there are a few perfect literary moments and topping the list is kevin day slowly switching his racket from his right to his left hand in front of riko’s dumbstruck face
okay but imagine someone sees neil and andrew being a couple in public and is just. shocked. bc neil josten and andrew minyard hate each other?? everyone knows that?? the josten/minyard rivalry is stuff of exy legend?? so anyway pictures get posted online and everyone is so. confused. until someone goes “wait andrew has a twin”
next thing you know, neil josten’s sordid affair with aaron minyard, his worst enemy’s brother, who’s married, is a headline across every tabloid, website, and social media account that even sort of cares about exy. which, as it turns out, is a lot of them.
aaron is horrified, nicky and katelyn are having a fucking field day, and andrew and neil are little shits who are entirely unhelpful in clearing the whole thing up.
im in love with Laila and Alvarez…..im so in love with them…god….like….just imagine these two openly queer women being kickass exy players, being publicly recognized bc they’re part of such a great team PLUS they’re just so talented themselves. and like. imagine young queer girls seeing one of the games on TV and seeing how Alvarez with throw her arms around Laila after a great game. Or how Laila will kiss Alvarez before they walk off the court together. Seeing Laila and Alvarez doing press interviews together, seeing how they smile at each other and flirt with each other bc they’re so in love they just can’t help themselves
Laila and Alvarez are incredible and I want them in my real life tbh lmao
during his next turn kevin goes with “never have i ever actually kissed neil” and everyone has to try to take the knives away from andrew when nicky reluctantly takes the shot as well.
everyone is at least tipsy at this point which is as good an excuse as any to draw them all flushed.
i love how all of the foxes are amazed when neil gets andrew to do something they’re in awe and like “how do you do it??” and neil just says that he asked, like sweetie.. that’s not helpful to them
he only agrees because he has a crush on you
even more than that, I think that what makes the difference is the fact that neil ASKS at all. and not only he asks, but he explains why he needs the thing, and is open to find a compromise where he offers something back to andrew (when has anyone ever done this to him). andrew likes to say no to kevin out of spite, but kevin treats him like he knows what’s best for him more than andrew himself, and andrew should automatically follow his lead because of course. the others straight out deny that andrew can even be talked with. they start with prejudice, and it plays to andrew’s convenience that they leave him alone. but if andrew had to accept the bother, it would be from someone he’s interested in (check), and from someone who has the decency of treating him with respect (check).
Neil: I would die for you
Matt, getting very emotional: please don’t do that
I’m legit just about to fall asleep and honestly it is so many other ppls fault for getting me thinking about Andrew and Neil and marriage BUT:
• Neil texts Kevin 911
• Kevin arrives out of breath and panicked
• Neil’s holding a cat and Andrew is smoking
• “can you be a witness?”
• “Jesus Christ. What did you do. Where’s the body”
• “no Kevin just sign your name here – yeah just there – ok now me – now Andrew – k done. You can go now.”
• Kevin’s literally all the way home before he realizes he has no idea what he just signed up to
• kind of chalks it up to an out of body experience
• says nothing about it for literally a month until he sees Neil and Andrew’s hands
• the ring on Andrew’s finger is black and kind of wide
• Neil’s is slim and silver and kind of uneven
• Kevin’s like “what the fuck are those?”
• Nicky: “oh yeah they got married. Told no one”
• Neil just looks at him like ////????//
• “Kevin you were THERE? Your name is literally on the marriage certificate”
• Kevin has to go for a long walk
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