#pastelknight

[jingerhead]

Hello! It’s been hot minute since you’ve done a fic rec …. sooo pretty pretty please bless us with one ?

Hi lovely anon! I'd love to do another rec list - I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get to answering this, but I hope you enjoy the selection. As always all these fics are andreil-centric unless stated otherwise, be mindful of tags and warnings and show all these writers some support!

Fluff

The One Where They Adopt The Cats by athousandstoriesleftuntold

Hold my hands tight by Faithpollen

You're Worth Losing a Bet by jaydreamz

Holy Ground by freshtaylorswiftduck

King of My Heart by marie_pothos

Lay All Your Love On Me by somebodytoundress

yeah i'll pay 7 dollars for that by archiveofourfoxes

Neil Josten, Sugar Daddy by tomat0head

When Neil Stole Andrew's Cats by LeosBrainrotvvv

Angst

You are in love by freshtaylorswiftduck (misunderstandings)

White Noise by Esmay_Writes (panic/anxiety)

Let's Go To the Beach by greencherrybomb (attempted assault)

the ticking of a heart by kariospy (depression, dissociation, panic attacks)

Broken Compass by JostenlovesMinyard (twinyard-centric, referenced abuse and assault)

So It Goes... by marie_pothos (light angst, mutual pining angst, mild sexual content)

Smut

Better than Sex by sillyunicorn6154

Floating with you by boredgojo (Bottom Andrew)

One Squeeze For Yes by bri_ghtly (aftercare)

Manufactured Urgency by andrewiel

No Kissing Challenge by zoellendraws

But I Can Try (If You Like It) by sambutwithbooks (fem andreil)

When I'm awake with you by TheseSmallDelights

you the type i wanna marry and keep you merry by miehczyslaw (fem andreil, omegaverse)

you are a masterpiece by coritkyo (bottom Andrew)

Longer

Little by Little by klarfire (incomplete, Neil and Nathaniel are twins, read tags for warnings)

Of Keyboards and Streams by PastelKnights (incomplete, streamer au)

100 days by doodlingstuff (incomplete, blind Andrew)

Who's your roommate? by neil_jos10 (Neil and Aaron are roommates, references to past abuse)

The Art of Being Human by kanekicure (merfolk au, part of the 'way down we go' series you should read itttt)

Growing pains of becoming a Real Person series by nightwalker4769 (Neil has a fear of needles)

A Tragic Beauty by rayla2tobe (incomplete, Sleeping Beauty au)

Absolute Favorites

roller rink kids (steady on your feet) by Major_816 (Mac is a god read all their works)

Thicker Than Water by Fortheloveofexy (vampire Andrew)

For The Dancing & The Dreaming by Tidalst (sorcerer Neil)

How to Write a Love Story by tomat0head (fake dating)

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[lovelyredoneart]

“The need to take a stab at something with your rapier calls out to you as you look down at it”

Name: Ritari Paziaa Species: Troll Gender: Female Age: 9.5 sweeps (20 in human years) Derse or Prospit?: Prospit Fetch Modus: Glass Bottle Strife Specibus: Sword-Like Weapon: Rapier Title: Seer of Life Medium: Land of Life and Flowers Blood color: #F67FA4 Lusus: Dolphin Trolltag: pastelKnight Quirk: °○ Adds bubbles ○° around words she wants to emphasize and uses emotes like ^(°w° ^| or \(>w

[aftgficrec]

Your account is godsend. Do you have any new andreil centric flower shop aus or bookshop au fics? I feel like I've read most of them and there's not much of those in the fandom either. Thank you for all that you do!!<3

There can definitely never be enough bookstore or flower shop aus! Here’s a collection of what we’ve previously recommended, and some of the more recent works we’ve found. Hope you’ll find something new to you here! - S

Previously recommended:

Bookstore AUs:

‘The Corpse Road’ (now complete) here

‘you mean you forgot cranberries too’ here

‘fame and infamy (you're a fairytale to me)’ here

‘Next To You’ here

‘Surreal But Nice’ here

‘Fox and Friends’ (since updated) here

‘Bleeding Hearts’ here

‘staff recommendation’ here

Flower shop AUs:

‘Foxglove Court’ series here

‘The Black Rose’ here

‘Only Fools’ here

‘purple violets, scarlet sage’ here

‘Blue, Green, Orange’ here

‘bloom (just for you)’ here

‘The Last Rose of Summer’ here

Flower shop AUs:

Overgrown by PastelKnights [Not Rated, 3781 words, incomplete, last updated July 2021]

Most of the time, people wanted low maintenance, hard to kill plants. A good majority of the time, the masses wanted the same plants as one another, not confident enough to branch out and choose something a little bit different or one that might require a smidge more attention than another. That made telling people how to care for the plants a chore and by god did it make Andrew feel like he was a NPC in some sort of boring slice of life simulator.

