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    Neil was just trying to leave the hotel he'd holed himself up in after being released from WITSEC two weeks ago.

    Simple, right?

    And while he did succeed in leaving the building, he also managed to get stuck in an elevator with the entire Palmetto State exy team, perform emergency triage on half of them, parkour a little, and possibly learned what it means to be free.

    Featuring: Chaotic Foxes, Neil being the only competent person in the room, concerning head wounds, and even more concerning blondes who won't stop staring while Neil tries his best not to die in this elevator.

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    07 Oct 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 63

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    "There’s a lamp glowing warm in the corner beside Bee’s bookshelf, soft light catching on the edges of framed degrees Andrew’s never bothered reading before now. That’s where he sticks his gaze, just shy of looking at Bee.

    Neil had looked gray when Andrew left the dorm. Gray, like someone had scooped the color out of him with both hands and left behind whatever was underneath. Every sharp bone in his body has started showing through lately - collarbones too pronounced beneath loose shirts, wrists thin enough Andrew can nearly circle one entirely with his hand.

    It’s like watching something eat Neil alive from the inside out. Like termites hollowing through wood. The details accumulate under Andrew’s skin like splinters.

    “Andrew.”

    “He looks like a corpse,” Andrew says flatly."

     

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    Andrew's POV of the ending of "He's Insisting That He's fine (He's Not Fine)"

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    06 Oct 2026

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    "Andrew’s arm slides around Neil’s waist, slow enough that Neil could stop him if he wanted to. He doesn’t. He lets Andrew pull him in against his chest, one arm tight around him, solid and unyielding. Protective, though against what, Neil isn’t sure.

    The heat of Andrew’s body sinks into him almost immediately, thawing some of the chill lodged deep in his bones. Neil hadn’t realized just how cold he was until now. He curls closer without thinking about it.

    Andrew’s hand spreads flat against his side, slipping under his shirt carefully. “You’re freezing,” he mutters after a minute.

    “It’s just cold in here.” Neil closes his eyes and adds, “But you’re warm.”

    Andrew makes a quiet, irritated sound at that, but he doesn’t let go. Neil lets himself sink into the warmth instead of thinking about the blood or the pain or the way his body feels increasingly foreign to him. He focuses on Andrew’s heartbeat beneath his cheek. The steady rise and fall of his breathing. Eventually, Andrew’s grip tightens almost imperceptibly around him, like he’s afraid Neil might disappear if he loosens it too much."

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    Neil isn't feeling well, but he's fine. Totally fine. Nothing to worry about here!

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    06 Oct 2026

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    In Hockey, it is an unsaid rule to never touch the goalie. As it turns out, Exy is very similar to Hockey.

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    Andrew gets hurt on the court by another player and Neil is not having it.

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    06 Oct 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 81

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    Naming it meant giving it an identity, making it something when they were supposed to be just two unrecognizable, unidentifiable humans. Disorders were for the crooked, for people who you could spot in a multitude and point a finger at, a red mark right on their forehead that could so easily mean death for Neil and Mary.

    Andrew was the first one to talk about it outloud, breaking the curse that for so long forced Neil to keep quiet, hiding it behind a curtain of smoke just waiting for it to be blown away.

    “There's something wrong with your knees.” Andrew didn't ask, he didn't need to when the evidence was right in front of them.

    Or, where Neil’s hypermobile and he’s learning to live with it.

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    04 Oct 2026