#wholesome twinyards

[foxesscramble]

in honor of the holidays here's some foxes and co going home for the holidays (set sometime in the future)

Somewhere in Wisconsin:

Matt Boyd just won his last game before their winter break officially started.

Dan and Matt make their rounds to say goodbye to everyone as the team dispersed to various cities.

They head out and grab a taxi, making a quick stop by their house to grab their luggage.

They’re headed home for the holidays.

Back to where their family was gathering.

Back to South Carolina.

They were unbelievably excited to see everyone.

They had a secret that they were finally telling the foxes when they got them all together.

Dan cradled her growing belly

Somewhere in Colorado:

Renee compiled a list of care advice for her neighbor who is petsitting for her while she’s in South Carolina.

It’s a hefty list and Renee is once again grateful for her kind, elderly neighbor who had volunteered herself immediately after hearing Renee was going to be traveling.

She made her rounds saying goodbye to all her pets before grabbing her suitcase and keys and heading to the door.

She sent a text to Allison to let her know she was about to hit the road.

Text sent she said one last goodbye at the door before locking up behind her.

South Carolina, here we come.

Somewhere in New York:

Allison carefully packed her clothes into her bag.

Had she possibly packed too much for her two-week trip? Probably, but she hasn’t seen anyone in a while, and she likes to look good.

Allison checked her phone for the time before grabbing her suitcases and putting them by the door.

She did one last walk-through to make sure she didn’t forget anything before turning all her lights off and grabbing her luggage.

She closed the door and locked it before making her way out of her apartment. 

She sent a text to Renee to let her know she was leaving and got in her car.

Somewhere in Germany:

“Nicky, Liebling, if you don’t get your ass down here we’re going to miss our flight!” 

Nicky swears as he collects his bags in a hurry, his feet pounding down the stairs of his and Erik’s apartment.

Germany had done Nicky a lot of good but he was undeniably excited to head back to the States.

Back to his family.

“I’m ready! I swear!” 

Erik laughed and herded him out the door.

They made it through the security check with 15 minutes to get to their boarding area.

They laughed as they ran through the airport, their luggage flipping and bumping into the back of their legs.

They were the last people on the plane, but they made it.

Nicky was going home.

Somewhere in California:

Kevin lugs both suitcases into the trunk of his car before he helps Amalia into the back seat and gets her buckled into her car seat.

They were driving all the way to South Carolina because Amalia had recently become deathly afraid of planes.

Settling in for the two-day drive, they'd barely made it 30 minutes into the trip before Amalia determined it had been a long time and it was time for snacks.

With a deep breath and a silent prayer to all things holy, Kevin pulled into a gas station to get snacks and have a bathroom break.

He knew the drive would be rough but 'Grandpa Coach' and 'Gran Abby', as Amalia had taken to calling her grandparents (maybe Kevin should have stopped calling them by name), would be more than willing to take Amalia when they got home.

Amalia spent the rest of the 36 hour drive rotating between excitably talking about seeing her aunts and uncles, singing the entire Frozen soundtrack at the top of her little 4 year old lungs, and sleeping.

Somewhere between Kansas and South Carolina:

"If you touch the stereo one more time, Josten, you're losing your hand."

Hands held over the console.

Hand kisses.

Smoke breaks.

Lots of snack breaks.

Neil gets fruit cups and Andrew gets candy.

Their cats joined them for the trip.

Sir sits in Neil's lap the entire ride but King gets the zoomies every 30 miles.

Andrew has to repeatedly remove him from his feet so he stops getting close to the pedals.

They call Bee halfway through the drive to make sure she’ll be there when they get there. She and Andrew chat while Neil takes a bathroom break.

When Neil comes back Andrew’s frame has relaxed a bit further. 

They were both excited to see everyone but that didn’t take away the anxiety of having that big of a group together again.

But the foxes were family and they couldn’t wait to see their family.

Somewhere in North Carolina:

"Okay, and you packed the girls' blankets?"

Katelyn and Aaron may resemble headless chickens trying to get their 13 month old twins together and ready.

Katelyn has been tasked with the girls' things and Aaron has been tasked with actually getting the girls in the car.

One of the twins is passed out in their car seat and the other is sobbing and throwing a fit.

Aaron is trying to calm her down and Katelyn is driving.

It took about an hour to get her to stop crying and when she did Aaron took a deep breath and fell back in his seat.

