#poor Wymack

[undercontrolofdarkness]

neil josten is so real, because he tried to be mysterious and quiet for all five minutes before he gave up and started mouthing off to everyone

[livelaughloveandread]

Wymack: You think I got to choose my players? Because you’re all such an exy dream team?! You, *points at Andrew* you’re lazy.

Andrew: *deadpan stare*

Wymack: You’re whiny.

Aaron: *looks deeply offended*

Wymack: Queenie over there is downright depressing!

Kevin: *looks a little hurt, but shrugs as if to say fair enough*

Wymack: And you Josten, you’re just annoying!

Neil: *grins diabolically*

[bisexualchaosdemon]

Okay, but, the final chapter of trk? Wymack's pov? I have thoughts.

Firstly, can you imagine how much Wymack must have absolutely SHAT HIS PANTS when Neil called? Out of no where, after two weeks completely unreachable, Neil "I'm fine" Josten calls and says he is, in fact, not fine. Going to give the poor man a heart attack!

Really, think about it though. Sure, Neil is cagey and has an obvious mouth on him, but when Wymack signed him he thought it was a simple(ish) case of abusive parents. Then the team says that Neil suddenly decided to go home to said parents and he proceeds to completely disappear for two weeks? Only to call Wymack for a lift, with his voice shot to fuck from screaming so much?

But the fucking whiplash doesn't stop there, no! Wymack pulls up to see Neil, battered and bruised and fucking ginger?! The contacts are gone too and apparently his eyes are blue– just, what the hell happened?

Like he completely crumbles at the sight of his own face and, if that isn't enough to concern Wymack, Riko Moriama's brand is on his face? And this tiny, 5'3", punk ass, little dipshit completely flips his SHIT and tries to cut his own face off???? What the fuck is going on????????

Then, finally — Finally he admits he needs help and Wymack gets him to calm down but oops! taking off his shirt only raises more questions! Abby hadn't said a word, of course, and Wymack misinterpreted Neil's exchange with Andrew in Columbia and Neil only said he pulled his stitches. Sure, he might have suspected something was going on with Neil's refusal to change out with the others but not this! Knife wounds and half a side torn off by asphalt– someone shot him?! Was that, fuck, was that hot iron scarred into his shoulder? Just what in the fuck happened to this kid?

Now he has even more questions than he started with! And, just to throw in another curveball, Neil "I don't drink and will pay someone to knock me out and hitchhike home when forced to" Josten throws back whisky like it's nothing! And just– what? They couldn't got to the hospital? They couldn't afford to slow down? They couldn't have people asking questions? Just what the shit is this kid mixed up in? And, who in the fucking fuck is this elusive 'we'?!

This wasn't just some abused kid! How the hell had Wymack miscalculated this hard? Who in the hell is Neil Josten?!

Well, Wymack guesses he'll find out when the season is over. Until then, he'll just continue to be Neil "gives me a fucking heart attack" Josten.

[chaoticas-hell]

Andrew: Im not going to get sober

Neil: Ill let you touch my chest

Andrew: alright Ill do it

[exy-shmexy]

HC that one day while he’s on his way back from Abby’s house, Wymack finds an abandoned puppy in the middle of the road.

It’s late and he looks hurt so Wymack rushes back to Abby’s so she can look at him. He has an injury on his back leg, probably from getting hit by a car and he is full of fleas. They give him a thorough bath, the water running brown from mud and dead fleas. Despite that, the puppy doesn’t seem bothered by the water in the slightest and even ends up splashing water all around Abby’s bathroom, which makes her laugh.

She treats his wound and the puppy falls asleep in Wymack’s arms as she wraps a bandage around his leg. She smiles fondly at them but he gruffly tells her he’s not keeping him. He’ll go to the vet the next day and leave the puppy there, so don’t get attached Abby dammit.

She takes a photo when he isn’t watching.

They end up spending the night at Abby’s, not really sleeping considering the puppy decided to claim Abby’s bed as his own too and stretched its entire length over the blanket the entire night.

