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Hi, guys!

As you may know, I am Ukrainian. I live in Kyiv. I have lived here since I was born and I love my country with my whole heart.

I see a lot of misinformation under the tag "Ukraine". Most of it comes from American people, who try to explain the conflict in their own words. They can't. It's impossible to explain if you haven't lived here. There are too many influences on this conflict. You keep looking from an american perspective, which is not crucial in understanding the conflict.

For example, have you ever had you language forbidden? Like straight up forbidden by the law? It happened to Ukrainian language a lot of times thought our history. And who did it? The Russian Empire. And it's not the end of it. The genocides, the assimilation, the deportation. Have you even researched Ukrainian history?

You do not uplift Ukrainian voices enough. And you should if you care about what's happening. If you don’t do it, you're just doing a performance of your support and activism.

Lucky for you, I am a Ukrainian person! And I am DYING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. I scored 191/200 points on my graduation exam in history, so you can suppose I know something about Ukrainian history.

If you stand for Ukraine, uplift Ukrainian voices. Educate yourself. Learn Ukrainian history. Ask Ukrainian people

Hii!

I am looking for a fic everywhere I saw the synopse and lost

That I remember is about

The first kiss didn't happen and nothing between they happens in the first year, in the second Niel starts explore his feelings and sexuality with Andrew

If didn't find I will love any recommendations of Niel exploring sex/feelings with Andrew

It's not inside your mind but is the closer I could find I think

Thank you!!

We have two fics for you where the first kiss happens at a different time than in canon, plus many previous recs with andreil exploring feelings, intimacy and sexuality. -A

building trust/developing relationship

‘Hold me close, in fact bury me,’ ‘Trust Fall (And Welcoming Arms),’ and ‘Light fires at night (to push back the void)’ here

‘Right Side of Rock Bottom’ here

‘Sophomore Slump’ (updated) here

‘say something’ here

‘the icarus to your certainty’ here

‘I can't make you love me (if you don't)’ here

‘overturn the violence’ here

‘Unspoken’ here

‘lessons in trust’ here

‘Every Choice Leads to You’ here

getting comfortable with sex

andreil watching each other get off here

andreil’s first time here and here

realistic first time sex here

this bottom!andrew ask

Neil rimming Andrew here

Neil masturbates here (includes ‘Inside Your Mind’ series referenced in the ask)

the most romantic smut here

andreil I didn’t mean to turn you on here

andreil communicating their kinks here

‘Fits and Starts’ here

‘First’ here

‘Bottom Line’ here

‘Uncurling lifelines’ here

‘Gotta Start Somewhere’ here

‘Lessons in Cartography’ and ‘The Cartographer and the World’ here

‘Blossom Uner Kindness’ and ‘mark me, make me yours’ here

‘A Different Matter’ here

exploration of sexuality:

Neil’s insecure about his body/sexuality here

Neil’s sexuality here, here, and here

asexual Neil, ok Andrew here

‘Bedroom Voices’ here

Only You by wematch [Rated T, 16070 words, complete, 2018]

In their second year a deal is made. Andrew wants to explore his boundaries and there’s really just one person he trusts around himself.

Set in a universe where everything is the same except that Andrew never kissed Neil on the rooftop that night. Instead, they just got closer and more comfortable around each other.

tw: panic attacks

strawberry sweetness and light (doesn't taste like lies) by ephemeralsky [Rated T, 6193 words, complete, Andreil Week 2019]

The third time Nicky asks him about it, he says, “I am already dating someone.”

This is a lie.

Nicky’s face unfurls like a clearing sky, eyes widening and jaw dropping. “You don’t say! Who is it?”

Andrew’s mind flies in a thousand different ways, grasping for an answer, a diversion, another lie. Out of the corner of his eye, he glimpses Neil walking out of the locker room, hair damp and bag slung over his shoulder.

“Neil,” Andrew tells Nicky, and Nicky gawps, shocked and famished for more information.

“I am dating Neil,” Andrew says.

