For his birthday, the twins decide to give Nicky a full family day just the three of them (maybe, just maybe, it was Bee's idea).
Nicky is so overjoyed at first that he doesn't know what to do. He wants to go somewhere fun but doesn't want the boys to hate him later or having to leave because Andrew threatened to stab someone. He definitely doesn't want to tempt Aaron either, and also they go clubbing every week.
He doesn't wanna choose somewhere far because they would spent lots of hours on the car in silence. But staying on campus seems boring.
Aaron and Andrew told him with a week to spare because they knew he would have trouble picking. But the days were getting closer and closer and Nicky hadn't choose.
Until he did.
"I wanna go to the park." He announced, a happy smile on his face and a full backpack of snacks and drinks over his right shoulder.
Andrew arched a brow in silence.
"And do what?" Aaron asked trying (and failing) not to sound so annoyed. He had to spect something like this from his cousin, it was his fault not to.
Nicky shrugged. "Spend the day together."
The twins looked at eachother as if decing wich one will get to roll his eyes at that statement.
"You promised." Nicky reminded them.
So that's what they did. They spent a full sunny and warm day in a nearby park, had a "picnic" of sweets and alcohol and played card games.
Nicky and Aaron competed about wich one would get higher on the swings when the amount of children on the games decreased. Andrew watching them from a bouncing horse. And then the three of them took a picture to send to Erik.
They looked happy. They looked like a family.
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Aaron letting himself collapse on the floor after an intense footwork practice session where Kevin breathed down everyone’s necks so they would be perfect for finals.
His lungs are on fire, his legs have the consistency of jelly left in the sun for too long, and he is exhausted from all the assignments and tests he has had to work on and study for. As soon as Wymack whistles the end of practice, he tosses his helmet away, falls to his knees first, then willingly lets gravity pull him down until he’s sprawling on his back. He doesn’t care one bit. He’s just tired. He hears footsteps coming his way.
Matt appears from above him, looming high, and looking just as rough as he is. “You good buddy?” he asks. They’ve gotten closer ever since Aaron switched dorms with Neil. Aaron nods silently.
Matt stretches his hand outfor Aaron to take but he shakes his head. “The floor is great right now,” Aaron wheezes.
Matt snorts. Then he does something Aaron didn’t see coming. He crouches and lets himself lay down next to him. “Huh,” Matt says after a beat. “The floor is great right now indeed.”
Aaron stares at him, wondering what’s going on.
Before he can figure it out, Nicky sprawls on Matt’s other side. “Goddammit, I’m fucking parched,” his cousin says through ragged breaths. “Are we having a floor party? Why wasn’t I invited?”
“You just invited yourself,” Aaron answers. There is no heat in his voice.
“Oh Maaatt,” Dan’s voice comes from somewhere on Aaron’s left. She flops down on top of her boyfriend. “I can’t stand up anymore. Day is gonna be the end of me.”
“He’s gonna be the end of us,” Nicky cries dramatically.
“You should thank him. Erik is gonna love those thick thighs,” Matt smiles.
“Got anything you want to admit to the general public, Boyd?” Nicky fires back, playful grin on his lips.
“Keep your flirting away from here,” Aaron groans.
And then the bane of his existence appears in his field of vision, Andrew silent by his side. “You flirt with Katelyn all day long, that’s rich of you to say.”
“Fuck off, Josten.”
“Can’t face the truth?”
“I wasn’t talking to you.” Aaron cannot add anything else as a full water bottle lands on his chest.
“Drink,” Andrew commands quietly Aaron grumbles. He opens the bottle. But he freezes. Because Andrew sits down next to him and tugs Neil down on the floor with him. The redhead willingly lets him and soon enough, half the team is on the floor surrounding Aaron.
Renee, who until then had been helping Allison clean up the court, calls Kevin to join them. It takes a lot of convincing before he joins them too, but eventually all the Foxes are there in a circle. Aaron ignores the feeling in his chest. He ignores the fact that despite thinking he would always be alone, he now has a family, no matter how dysfunctional. He won’t admit it out loud—not yet at least—but he is grateful for every single one of them.
Even Neil, no matter how hard he denies it.
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tagged by @wernerherzogs @tsnbrainrot @billhaders @curlytemple 💕
rules: make a poll with five of your all time favorite characters and then tag five people to do the same. see which character is everyone's favorite!
tagging: @metaphorror @aheavenlyrush @thepoisonroom @freekicks @rubdown @turnpikeghosts @clytemnestraaa @irenabean @leclercari @hunybody @coldbam @azzurris @zumurruds @penult @spcecowboyyy @sincenewyorks i know that's more than five so sue me i wanna play polls with my friends
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sorry 2 lark n sparrow i spent hours on this but all of that time went into the 2nd and 3rd pic lol.
anyway. had this in my brain for ages bc
a. since lark n sparrow do that switcharoo later i have no idea which one anthony was truly describing, but then i remembered in order to do that switcharoo they gotta look The Same Mostly to pull it off.
and b. the 2 ships i see the most with nick are the twins and it's haunted me kfldsjfl. but it's cute and i vibe
if terry jr sounds like hes had this conversation with nicky before it's bc he HAS. in my mind 😌
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I'm deleting everything about litg if I see Seb and Nicky.
They are happy over there with my besties
They better not do my homegirls wrong.
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