Wymack takes the dog to the vet in the first hours of the morning, telling the Foxes through their group chat that Dan will lead practice for the day as he won’t be able to come. He tells Abby to say goodbye to the puppy before they go, but he’s holding him in his arms and Abby laughs when he pulls up in front of her house an hour later with the puppy happily prancing behind him as best as he can with a thick bandage around his injured leg, a brand new collar around his neck as Wymack carries a puppy bed and toys inside. He grumbles at Abby and she just pats his shoulder. As it turns out, the puppy is a two months old belgian malinois, he is in very good health except for the wound on his leg but it will heal just fine. Abby asks if he picked a name yet and Wymack says no. He wasn’t even supposed to keep him. She rubs the dog between both ears and helps Wymack carry a bag of dog food inside.

She doesn’t comment on it but her heart suddenly feels very warm at the prospect of them visiting often enough to leave stuff at her own place.

The next day, Wymack shows up to practice with the puppy following behind and trying to murder his leash. When the Foxes see him, they all melt. Dan asks for his name and Wymack says he doesn’t have one. Neil immediately suggests calling him Exy, but then gets an exasperated look from everyone except Kevin who is too busy greeting him and getting his hand licked. Neil thinks it would be a great name but then throws his hands up in the air when the Foxes and Wymack firmly say no again.

Wymack tells everyone now is not the time to coo around a puppy so he starts practice for the day but it is very quickly interrupted by the puppy chasing after the balls and running around after everyone.

Practice that day is catastrophically unproductive until the puppy is too tired to keep up so he goes lay down next to Wymack for a much deserved nap.

It’s the middle of the week, but everyone goes to Abby’s after their classes to play with the puppy and try to find him a name. Neil grumbles Exy would be perfect and only gets a smile from Renee.

No one can decide on a name yet but they all agree this is now the official team dog.

[broken-heart-raven-queen]

Matt: Neil punched Riko, it was beautiful.

Wymack in his head: Why this one cannot have normal issues?? Just one. God. I just needed one good player with normal father issues.

[siriusblackisdead]

Neil watching The foxes bond with Wymack: oh how id wish for a father!

Nathan: hi

Neil: OH NO NOT THIS ONE-

[altruistic-meme]

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!!!! hi sea :)

🤡 What's a line, scene, or exchange you've written that made you laugh? trying not to do the same one that i always do (andrew's bored costco thoughts my beloved <3)..... hm..... OH i've got another one from (why is there) joy in this poison!!

“Aren’t Ravens restricted to the Nest?” Kevin sighed. “Yes.” “So it’s all just fantasy,” Nicky laughed. “Not quite,” Wymack sighed, running an agitated hand through his hair as he stepped into the room. All eyes shifted over to him, questioning, and Andrew’s stomach bottomed out. Oh he did not. “Andrew Minyard, what, exactly, have you been planning?” Now, everyone shot him confused looks and Andrew smiled, his eyes only on their coach. “What makes you think I’ve done anything? I would never cause you any trouble, Coach.” “Oh yeah? You have a visitor, Minyard.” He didn’t. “Tell me he didn’t.” “Wish I could.” He did. The door creaked loudly as it opened. And through it, stepped none other than one Nathaniel Wesninski, dressed casually in black sweatpants and a dark gray hoodie. Of fucking course he did. Hysterically, Andrew thought, Two days is not a FEW, Nathaniel. Chaos.

Nathaniel causing absolute fucking chaos is my favorite thing and i just love writing Andrew's thoughts this way and i laugh so hard at this. "oh he did not. he didn't. he did. of fucking course he did."

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉 hmmm....... i have certainly grown a lot as a writer and i have gotten a LOT better at playing with people's emotions with my words >:) i love writing something with the hope of getting a certain reaction (laughter, tears, anger) and then GETTING THAT REACTION!!!! gosh. i'm so proud of myself for this.