(or: in which Andrew and Neil - due to purely rational, strategical, and beneficial reasons - convince everybody that they are dating)

tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: implied/referenced self harm

It do be like that

suddenly found myself attracted to shawn spencer and am cursing myself. i can only assume this is the exact same regretful process that every single character on psych went through.

my mom purposely overpaid her credit card bill by 1 cent so every month they send her a letter that says they owe her 1 cent and it costs them a dollar to send the letter plus the paper. she is costing corporations money 👍

hi! I wanted to ask for canon compliant fics that are set after the books where neil and andrew are not trying to actively hide their relationship but the press still believes they hate each other, thank youuuuu

Most Minyard-Josten rivalry fics feature Neil or, occasionally, Andrew as the instigator, but I’m sure you’ll enjoy at least some of the fics mentioned here.  The following tags may also yield more results: secret relationship, minyard-josten rivalry,* coming out. - S

*NB: this tag is not working. We are puzzling it out and don’t want to hold up this answer any longer. We’ll edit the link in here when we fix it.

Also see …

‘no going back now’, ‘All Eyes On Us’ and ‘rottweiler smile’ here

‘That Isn't Nothing’ here (now complete)

‘Neil’s second year in the pros’ here

‘Space In-Between’ here

‘coin toss universe’ series and ‘Andreil: Into The Future’ series here

Secrets and Honesty by fullyvisible [Rated T, 42780 words, complete, 2021]

Neil and Andrew aren't on the same professional teams, but that doesn't mean they're any less together. When a photograph gets taken out of context, they decide to go with it, as long as they're both having fun. And they are. Right?

heart shaped hatred by WICKEDP0WERS [Rated G, 4780 words, complete, 2021]

The Minyard VS Josten Rivalry continues once more in the latest Ducks VS Pythons Regional game. Held on February 14th, the two teams will face off after a grueling season filled with defeats and victories. These two high ranked Exy teams will battle it out on the court, filling fans of the game with excitement seeing as these two talented teams are going to give everyone a run for their money.

Josten, Starting Striker for the Colorado Ducks was asked about his thoughts on his upcoming rematch with long time rival and ex-teammate from the PSU Foxes, Andrew Minyard. “It’s not really a face off between me and Andrew. The Pythons are a great team and I could say that the Ducks are as well,” Josten said. “I would say it isn’t personal but I can’t wait to beat Andrew Minyard for the next game. I’ve got a score to settle with that angry midget. I can’t wait to see him on the court.”

Minyard-Josten Rivalry by Rory_writes [Rated M, 194879 words, incomplete, last updated  Aug 2021]

My take on the Minyard-Josten Rivalry/Pro Andreil!

A long collection of sequential scenes throughout Andrew and Neil's lives, post books.

Including, but not limited to, my interpretation of the Minyard-Josten Rivalry, the old Foxes playing with kittens for a YouTube video, so much soft and sweet Andreil you will get cavities, and headcanons I have been thinking about all year.

(Not complete, but still being written)

tw: transphobia, tw: racism, tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: homophobic language

Catch Me If You Can by cleopatras [Rated T, 2683 words, complete, 2020]

Months ahead of joining Andrew's team after graduation, Neil accidentally lets an insult slip on the Kathy Ferdinand show. Thus, the Minyard-Josten Rivalry was born, but in all honesty, that couldn't be less accurate.

The Crooked Kind by youreyestheyglow [Rated G, 10512 words, complete, 2020]

Neil went pro a year ago--and not on Andrew's team. The problem: they're private people, and when the press takes their declarations of hate at face value, Andrew and Neil find themselves unwilling to end the rumors.

tw: mentions of canon typical violence

Reputation by lemonicee [Rated M, 7729 words, complete, 2020]

The rise and fall of the Minyard-Josten Rivalry.

Usually when Neil starts shit in a post-game press interview, he does it on purpose. This time, he really just meant for it to be a joke.

“How do you feel about the possibility of ending up on a team with a former Fox teammate?” is the next question.

“Great,” Neil answers, sincere. “I would love to play with Matt or Kevin again.”

“What about Minyard? Would you sign with Atlanta?”

Neil says, “Andrew? He’s a nightmare.”

He knows it’s a joke. His team knows it’s a joke. Andrew will know it’s a joke.

The press does not seem to know that it’s a joke.

Minyard vs Josten ;) by introvertedtiger [Rated G, 2102 words, complete 2019]

ever since Neil and Andrew had gone pro and started playing AGAINST each other, the media thought they hated each other. in reality they’ve been married for two years and Neil’s getting bored of the rivalry and is finally ready to change the name on his jersey.

tw: homophobia

minyard-josten rivalry by @butallmystars [tumblr, 2021]

here; this is just for you. my brain is currently mooning over the minyard-josten rivalry troupe so I offer you this….