When I Fade, Keep Me in Your Memory by demesh [Rated T, 25005 words, incomplete, last updated July 2021]

Neil Josten has a secret: he can flicker out of existence.

He can vanish with the turn of a thought; click his fingers, and suddenly he’s not there anymore. Invisible and untouchable, he becomes a living ghost.

Having promised his mother never to let his ability go, Neil teeters the line between faded and real, a person and an echo. He can’t risk getting hurt.

But then, one day, someone sees him when they shouldn’t be able to.

A (flower-shop) AU about how a faded and lonely Neil finds it in him to become someone real.

tw: panic attacks, tw: violence

flowers 'round your heart by moth_writes [Rated T, 1343 words, complete, Aftg Summer Exchange 2021]

Andrew runs a flower shop and Neil is his witching expert.

A day in the life.

Love Story by Nerdgoddess [Not Rated, 1716 words, incomplete, last updated May 2021]

Andrew and Neil fall in love, Taylor Swift style

The Art Of Speaking In Flower by waywardqueen [Rated T, 5169 words, complete, Aftg Spring Exchange 2021]

Lost in thought, Andrew almost misses his next words when the stranger slams a perfectly crumpled fifty-dollar bill on the counter and seethes out a "How do I passive-aggressively say ‘fuck you’ in flower?"

or

Alternate universe where Andrew is a florist who expresses his feelings the only way he knows how, cue.. flower deliveries with hidden meanings. With an oblivious Neil at hand, will he succeed in his 'salient' endeavour?

The Morning AUs - A Compilation by scribbleb_red [Rated T/E, collection, last updated May 2021]

Chapter 24: Bloom and Wither

Neil is an empathic necromancer running a small florist called Bloom and Wither. Andrew is a mysterious customer who belongs to the Foxhole Sanctuary.

AKA my take on the florist / necromancer trope with a few battles and winged warriors thrown in.

tw: violence, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon

to hide their stolen air by oxymoronbby [Not Rated, 2863 words, complete, 2020]

“Get a job”, he says as deadpan as possible, because, fuck’s sake, he wants Neil gone so bad.

All Neil does is smile at him, taking his time. “I have a job. I’m on a break.”

“How convenient.”

Hold Each Other by exactly13percent [Rated T/E, collection, complete, 2018]

Chapter 33: Bouquet

Andrew is just minding his own fucking business when a ray of sunshine decides to blind him.

He's having a hard time being bitter about giving and receiving flowers.

NB: art for this chapter by @still-waiting-for-godot

Aftg flowershop au by @sundownstreet [tumblr, 2018]

if u will please consider: andrew dobson

he works at bee’s flowershop alongside her (his adoptive mother, but the only person whos ever treated him like a real person)

Bookshop AUs:

words in the wind (Tumblr Prompts) by Willow_bird [Rated M (T for this chapter), collection, last updated July 2021]

Chapter 26: AFTG Prompts: Andreil book store w/coffee

Bookstore! Oblivious idiots in love! Inside my favorite disaster gay's closet!

Letters From Abram by Fortheloveofexy [Rated M, 10389 words, incomplete, last updated June 2021]

Struggling to find his next inspiration, Andrew Minyard is used to a quiet, boring life with nothing but his cats and his books.

Until one day, a mysterious stranger collapses outside his front door, and Andrew's curiosity blooms anew.

(previously titled as: Reading Between the Lines)

tw: blood, tw: injuries

NB: accompanying art, dark academia Andrew by @fortheloveofexy [tumblr, 2021]

Fine-Tuned Afflictions by jensen_57 [Not Rated, 4625 words, incomplete, last updated May 2021]

Neil designs tattoos but refuses to get one. Andrew gives them and exchanges Neil's designs for anything and everything he can find. They skyrocket Foxhole Inks' business and have left him in stunned silence more times than he's willing to admit. So, why is Neil so against getting one of those beautiful pieces decorating his skin?

(technically could be considered just another tattoo artist/bookstore au)

True Love Waits series by thesaroscycle [Rated T, collection, 2 complete works, 2018]

part 1: I'm Just Killing Time (T, 10666 words)

He was sat in the most comfortable armchair in the back, the book in his lap closed but well-worn and dog-eared, one of the things that annoyed Bee to no end. His glasses sat on the table next to him, along with the hot chocolate Bee had made earlier in the morning that had gone cold. He stared out the window into a cloudless blue sky, squinting at the late morning sun and blurry trees. It was getting warm enough outside for the frost to melt on the grass, and late enough for people to start coming in. He couldn’t wish more for fall, when the sky would be gray and the chill would last all day rather than just early morning. Everything seemed to be holding its breath for the coming summer, for longer days and warmer mornings. Andrew couldn’t be less excited for summer; of all their town’s 70-degree-high summers, it was still hot enough for Andrew to melt in his stubbornly consistent black wardrobe.

tw: injured animal, tw: alcohol, tw: anxiety

part 2: Just Don't Leave (T, 7032 words)

Neil tried to ignore it. He really, really did. He was just trying to get to the Foxhole alley as soon as he could, sit in their heating and order something warm before he went to sleep where ever he could find for the night. Everyone else was ignoring the sound too, though, and he couldn’t help but wonder what had people looking away from something crying like that the same way they looked from him when he walked by. What he didn’t expect to see was a cat.

tw: injured animal, tw: alcohol, tw: panic attacks, tw: anxiety

Bookshop AU by @psych0midget [tumblr, 2020]

Andrew had thousands of followers.