🤯 What's a genre you struggle with as a writer (ex. romance, action, etc.)? i'm gonna ignore smut for this, though that is DEFINITELY one. but another is action. i'm not a mentally visual person, so it's very hard for me to picture like, say, a sword fight in my head. which of course makes it incredibly hard to describe what's happening in a coherent way.

this is why im so glad that (wit)jitp is in Andrew's POV bc it means i don't have to put lots of effort into describing exy games :'))))

[ writer asks ]

[giftedpoison]

No because about the Evermore thing at the end of Raven King

Neil wore colored contacts

Did he elect to take them out before leaving or did someone at Evermore have to forcibly remove them

I like the latter cause it's funny as fuck to me

[mystrangefictionaddiction]

Well fuck me in my feelings why don't you 😭

hey hold on a sec. we talk about what baltimore was like for kevin, neil, andrew, but can we talk about wymack for a second. Can we just.

the year before the twins and nicky signed at psu, two of wymack's foxes, ian and kirk, died in a car crash.

the next year, kevin day broke his hand and went to wymack, the only person he thought would keep him safe.

the year after that, seth gordon, the only surving member of wymack's original lineup, overdosed after he was so nearly clean, and it almost destroyed allison.

months later, andrew was attacked in columbia and committed to easthaven. aaron killed someone. andrew was gone and the others came back shattered.

then neil claims to go home for the holidays, they don't hear from him all of christmas break, and on new years, neil calls him and asks wymack to pick him up from the airport. he's there instantly and god, he looks half-dead. neil sees the 4 tattoo and tries to cut it off his face. all he can say is that he didn't sign to the ravens.

then there's the blood in the locker room. wymack can't push away the feeling that something's getting closer, something is coming to hurt his foxes and there's nothing he can do to stop it.

then. the game at binghamton. neil looks on edge but wymack doesn't ask what's wrong. neil and andrew are above his paygrade. then the riot. he can't see any of his kids in the crush. he finally pulls them all out, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight–

neil's gone. neil's gone and they can't find him. andrew can't find him. neil got taken by someone. what was that like for david wymack? did it feel too familiar? did he look at his kids and think not again, i didn't lose another one again. does it ever scare him. does it terrify him. when aaron came back from the police station in columbia, twenty four hours in holding and he couldn't look wymack in the eye, did he think what if i can't save these kids? when andrew was lying in a hospital bed, too drugged to react, did he think what if i can't give them their second chance? when neil grabbed that knife, when he fell to pieces on wymack's kitchen floor, when he came back to them in baltimore, bloody and broken, did wymack think why am i always too late?

[livelaughloveandread]

Nicky: *after becoming the Minyard twins’ guardian* I need an adult!

Nicky: *with a rising sense of horror* I AM an adult.

Nicky: I need an adultier adult!

Wymack: *knocks on the door to recruit Andrew*

Nicky: *with obvious relief* You!

Wymack: Huh?

[youaremysunshine-court]

you ever a riko apologist on main and you hit the block button gingerly, like you're touching something dirty, bc you're scared too much contact with their blog will rot your brain

[paradoxolotl]

Thinking about wymack trying to break the news to the rookie kid about their problems with the japanese mafia without scaring him off the team only for the rookie kid to have his very own ties to a different but related gang is too fucking funny to me

[jeremysknoxes]

poor wymack is traumatized by neil's terrible clothing

[krak3n23]

Imagine being poor Wymack for a moment.

You get Neil Josten in a total of eight fits. He refuses to get more clothes. Your team has to trick, drag or torment him into purchasing clothing. Your saving grace is Andrew Minyard who you’re pretty sure is just buying clothes for the boy to stare at him. You will not complain because at least he’s getting clothes.

Jean Moreau is dropped on your girlfriend’s doorstep by one of your many children that come from mob backgrounds. He too has a closet that you could fit in a child’s backpack. You refuse to deal with this one. This is a Trojan problem.

And a year prior you got Kevin Day. Who came with who knows how many outfits. Probably like two or less. He at least seems to enjoy shopping.

You are worried for these mob children and their lack of extra pants.

[perfecteggpartyland]

Man u just know Andrew was a whole ass gay disaster entire time of aftg and the fact that even wymack pitied our disaster gay cause Neil wouldn't know a good nurtured gesture let alone crush even if it hit that feral red headed gremlin in his face like damn; poor andrew-