#and with his family at his side
Kevin probably took so long to admit that he wanted to recover. Wanted to get help for his alcoholism. He probably didn’t want to tell the team afraid he’d get made fun of. But he finally does. He goes to Neil first because the kids an asshole but Kevin knows if he really truly needed something Neil would 100% help him.
He tells the cousins next. He expected Nicky to crack jokes or Aaron to say some kind of bullshit but he’s not sure if Neil talked to Andrew and Andrew made threats but Nicky just hugs him and tells him he’ll help anyway he can. Aaron kind of just nods at him and tells him he’ll miss him at Edens which is the nicest possible outcome.
He doesn’t tell the rest of the team because he doesn’t drink with them anyways. He doesn’t really bother until they’re celebrating a massive win and they all want to party at the dorms after. Kevin is invited and he wants to go because he actually does like hanging out with these idiots as much as he hates to admit it. But he’s not really sure he can be around all that alcohol but even Andrew and Neil are going. He finally pulls Renee aside and explains because she’s sober and he wants to know how she does it. She explains that throwing himself into a situation before he’s ready won’t do him any good so he decides to just go back to his room.
Not even 10 minutes later the foxes are piling into the dorm room with snacks and sodas stacked in their arms and Nicky has a tower of DVDs falling onto the floor and he’s telling Kevin to pick one and Kevin is so??? But Allison just smacks him upside the head “you should have said something. As much fun as it is to get shit faced it’s not the only way to have fun. And Kevin suddenly realizes that there’s not a single liquor bottle in sight. They gave up their night of partying to watch movies and talk shit for him.Because he’s trying to get better and this is themsupportinghim.
It’s unspoken after that. If it’s a team activity that all of them are at there’s no drinking. Even Abby and Wymack have switched out their beer and wine at family dinners and when Kevin tells them they don’t have to they just shrug and tell him it’s the least they can do. Renee tells him eventually he can be around people who are drinking. Maybe. He might be able to but it’s okay if he can’t. And Kevin hates this team. Hates that they’re so difficult but he loves them. He loves his family.