He wasn’t sure how it had started. He was the owner of a small independent bookstore and he regularly hit the gym. Nothing more, nothing less.

Biker/bookstore au By @jemej3m [tumblr, 2020]

Andrew watched him swing by every Sunday, like clockwork. It was a crisp morning, the sky an untouched swathe of blue ink, disturbed only by a few hesitant puffs of white.

Art

Andreil flowershop au by @verdiris [tumblr, 2020]

Witch au turned flowershop au by @cielly-art [tumblr, 2018]

Andreil with flowers by @requiemofkings [tumblr, 2019]

[jingerhead]

Hello Jinger! If you wanted to drop another rec list I don’t think anyone would complain 😉😉😉

Oooooo ok here's a couple more things I'd love to rec then! These are all andreil fics, some are multichapter and some are oneshots but I enjoyed them all. Make sure you check out any warnings I might have missed listing here and take care of yourselves, lovelies!

Fluff:

definetly something by bazookajo94 (peak oblivious Neil Josten)

How to Seduce Your Local Superhero by @paradoxolotl (a little bit of angst but mostly it's shenanagins with superhero Neil)

When You Assume... by gluupor (misunderstandings but tbh this is mostly humerous)

Coffee & Cat Dads by @fortheloveofexy (cat cafe au that is also an absolute favorite but I'm putting it in fluff)

Angst:

Not Nothing by TheRainbowElectric (5 times misunderstandings au that is literally so perfect)

Junk Of The Heart by @amaliaisabel (hospital AU, warnings for panic attacks, injuries and death)

curiosity killed the cat by Idnis (Neil gets turned into a cat and theres angst)

You Might Get It by likearecord (miscommunication + some light smut)

Smut:

these fangs by wyverning (Supernatural au with Neil as a vampire, smut is at the end, TW for blood, also check out the other works in the series)

netflix and marry me by lolainslackss

Friday Night Big Screen by moonix

Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy by moonix

Incomplete:

The Forgotten Sunset by @fortheloveofexy (Andrew is a god its amazing)

i need you (to hate me) by neilwrites (genderbent andreil + some smut)

Of Keyboards and Streams by PastelKnights (Andrew is a streamer who partners with professional exy player Neil it's perfection)

Series:

Foxhole Paper Company by orphan_account (The Office au and it's honestly hilarious I really like it)

When the frost is in bloom by Silveriss (Neil is Jack Frost and nobody sees him)

aftg but slightly to the left by constellationqueen (short volleyball au but I personally believe this deserves more attention go read it)

Absolute Favorites:

Blood Spilled (But None Wasted) by Detective4 (Vampire Andrew, angst and injuries, caretaking and oblivious Neil, check tags for warnings)

Dragons are Disasters by Willow_bird (I am obsessed with dragon Neil)

Touch me, love me, leave me by BakaDoll (The soldier Andrew fic, it's very long but trust me every bit of it is worth it - there is smut)

[aftgficlibrary]

Hello hello ! I was wondering if you guys had any fics about Andrew having a panic attack at all ? Thank you and have a great day booboo

Hello! Here are a few -Scout

We both know you don’t mean that by poly_pr1nce (T | 1,340 | 1/1)

The Monsters are in Colombia celebrating another win, when Andrew disappears; Neil goes to Roland for help, and they find Andrew having a flashback and trying to calm down.

Distraction by PastelKnights (G | 780 | 1/1)

Maybe Drake was right.

Maybe.

Maybe.

He was, wasn’t he?

[ao3feed-thefoxholecourt]

Distraction

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2vAGTTW

by PastelKnights

Maybe Drake was right.

Maybe.

Maybe.

He was, wasn’t he?

Words: 780, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: All For the Game - Nora Sakavic

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Andrew Minyard, Neil Josten

Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2vAGTTW

[ao3feed-thefoxholecourt]

The Journal

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2LAy9Gr

by PastelKnights

It wasn't his idea. Somehow though, he was confiding in the pages about what he couldn't tell others.

Words: 860, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: All For the Game - Nora Sakavic

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Characters: Neil Josten, Andrew Minyard, Betsy Dobson

Additional Tags: Post-The King's Men, Post-Canon, Mentions of typical violence, Mentions of Andreil

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2LAy9Gr