#neil josten hc
we all know about neil’s infamous binder shrine
but what if, as a joke, nicky tells him he should start watching supernatural or some other show and make a shrine to that instead
so neil starts watching tv shows and he will go on tumblr and print off posts and then cut and paste them onto pages like a little collage
he just has a binder full of clipped tumblr posts, fan art, and pictures for various questionable fandoms and ships, and it lives on his coffee table
headcanon that neil forgets what things are called because his brain is very full of more important stuff so most of his conversations will at some point include interruptions like this:
neil: what is the thing called that blocks people? like it makes it where you can’t get out.
matt: … a fence?
neil:yeah!
*andreil coffee shop au*
andrew: your total is $4.50. your nails look nice~
neil:oh thanks! my friend painted them for me!
andrew: could i have your number?
neil: i dont think my order had a number?
andrew:
andrew: here’s your drink. have a nice day.
neil, 10 minutes later, thinking about the hot barista: oh shit he was flirting with me
aftg where everything is the same except neil and mary keep getting caught by the butcher’s men because neil writes kevin x reader fanfic and overshares in the author’s notes
kevneil au where neil joined the ravens when he was a kid
(neil and kevin are a year apart in this au)
- when riko broke kevin’s hand neil made kevin go to the foxes. kevin didnt want to leave neil behind, but neil knew kevin wouldn’t last long if he didnt have any value to the ravens.
- when kevin showed up in the foxes bus, wymack immediately took him under his wing. he took him to abby’s to get patched up and then sent andrew after him to make a deal, and kevin became one of the monsters.
- slowly kevin integrated himself with the foxes. at practice kevin would throw impossible passes, and seem surprised when no one was there to catch them. but then neil showed up and suddenly someone could catch kevin’s impossible passes and complete his overly complicated drills.
- (neil, in all of his wisdom, had talked to ichirou and convinced him to let him join the foxes, promising ichirou impossible results by the end of the season)
- andrew was the first to catch on. at first he pushed aside their lingering eye contact and touches as casual familiarity. but then he noticed the small things that they did for each other.
- every morning neil went on a run, and every morning kevin made protein shakes. when neil stayed over at abby’s, kevin started to ‘accidentally’ make extra, and neil would 'reluctantly’ drink the left over shake becuase it would be wasted if he didnt.
- when kevin dragged neil and andrew to practice during break, neil would always bring an extra water bottle that he let kevin steal. nicky tagged along one of the days and tried to use the 'extra’ waterbottle but backed off when kevin threw a ball at his head.
- neil and kevin watched recordings of exy games religiously, and had a set method of gathering data on other players (unless it was related to jeremy knox. knox’s glory could not be captured by mere numbers) while neil argued with every conclusion he came to, even when they agreed.
- when the season started neil and kevin would talk rapid fire french at each other during breaks and at half-time. andrew decided to try his best to copy what they said into google translate after the game, but came to the conclusion that his memory must finally be faulty because dear god he sure hoped they weren’t talking about that in front of the entire team.
- their relationship was only really confirmed when andrew walked into his dorm room to find neil inside the oversized sweatshirt that kevin was also wearing, cuddling on the couch watching their exy videos together.