He rested his head back and closed his eyes, letting the quiet sounds of the road soothe him.

That calmness lasts for a good minute before Katelyn lets out a loud, FUCK!

"I forgot our suitcase!"

Somewhere in South Carolina:

Abby fluffs the decorative pillow for the hundredth time in the past ten minutes. 

She’s already vacuumed and swept every room in their house. She’s gotten all the spare bedrooms ready and taken out all of the blowup mattresses. Most of the kids were staying with them with the exception of those that had kids.

They hadn’t all been together in so long and it felt imperative that the house looked good for everyone.

Wymack came up behind her and gently took the pillow from her hands before setting it back on the couch.

“The place looks amazing, Abby.” 

Abby turned around and shot him a doubtful look.

Wymack laughed roughly and leaned forward to place a careful kiss to her forehead. 

“They’re just going to be happy to be here. I don’t think they’d care if it looked like a pigsty in here. Everything is okay, and you know why?” 

Abby leaned her weight against Wymack’s chest. “Why?”

Wymack pulled back slightly so he could send her a fond smile.

“Our kids are coming home."

[sunndy2]

The fact that Nicky and Aaron are both backliners protecting the goal is somehow so incredibly beautiful. They protect Andrew during the game like Andrew protects them outside the game.

[prince-peachie]

Nicky after taking this picture: 🏃🏃🏃

[glendover]

all my Aaron Minyard centric fanfics

pov Aaron Minyard and usually with a focus on the twinyards

low pain tolerance (words: 2.628) - Aaron gets his monthly migraine shot, but he freaks out and needs Nicky and Andrew to comfort him (with a hint of Kevaaron)

stray kittens and other things I’ve found (words: 4.460) - pre aftg, Aaron and Andrew find a kitten on their way back home, Aaron finds out some other things too, especially that kittens and Andrew aren’t scary

driving past the red lights into your arms (words: 3.624) - Andrew teaches Aaron how to drive a car, but on a ride where Neil joins them they have a fall out, that is until Andrew finally communicates with Aaron

I love you 120bpm (words: 5.235) - kevaaron!!! Aaron’s smart watch sends him an alert mind make out session (I made a post about this idea years ago and then one day just wrote this)

can my silence be enough? (words: 13.745) - Aaron is mute and through care and love from his family he finds his voice back (with a bit of kevaaron)

don’t go where I can’t follow (words: 8.579) - pre aftg, Nicky kills Tilda and Drake, Andrew and Aaron live at a foster home and learn about all the things that make a family

linearity keeps the world moving (words: 3.262) - aftg x w.bg crossover 1, Aaron plays a brutal online game to keep his brother alive unfortunately the game isn’t really fair

the temporary death of Andrew Minyard (words: 3.795) - aftg x w.bg crossover 2, Aaron begs Andrew to let him kill him, really it’s for the greater good Andrew just let him kill you

I’d die to be somebody you could love (words: ongoing) - heavy focus on the twinyards, Aaron struggles with his life, but what could fix him is patching up his relationship with his twin so he tries and Andrew tries too

deafened by the sound of it all (words: 28.684) - kevaaron!!!! and I mean it, basically Aaron has a secret crush on Kevin and while that secret gets out a few others get revealed too (with some twin bonding AND a little plot twist so I can’t say too much)

[themundanemudperson]

look, it's the twinyards

[belonareyna]

There is an episode in Bones, where they found two twins who were buried alive. Later, they found out that one of them committed suicide so the other one could have more oxygen.

Let's make it about twinyards.

(By the way I made this fucking shit while I was half attending class so, sorry if this is the most horrific thing you read today :))

[I know this is not how it works in the US but ✨️it's not convenient for my story✨️]

"If you keep staring at me, you're going to erase my face"

Aaron didn't move.

Finally, Andrew looked back. He regretted immediately, Aaron's eyes were filled with an unknown emotion between horrified, terrified, and sad. So sad.

"Explain"

"Today's practice. Legal. They found two kids. Just the skeletons.They had been buried alive. " There was a silence before Aaron took courage again. "We found out who they were. Two missing brothers. Well, twins"

Andrew raised an eyebrow it wasn't usual, but surely his brother didn't see them in every fucking twin he encountered with

Aaron breathing hardened.

"One of them killed himself before the lack of oxygen could." Aaron looked away."So the other one had more time"

The silence felt heavy once those words were spoken. But the pained look Aaron gave Andrew was so much worse.

