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“He’s not throwing himself off rooftops anymore. He’s not— He’s not asking for it.” His voice cracked at the edges before he forced it flat again. “He’s trying. He’s living. And you’re telling me that’s wrong?"
Stuart’s shoulders shifted, almost a sigh.
"This is his path, Nathaniel," he said. "And he must follow it to its end. You cannot shield him forever."Or: Neil is dead. Andrew isn’t. And some things are not meant to be.
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“Doesn’t he smell? Homeless people in my experience always smell.”
“Well, it’s not exactly a hygiene-conducive environment.”
“So, he does smell.”
Andrew paused. “No. He doesn’t.”
Kevin looked at him dubiously. “Are you just saying that because you’re embarrassed about being attracted to a person that smells bad?”
“No,” Andrew said, narrowing his eyes at Kevin.
“Okay,” he said, drawing out the vowels and raising his eyebrows. After a moment of hesitation, he continued, “It’s okay if you're attracted to that kind of thing, I wouldn’t judge you. I mean. I would. But I wouldn’t say it, so you could pretend that I didn’t.”
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“You have to go back to Baltimore.”
Andrew looked up at his brother, halting his move to reach for one of the water pitchers. Watching Aaron nervously shift in place, Andrew took in the uncomfortable silence settling over the large room they all had gathered in.
This couldn’t be good.
Or, what happens after Andrew and Neil finally make it to Palmetto after the Royal Liberation.
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- Part 2 of Land of Reverence
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His too quick and unsteady breaths were the only sound in the quiet room.
Staring into the darkness, he bit down on his bottom lip to stop the sobs threatening to rip out of him.
He must’ve looked so stupid to Andrew.Or, Neil and the fail-safe 10-step plan to get the man of your dreams to fall in love with you!
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His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Nathaniel of Baltimore has been tasked with rescuing the shy Princess of Palmetto from a dragon as part of a marriage ritual as old as time.
The only problem? That’s definitely not a princess waiting for him in a dingy cave in the mountainside.
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- Part 1 of Land of Reverence
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When I’m In Your World (Gray Turns To Color) by shadowdreams
Fandom: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic
07 Nov 2019
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Andrew blinked his eyes open. His eyes were liquid gold from the sunlight filtering in through their bedroom window and Neil wanted to drown in the color, wanted to stare at Andrew forever.
Andrew narrowed his eyes at Neil, rubbed one with his fist and yawned, “You’ve been watching me sleep again.”
Neil grinned and brushed Andrew’s hair back from his forehead, moving slowly in case Andrew wanted to tell him to stop but Andrew let him, even leaned into the touch, nuzzled his cheek into Neil’s hand, “I like watching you sleep.”
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15 Jan 2025
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Second Time's The Charm by neiljokesten (vykio)
Fandoms: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic
11 Oct 2024
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“I’ll give you a hint,” Andrew says. He rolls his eyes and turns Neil to face the house again when he tries to look at Andrew for the hint. “I hate him the most in the world.”
Neil stops at the threshold just before they cross it to turn towards Andrew. “Me.”
Andrew is grateful for the old t-shirt he borrowed to cover his chest, because the flush creeping across his body is sudden. It is embarrassing how quickly and confidently Neil answered, but more embarrassing that he guessed himself first.
Andrew manages a cool, “That’s bold,” which is not a denial.
Neil blinks slowly then says again, “Me?” This time, it’s a question, and Neil’s whole face transforms with it. His mouth falls into an ‘o’ as Andrew watches him process this in real time. “This is you confessing to me?”
“Don’t make this weird,” Andrew says flatly.
Neil sobers up, serious now. “It’s not weird,” he says. “At all.”
But somewhere in there, wires get crossed and a message gets lost.
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13 Dec 2024
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Andrew and the Idiotic, Thirsty, Ill-advised, Very Off-Limits Crush on his College Roommate's Younger Brother.
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12 Aug 2024
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“What are you planning on doing, Andrew?” Wymack asked him, discarding the piles of paperwork littering the desk and turning his full attention to the conversation at hand.
“Going away.” Andrew told him, lighting up a cigarette and wondering the same thing. He hadn’t figured all the details out but that could be rectified by spending a week in Columbia on his own searching for jobs and apartments. He had enough left in the bank from Tildas’ life insurance to secure a lease until he found work. The only question was where he was heading, he wasn’t interested in sticking around Columbia where he could run into his family.
“You only just got off the meds, have you thought this through?” Wymack asked, leaning back in his chair and scrubbing a hand over his thinning hair. “I know Exy has never been the endgame for you, but I thought you’d stick around for the degree.”
Andrew shrugged carelessly. A degree didn’t mean anything unless you had plans to use it and Andrew wasn’t that committed to his future. “Sorry, coach. Exy just isn’t what I needed it to be any longer."
-Neil was never recruited to the Foxes. Now Andrew must face the world without his drugs and he's not impressed.
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27 Jul 2022
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in a manner of speaking by likearecord for RainbowObsidian (outnumberedbybooks)
Fandoms: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic
30 May 2021
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In Andrew's defense, blind dates are terrible and almost all of Kevin's friends are even worse.
Nine times out of ten, calling in a favor to get Aaron to switch and tank it for him would be fine.
Unfortunately, Andrew found number ten.
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