#the Ravens

[n0vakay]

patiently waiting for nora to drop the second book 🥹🤲

inspired by that one scene in TSC where jean gets his notebooks back during his imprisonment in abby’s room 😔

[thepriceofsurvival]

Current WIP

[fairvstairs]

You just don't get him like I do.

Wymack pulled a bottle of vodka out of the bag and put it down beside Kevin. “You have ten seconds to inhale as much of this as you can. I’m timing you. Go.” It was alarming how much a man could drink when he needed an emotional crutch. Wymack had to pry the bottle from Kevin’s desperate fingers afterward.

Kevin was silent for an endless minute, then said, “You should be  Court.” It was barely a whisper, but it cut Neil to the bone. It was a resentful goodbye to the bright future Kevin had wanted for Neil. Kevin recruited Neil because he believed in  Neil’s potential. He brought him to the Foxes intending to make a star athlete out of him. Despite his condescending attitude and his dismissals of Neil’s best efforts Kevin honestly expected Neil to make the national team after graduation.

“Good thing you’re not there anymore.” “Jean still is.”

“Let Riko be King,” Kevin said, with the exaggerated enunciation of the thoroughly sloshed. “Most coveted, most protected. He’ll sacrifice every piece he has to protect his throne. Whatever. Me?” Kevin gestured again, meaning to indicate himself but too drunk to get his hand higher than his waist. “I’m going to be the deadliest piece on the board.”

Before he stepped on Kevin tapped the butt of his racquet against the floor and passed his stick to his other hand. He stroked to half-court head high and left-handed and the crowd went wild.  

[luneillusoire]

Lost With You 🫂

(let’s be honest here we all wanted to do the same thing while reading TSC)

[ivlu]

Kevin Day:

[little2nerdy]

reading tsc and jean’s interactions with neil being full of just wishing neil had stayed with him and been his forever partner makes me want to cry. also makes me want to read raven!neil fics for the first time? any suggestions would be much appreciated

[everworcim]

Jean Moreau

[tankuare]

What I would give to see Jean through Kevin’s eyes

[sunflowerius]

once again thinking about the parallels of Neil going into the Nest over Christmas break for Andrew and Orpheus going into the Underworld for Eurydice. hows your day going though.

[perfecteggpartyland]

Nah you have to actually torture me Baltimore style before I tell anyone about aftg like rightfully call me a gatekeeper and pick me but that shit saved me and lots of other people won't get it.i like having this secret obsession Buble with a made up sport .It's MY couping mechanism and no one said anything about healthy.

[landomeowrris]

hear me out: aftg x f1 au

the season starts with kevin and seth as the mclaren drivers, with neil going as the reserve driver. kevin manages to always drag that shitty car up to the points every race, despite having a healing broken hand and drinking himself into oblivion. seth, though, is always in the back of the grid, usually crashing and dnf'ing his races.

the rest of the foxes are mechanics and strategists, with wymack being their team principal. andrew is kevin's engineer and matt is seth's (eventually becoming neil's after seth dies and neil takes his seat). dan and allison are their lead strategists, with renee and aaron as backup. nicky handles their social media accounts.

the ravens are red bull, having the fastest car, best drivers, only top tier mechanics, engineers, all that. riko and kevin were always on top, sending the team hundreds of points ahead each season. when kevin broke his hand, jean got the seat.

(i'll keep going under the cut now lmfao)

kevin has won a lot of races, but never a championship. no, he couldn't be better than riko. riko is a four time world champion, both him and kevin being in the category since they were 18. the same thing happens: the media starts to wonder if kevin isn't actually better than riko, pitting them against each other and somehow roping them into a "friendly" race off between each other. kevin was winning, but he ended up giving riko the lead, afraid of what was going to happen to him if he didn't, but of course, the media also noticed that and the rumors grew stronger. end of the year driver's party, riko and kevin on their ""ski trip"", the whole ordeal with kevin moving to the foxes after.

now, neil. neil quickly rose up from the regional formulas, to F3 and to F2, managing to keep himself on the back of the grid, trying not to draw too much attention. he didn't give interviews, never stuck around after races, never participated in a lot of media content. but of course, kevin noticed. in a particular race where neil had to start from p22, kevin watched as neil overtook just enough to be in the points, finishing p7. he could see that neil was holding back, could see neil doing nothing to overtake the car in front. and that's when he begged for wymack to sign neil to mclaren.

the rest would go on like the books, obvi adjusting to the situation, but it's an au i think about a lot, even if i don't really have the motivation (or the skills) to write it

[sadboyjacinter]

cant stop thinking abt raven!neil. him and jean would have been best friends. he would have protected him. they would have dominated the defensive line. im genuinely so sick.

[herondaleoffspring]

neil "i have to be quiet this year" josten looked riko in the eyes while the entire stadium was chanting the foxes' win and shamelessly said "i'd ask how it feels, but i guess you've always known what it's like to be second, you worthless piece of shit" and i just think it's beautiful

[fairvstairs]

Pt.4

(The first one is a reference to Pt.2).

Let's play a game, do you know how many homoerotic friendships Kevin Day has?? WRONG! There is no right answer. He has sexual tension even with a plant. It's a trauma response. He's very... Passionate?

Do I ship Jean and Renée? No. Do I still believe they are the right person at the wrong time? Yes, yes I do. He has a soft spot for her.

The last one might be just a funny tweet or it might be Jean figuring out Kevin has a problem with alcohol and wondering what happened to him because Ravens can't drink right??? He didn't escape one prison just to be locked up by a beverage of all things. Why didn't the Foxes notice? Why do they not care? Does someone look out for Kevin or do they think that it's not necessary anymore since Riko is dead-

I'm rambling. They mean so much to me.

Let me know what you think💐

[Pt.3]

[luneillusoire]

“Believe in yourself,” she said. “It will all work out.”