"You have to promise me. You have to promise me that if we somehow get into that kind of shit you won't do it"

Andrew rolled his eyes

"I promise you if we ever got buried alive, I won't kill miself"

Aaron breathed again.

It was kind of funny, though, how Andrew hadn't made Aaron make that same promise.

At the time, making that promise had felt kind of stupid, but as he saw his brother's last smile, he knew it was too late.

[attacked-by-monsters]

Neil and Andrew basically bully each other into going to the dentist. They get through their consultations just fine and turns out they'll both need fillings along with the normal cleanings. Neil is surprisingly okay with the idea of getting his done, but Andrew is completely refusing. He won't go to his filling appointment. People numbing and drilling in his mouth? Absolutely not. Neil keeps trying to bribe the staff to let him in the room even though he's not a relative, but he has no success. Neil eventually sighs and asks Aaron if he's willing to sit in on Andrew's appointment. Aaron begrudgingly agrees (because deep down he loves his brother and wants him healthy). Andrew accepts and he gets through the appointment by glaring daggers at Aaron from between the dentists' arms (and by Aaron's comforting hand on his ankle).

[tobiomin]

✨ the twinyards bonding ✨

to match my headcanon that nicky is the one that cut their hairs, they have the same hair lenght, but andrew sometimes uses his hair to the side, also made them with some matching piercings but in opposite sides, because i think it's wholesome

(yes, aaron is wearing kevin's jacket, i love kevaaron too much to not draw something related to them. thought about making andrew with neil's jacket, but liked his all black style more)

[kweenkday]

What if after graduation Aaron is still afraid Andrew would let him go just like he was supposed to with their deal on?

(this is now a mini fic I guess cause I'm bored)

The truth is, Aaron is afraid. 

The past years have been good, have been more than good. Andrew hasn’t threatened Kate since the day they broke their deal. They talk now. Bee has everything to do with it, of course, but Aaron wants to keep this.

And right now, he doesn’t know if he could. 

He’s always had the feeling that even though Andrew broke their deal, he never truly let go of it. They stick together until graduation, and then Aaron can fuck off, that’s what they agreed on. Andrew gets to let Aaron go.

Graduation is behind them, and today, each of them will get into a different car and drive to a different destination, and that’s that.

There's a pinch in Aaron's stomach and the air is heavy in his lungs. Because what if? What if that's the end of it? Just like Andrew had said.

Aaron knew he'd find Andrew on the roof. Somehow. Call it a twin bond or whatever. Andrew is alone and for once, Aaron thinks that maybe Josten isn’t that fucking stupid. He probably left Andrew alone so Aaron could be here, instead. Whatever. He still doesn’t like the asshole.

Andrew barely makes a move to look at him when Aaron walks through the roof door. Typical. Aaron has learned a long time ago to not mind his brother’s lack of reaction. He sits on the edge and clutches his cup of coffee, staring at the distance.

He’s not entirely sure if he came here to talk but even if he did, words aren’t coming to him now. So instead, he just sits there and says nothing.

Andrew pulls one last drag of his cigarette and throws it off the roof.

"Katelyn driving?" Andrew finally says.

Katelyn. Not the cheerleader. Aaron takes the olive branch. "Yeah. We’ll switch. It’s gonna be fine."

"It better," Andrew says and stares into the distance.

"Josten coming with?" Aaron says.

Andrew hums.

The shift in Andrew’s neutral demeanor is immediate at the mention of Josten’s name. It always has been, and some days Aaron can’t believe he missed it all that time ago when Andrew started messing around with the redhead idiot.

But today, he doesn’t want to talk about Josten. They have two more hours before they leave and Aaron knows this is it. This is the last time they spend so much time together.

Then Andrew is moving to Atlanta and Aaron is going to New York, and they would be thrown into entirely different worlds. Worlds where they’re no longer a part of each other’s life.

Worlds where they text on holidays but never talk, where Aaron no longer has his brother.

"Stop thinking so hard, you'll hurt your head," Andrew says.

It's always been infuriating how well Andrew could read him, even more so now. But Aaron has nothing to lose, nothing to hold back for.

"So, that's it then," he says.

Andrew looks at him and doesn't say anything for a long moment.

"Make a new deal with me," Andrew finally says.

Aaron's heart makes a leap in his chest. "What deal?"

