The King's Men - Chapter Seventeen (19)

Day: Friday, April 26th / 27th* Time: 7:05 PM EST

"You two could at least say hello," Wymack says, somewhat aggrieved. "There's no point," Kevin says. "All they are is a distraction." "It's called a support network. Look it up." "Thea is watching from South tonight," Kevin says, looking to the elevated VIP box. It is too far away and too high up for Neil to make out any faces, but there is a small crowd gathered at the windowed walls already. Knowing the Court is here to watch them play sends a chill through Neil's veins. Kevin drags his stare back to Wymack's face and says, "and my father comes to all of my games. That is enough." On Wymack's other side, Abby's gaze softens. Wymack's jaw works for a moment before he can say in an even tone, "Your mother would be proud of you." "Not just of me," Kevin says in a rare bout of humanity.

Art used with permission by Kevinkevinson. Thank you @kevinkevinson!

*Due to the Leap Year, I have opted to highlight the day rather than the date to keep the events in occurrence to the 2007 year. I will continue to mark both days accordingly.

more memes i made !

most people: i can fix him

neil josten: i can and will fix his brother his best friend and his fucked-up college sports team but he's perfect actually <3

Might I present the newest print ready EXYLLENT-issue

Andreil sketch

When your bf wants to hold your hand <33

post-practice nap (they're going to wake up with the worst cramps known to man)

I just KNOW that Andrew also agreed to Kevin's deal not only because Kevin day was the first person to tell him he's worth something; but also because he was part hot; I love Andrew to death and I'm not trying to discredit him or Anything but it's hilarious to think about that; at one point after meeting Neil in his inner monologue he's like :stop offering deals to pretty boys with issues and bringing whole ass Yakuza on your ass Andrew.... all for the gay indeed the spoilers I saw from the sunshine court legitimizes this assumption apperanlty

you ever think about how there might have been some college athlete living in he tower who had to hear Andrew and Neil's convo late at night on the roof cause they were on the last floor and opened their window

imagine hearing the 'youre a pipe dream' or stuff like that while you're brushing your teeth or putting together a late night snack or trying to fall asleep or something

Andrew: *buys Neil some clothes*

Neil, still looking like a homeless person:

jean moreau is stronger than me bc if KEVIN DAY leaned in and whispered to ask if I could teach him my native languge when he's not watching, it could be our secret, I WOULD'VE FOLDED

In case you’ve missed it. Bombs Nora has dropped on AFTG Twitter in the last 48 hours:

- Katelyn’s last name is Mackenzie (and her role is being Aaron’s queen)

- Marissa’s last name is Baker and she used to be a Fox striker (how did this not come up before??)

- she has 1,584 files (84 folders) just filled with details about the characters and the plot of aftg (and she won’t let us see 😔)

- she said she didn’t give exact descriptions of the upperclassmen because they were meant to be mere personalities and the backbone of the fox line (however she did say she adores black Dan & Matt)

The King's Men - Chapter Seventeen (19)

Day: Friday, April 26th / 27th* Time: 3:38 AM EST

Andrew crosses the room to stand at Neil's side and catches Kevin's chin in his hand. He turns Kevin's head to inspect the new ink. "He is going to be furious." "Fuck him," Kevin says, sliding a little further down the door. "Fuck all of them. Waste of time to be angry. They should be afraid." "Hell hath no fury," Andrew says.

Art used with permission by Emry-Stars-Art. Thank you @emry-stars-art!

*Due to the Leap Year, I have opted to highlight the day rather than the date to keep the events in occurrence to the 2007 year. I will continue to mark both days accordingly.

you know i had to do the memes too

Whenever any of the foxes are slightly inconvenienced by someone enough to complain about them, Neil always asks, “Do you want me to take care of it?” And everyone usually just laughs it off as a joke, but it is very much not a joke. Neil Does Not Like when people mess with his people. At all. Even slightly. Only Andrew, Kevin, Renee, and Aaron know that Neil is not joking.

It comes to light just how much Neil is not joking when some guy Allison was messing around with in her last year hurts her. Not horribly, he hurt her feelings more than anything, but when she tried to leave his dorm, he’d grabbed her arm hard enough to leave it bright red, minor cuts where his nails had dug in, and her elbow hit the doorframe when she jerked away so it was swollen and hurt to extend fully. Neil asks, “Do you want me to take care of it.” Allison tried to laugh it off, make it sound like a joke when she told him, “Yeah, actually. That’d be great.” But it’s all Neil needs as permission.

So Neil digs. He listens to the rumors, talks to a few girls, and watches him from afar. And then, one day, he’s gone. Nobody can find him. There’s an investigation, and the campus is swarmed with all kinds of law enforcement, and nobody can figure out what’s happened to this man.

Andrew asks Neil if there’s even anything left to find, and Neil tells him plausible deniability is a thing for a reason—Andrew’s grumpy with the lack of details, so as revenge, he tattles. The teams talking about the guys disappearance in the locker room before practice, and Andrew nonchalantly says. “You gave him permission.”

Neil just glares but, when questioned further, just shrugs them off. Tells them not to worry about it. He tells them what he told Andrew. Plausible deniability. Not that it’s necessary, really. The police won’t find anything, and Neil knows what he’s doing. There is nothing to lead them back to him.

After that, they learn to take Neil much more seriously when he asks if they want him to “take care of it.”

the foxes typed out neil's you know i get it speech and framed it in the locker rooms and every time the upperclassman walk past it they pretend to swoon