground with his knees to his chest. Nathaniels eyes were glazed over as he looked off into the distance.

Wymack set the towells down and turned on the hose

“Take off your shoes kid” he instructed

Neil followed his command and sat dejectedly, refusing to look at the house to the side of him

“After your shower you and I are going to have a conversation alright. Hell kid you’ve been missing for years”

“I know. I’m sorry”

“Why come back now?”

Wymack saw Nathaniels eyes fill with tears he wouldn’t let spill

“He uhh... my father he, he killed her. I didn’t know where else to go”

“Should I call the police?”

“No please just give me a day and I’ll be gone”

“Na- kid we don’t want you to leave”

“But I have to”

“How about you give me a day to convince you to stay, huh”

Neil didn’t have a response to that. He was already breaking his mother’s rules just by being here. Not that it mattered much, breaking the rules. She was gone and so he went to the only place he could think of, home.

He hasn’t processed her death yet, not really anyway. He burned the body and left it on the beach. There’s a gap in his memory, but the next thing he knew he was in a stolen car on the way to Andrew’s house (or at least he hoped it was Andrews house). So many years had passed since he walked up those front steps. Neil was terrified to knock on the door. What if they had left? What if they hated him for how he had to leave? It took him a few minutes to gather up the courage to knock on the door. When Wymack opened it, Neil didn’t know what to think.

Wymack and him scrubbed at the blood and soot all over his arms and legs, leaving the clothes on till he could get in a shower. The shoes were left on the ground, ruined. As they cleaned off the grime Wymack started to see scars on his arms and legs, as well as some new cuts that Abby would need to take care of. He couldn’t help but feel a stab of guilt that those scars were his fault. He felt responsible for Nathaniel, even if he wouldn’t want to stay.

They say in silence before Wymack asked “If you don’t want to be called Na- your name anymore then what should we call you?”

“Neil. Neil Josten.”