Andrew pulls out another cigarette and lights it. He takes his time and Aaron's imagination plays all sorts of fucked up scenarios.

"The deal is... we don't need one."

Aaron blinks. "What?"

"We don't need a deal. We call. We visit. Because we want to and not for a deal we made."

Relief floods through Aaron in a sickly-sweet wave.

"You mean that?"

Andrew hums. "We stick together."

Aaron lets himself smile. "We stick together," he repeats and the fear's finally gone.

[hatfordheadquarters]

completed fic ✎ 3/3

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞: 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐘

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨: 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐘 𝐁𝐎𝐘

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞: 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋

Nick Hemmick centric Fic🪽

mature, angst, past rape/non-con, stalking, hyperreligiosity, homophobia, suicide, etc. (please treat yourself kindly and stay safe ❦)

pre-canon & post-canon

multiple POV

background andriel (if you squint)

ace rep

Nicky finally snaps

twinyards & Nicky learn to communicate

𝚊𝚘𝟹 𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚢:

Nicky would do anything for the twins.

When money problems threaten his ability to maintain the home he had managed to create for them, Roland offers Nicky shifts after-hours at Eden's.

Nicky sacrifices himself a little more, and soon a person from his past creeps back into his life to push him closer to his limit.

He worked so hard to keep this part of their lives his personal secret, but the desperation of the past never leaves quietly.

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝

Nicky turns to sex work to support Andrew and Aaron, and must deal with the toll it takes.

(inspired by "Making Ends Meet" by onedayanauthor and "All we need is somebody to lean on" by AgapantoBlu)

✨check it out!✨

[somethingmajesticandbeautiful]

ISO Ao3 AFTG AU Fanfic

I thought I had it bookmarked but can’t seem to find it. If it got deleted I’ll be devastated!

In this fic Nicky takes in the twins when they’re just babies and it just follows his journey of raising them.

At one point when Nicky is beaten outside of Eden’s he has to spend the night in the hospital. The twins are still young and don’t understand why Nicky is not home to tuck them into bed and call him crying which breaks his heart.

Erik is actually in the states for something and he and Nicky start dating so Erik helps him out during all this.

I can’t remember why but CPS gets called and the twins are taken away from Nicky which he obviously freaks out and breaks down over. Some of the other foxes are present and try to help him through it.

The twins are split up in the system and cause chaos because of it. One of the twins actually runs away and calls Nicky and even though he’s not supposed to he obviously drops everything to go get his kid! Eventually everything works out and he gets the twins back.

Those are just a couple of the main points that I can remember but no specific search tag has gotten me anywhere. Ao3 is the only site I use for fanfic so I’m positive it was on there. I just really really hope it didn’t get deleted for some reason. I loved that fic with all my heart!!

Someone please help!! Thanks!!

[foxesscramble]

a series of: uncle andrew

[themundanemudperson]

no but imagine aaron and katelyn's daughters doing this with andrew and aaron. like nobody knows how andrew will react the first time the twins mistake him for aaron, but nobody expected him to just play along. and then it just becomes a Thing that they do. aaron is stuck at the hospital for a shift, and the girls want their dad? uncle andrew to the rescue. aaron needs a break? in comes uncle andrew. they have to stop when the girls get old enough to differentiate them, but it was good while it lasted

[glendover]

wake up babe chapter 6 of “I’d die to be somebody you could love” just dropped

READ IT NOW ON AO3

[themundanemudperson]

hey aftg fandom!

i wanted to do a little edit for the twinyards' birthday (i realize that it's a tad bit late for that but i forgor so i'm doing it now)

are there any artists that would consent to having their art used in the edit? with credit ofc. and i could tag anyone when i post the edit (if they want)

if you'll let me use the art in the edit, could you rb this post with any pieces that you'd be comfortable with me using?

and if there are some more specific details you want to confirm, feel free to shoot me an ask (i'll answer privately if you want - just let me know!) or feel free to dm me!

UPDATE: i did end up finishing it! if you'd like to view it, you can do so on youtube here: (not in russia tho, for copyright reasons)

you can also view it here on tumblr in this post

[belonareyna]

Aaron: The first years with Andrew I hoped he had come with an instruction book so I could understand him.

Aaron: And then Neil came and I realized he was the "instruction audiobook"

Aaron: The moral of the story is be careful of what you wish for.

Matt one second apart of blowing the candles of his birthday cake:...