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shades my past (all parts of me) by stabbed_by_a_carrot
Fandoms: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic
21 Dec 2025
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Neil finds himself crossing paths with people from his past more than he'd prefer.
The Foxes don’t know the protocol for this - these people know Neil, but it's not Neil that they know.Or:
5 times Neil was recognised, and the 1 time they actually knew him.
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Andrew leans a little closer, the plates of his armor catching the light as he shifts. Steel murmurs softly with the movement.
“Is that an order?” he asks.
Neil doesn’t hesitate.
“Yes.”
(Or, a prince and his knight)
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21 Dec 2025
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"You can't do this," Neil said, and god, he hated how pathetic he sounded. "You can't shut me out. Not after everything."
Andrew's expression shuttered. And for moment, Neil thought he could see it; Heartbreak, real and devastating. But then it was gone. Replaced by hardened stone. "This," he pointed between them, "was always borrowed time, Josten."
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After eight years of being on the run, Neil Josten and his mother temporarily settle down in the quiet, sleepy town of Ashton Falls.
But when the energetic Palmetto State Exy team move in next door, they bring with them secrets and danger that would change him forever; The PSU Foxes are a werewolf pack, and Exy isn't just a simple sport. Drawn to their magic, loyalty, and enduring friendships, Neil can no longer ignore the roots in him desperate to take hold. Or the song that howls between him and Andrew Minyard, the strangest of them all.
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21 Dec 2025
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Neil's been on his feet for the last thirty-six hours. His leg is aching, his interns are all idiots, his charge nurse thinks he should've gone home hours ago, but Neil can't bring himself to leave the knowing chaos of the ER.
He tells himself he'll see one more patient. One more, then he'll clock out.
Except, Neil's last patient of the day turns out to be a professional exy player, who's just punched another doctor, might be hiding some knives, and seems determined to notice everything Neil is trying to hide.
And, well - maybe Neil doesn't want to hide from one Andrew Minyard.
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Neil is an emergency physician and Andrew is a pro exy player who keeps finding himself in Neil's ER. Oblivious flirting ensues.
Kevin's there too. Just...being Kevin.
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Neil Josten was dead.
Andrew hadn’t had the chance—and hadn’t cared enough—to see his body. All he knew was that one moment, that creature had been beside him, saying thank you, and the next, he had vanished forever, the way good things always tended to do sooner or later.
The Foxes hadn’t handled it well. The media nearly exploded for days, weeks. The game against the Ravens? A disaster. Without Neil—the key that held together all those people with little in common—nothing made sense.
Andrew should have been used to that feeling by now: the emptiness, the apathy, the silence.
And yet, life seemed louder than ever, his mind collapsing under thoughts that had never been there before.A lifetime passes: long, dragging, leading nowhere.
And when Andrew finally closes his eyes—he goes back.2006/04
Neil Josten was right in front of him: face twisted, pale, lips parted in search of breath, hands clutching his stomach so tightly it looked like he might squeeze himself apart. Alive. And exactly as he had been the day they met.
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Neil Josten dies in Baltimore, and Andrew gets a second chance to save them. Minyard isn’t willing to lose him again.