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    This is the story of Neil and Andrew post “The King’s Men” and spans 12 years. It’s about their sexual journey – every baby steps, missteps, and gigantic leaps. It is also (and perhaps more importantly) the journey of how they stay committed throughout it all, made visible in the little things, and bigger, grander gestures. Most of this is a mix of canonical facts and my own take on their future.

    A few of the scenes include: the night following the championship game, Andrew allowing Neil to get him off, Neil getting fucked for the first time, the handcuffs scene, Andrew moving to a new city while Neil has to stay at Palmetto for his last year, Andrew bottoming, Nicky’s wedding, and Andrew and Neil’s public coming out far, far in the future, followed by a crazy Fox reunion.

    Content warnings and trigger warnings in the notes of every chapter.

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    08 Mar 2026

  2. Rec 28

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    Now, though—the same way Neil was no longer accustomed to being on his own, Andrew had become complacent, no longer used to facing the all-encompassing tsunami of Neil’s attention during his months at Easthaven. Now, desire made him feel too large for his skin.

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    07 Mar 2026

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    To the untrained eye, Neil Josten would seem entirely normal, albeit a little more tightly wound than usual.

    Andrew Minyard's eye is not untrained.

     

    Alternatively: Neil never thought he would live long enough to want a future and Andrew can't find the words to reassure him.

    [Rated E for evental smut]

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    07 Mar 2026

  4. Rec *

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    Five times Andrew and Neil shared each other's clothes and One time they chose not to.

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    07 Mar 2026

  5. Rec 45

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    “You were barely fast enough to save him last time. The next time someone takes a swing at him, you and your brisket lungs will have to watch him die.”

    The sour and bitter words have been haunting Andrew for weeks—only because it's the most ridiculous thing Andrew has ever heard. He wasn't too slow with Riko. And he could never be too slow for Neil.

    But after Andrew nearly watches Neil die in front of his eyes, Jean's words haunt him in an entirely different way. Quitting cigs sounds like a fate worse than death—but so does losing Neil.

    Or: The attack in The Golden Raven from Andrew's pov. **Contains The Golden Raven spoilers**

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    06 Mar 2026

  6. Rec 60

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    Andrew Minyard has a good day. (Technically, a good night, and a good day, but who’s counting).
    !! - The explicit part is only in the first chapter, the second is just soft mush.

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    06 Mar 2026

  7. Rec *

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    Matt thinks he might be starting to understand.

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    05 Mar 2026

  8. Rec *

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    What if instead of just a quick goodbye, Neil had time for one thing? A voice message. A message telling Andrew everything he wanted to say in person but couldn't.
    A voice message Andrew didn't hear until they were safe. At home.

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    05 Mar 2026

  9. Rec 28

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    the one where neil and andrew attempt a date

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    05 Mar 2026

  10. Public Bookmark *

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    "You didn't run," Neil murmured, almost to himself.

    Katelyn looked at him. Her eyes were wet, fear finally leaking through the cracks in her composure. "You stepped in front of a knife."

    "I had to."

    "You didn't have to," she said. Her voice broke. "You really didn't."

    "He was aiming for you."

    "I know." She wiped her face with her free hand, smearing a streak of blood across her cheek. "I know, Neil."

    Neil Josten has always treated Katelyn like background noise. She's a liability attached to Aaron Minyard that needs to be managed. But when a ghost from Baltimore interrupts his morning run, Neil realizes that his calculations were wrong.

    Or: The one where Neil gets stabbed (again), Katelyn proves she’s more than just a cheerleader, and the Foxhole gets slightly bigger.

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    05 Mar 2026

  11. Rec 65

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    Tension still lingers in his frame, and he’s watching Neil like a hawk, as if still expecting him to jump up and run at any moment. It unsettles Neil a little, makes him want to itch at his skin. He’s never seen Andrew act like this, and he’s about to break and ask what’s wrong when Andrew beats him to it.
    “Do you want to blow me.”

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    05 Mar 2026

  12. Rec 47

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    some firsts are easier than others

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    05 Mar 2026

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    Neil finds something to keep him entertained during team movie nights.

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    05 Mar 2026

  14. Rec 36

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    “I’m glad we won,” Neil said.

    Andrew tightened his grip. “Be careful. You sound so much like Kevin, I want to punch you.”

    “But you never do.”

    “Don’t make me change that.”

    Andrew pulled his face closer, giving him a silent warning by staring straight into his ocean blue eyes. The urge to punch him was just as big as the urge to kiss him.

    --

    Or: How Neil gets injured and Andrew deals with him at home.

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    04 Mar 2026

  15. Rec *

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    Neil Josten is not soft- has never been in fact. But when an unintended comment from one of the Foxes throws Neil for a loop, he finds himself reminding them why no one should think of him in that way. But why is Andrew suddenly so distant? And what happens when all of these reminders of his past start to catch up with him?

    Aka: all the times Neil proved he was a badass, and Andrew reminds him he's an idiot.

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    03 Mar 2026

  16. Rec *

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    Neil's second year at PSU dealing with the new additions to the team and his relationship with Andrew.

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    01 Mar 2026

  17. Rec *

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    When Nicky and Aaron decide to confront Andrew about his past relationship with Roland, Andrew and Neil take it poorly, and Andrew finds out more than they intended.

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    01 Mar 2026

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    “That’s just ridiculous,” Allison says, shaking her head. “Tell me they’re not getting it on.”

    “No idea, but I’m gonna take a picture.” Dan lifts the camera that’s been hanging around her neck for the last hour or so and actually snaps a picture of the two of them like that. “Maybe if we hang it up, they’ll notice how it looks like from the outside.”

    „Fellas,“ Allison says, voice dropping a few octaves lower, “is it gay if I stare deep into my homie's eyes for three minutes?”

    — or, neil and andrew's evolution over the books but through matt's eyes

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    28 Feb 2026

  19. Rec *

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    “What did you take?” Andrew demands.

    Neil wonders if Andrew will taste all that is wrong with Neil when he kisses him. He wonders if Andrew will recognize it. Andrew knows what it is to hurt himself, and this must be familiar. It’s deja vu, Neil thinks, if only a little bit worse, a little more terrible.

    Neil shakes his head, groaning into the toilet, “I don’t want to tell you.”

    Andrew pulls out his phone, and Neil can already hear it dialling when he says, “You can tell the paramedics.”

    Or; “Cigarettes,” Neil says. “I ate your cigarettes.”

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    28 Feb 2026

  20. Rec *

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    Andrew knows how to get what he wants. He knows how to ask, how to indicate boundaries, and how to stab someone in the gut if they choose to ignore those boundaries. That’s really all he’s ever needed. He doesn’t let men touch him. He doesn’t let people get close enough to try.

    Except Neil.

    Except he wants Neil. In ways he’s never wanted anyone before. Never trusted anybody before.

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    17,038

    28 Feb 2026

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