Andreil coming out to the public by @kevindayslefthand [tumblr, 2020]

Okay so I think the way it happens is that rumours are going around about them dating and loads of those celebrity gossip shows are talking about it because a) their cats look identical and b) the minyard josten rivalry us looking more and more like suppressed sexual tension rather than hate

Rivalry?? by @itsstickball [tumblr, 2019]

(pt. 2, pt.3)

It starts, like most things these days, with Neil’s Instagram.

Neil Josten is Cheating by @wilsherejack [tumblr, 2018]

Neil Josten wears a gold band around his left ring finger and is absolutely cheating on his partner.

the name game by @permets [tumblr, 2016]

what happens when neil and andrew change the names on their jerseys

tw: implied/referenced abuse

Staff Recs - 🖋️📚 ‘Authors, Poets & Playwrights - and not forgetting Journalists & Reporters’ 📚✒️

Little did we know, when we hit upon the idea of choosing Foxes as writers as the theme for a staff rec, how many, many fics we would find.  Fanfic authors seem to especially like turning Andrew into a writer, but Neil, Kevin and Jean are also represented here.  So there’s plenty to choose from! - Aftg Fic Rec Fam

Previous recs:

Author!Andrew:

‘I'm Haunted by You’ here (completed)

‘Foxhaven’ here

‘you mean you forgot cranberries too’ here (completed)

‘Andrew Minyard's Diary’ here

‘The Sparrow’ here

‘Read between the lines’ here

‘You Know I Never Forgot’ here

‘fame and infamy (you're a fairytale to me)’ here

‘blueberry pancakes’ here

‘Apartment 314’ series, part 1-13 here

‘Boy Memorized.’ here

‘red sky at morning’ here

‘When the frost is in bloom’ here

‘Cryptid Serial Killer Witch Man’ here 

‘The Foxhole Apothecary’ here

‘always you’ here

‘exycast’ series here

‘Sunflower, Vol. 6’ here

‘lie to me (for i do not wish to live the truth)’ here

‘Disillusion's All You Left For Me’ here

‘Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder’ here

‘april showers, april snow storms’ here

‘made up of light and shade’ here

‘of ice blue eyes & twisted veins’ here

‘Baby, you're nothing but a pipe dream’ here

‘Spun Sugar Truths’ here

‘We're All Stories In The End’ and ‘Bang Slash Click’ here (completed) - songwriter

‘dating and other disasters’ here - poet

‘Still, There Are Scratches Along This Wall’ here - poet

‘Dear Advice Guy’ here (completed) - advice columnist

‘the passenger’ here - journalist

‘better than nothing’ here - journalist

‘Constrast’ here - journalist

‘Four Roses, Neat’ here - journalist

‘Red Rabbits’ - here - podcaster/journalist

Neil as a writer:

‘Such a fool for sacrifice’ here

‘laws of motion’ here - fanfic writer

‘Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)’ here - fanfic writer

‘Lost in Translation’ here - journalist

‘fear in a handful of dust’ here - journalist

‘all that i’ve been dreaming of’ here - journalist

‘Oops (Didn't Mean It)’ here - journalist

‘Bittersweet Letters’ here

both:

‘A Cabin in the Woods (But Not Like That)’ here

‘Why do we feel alone?’ here (completed)

‘tell me the story (of who i am)’ here

‘per my last email, you're an asshole’ here (updated)

Kevin:

‘Drop In, Drop By’ here

Jean:

‘Breath of Fresh Air’ here - journalist

Honourable mention goes to ‘Hush, Don't Say a Word’ featuring one Katelyn Mackenzie as a reporter in a supporting role here

A Quiet Little Seedling by Lostintheuniverseslies [Rated E, 108116 words, incomplete, last updated Aug 2024]

Neil had a lot of secrets. He didn’t want much in life except to live quietly, run his botanical store, upload TikToks covering plant care, and for not a single person to find out that he’s the best-selling author N.A.J who published one book anonymously five years prior and disappeared. His life takes a turn when his literary agent tracks him down for a follow-up book with the theme of feeling settled and at peace. Two things Neil is not. Thus begins his journey of planting roots in a town he’s lived in for years, starting with making friends with people who have tried to bring him into their circle. As Neil gets closer to them and his secrets become less guarded, there’s still that one big secret he intends on taking to his grave. But the closer he gets to his friends the closer he unknowingly gets to that secret being revealed.

tw: dissociation, tw: ptsd, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: violence, tw: vomit

If I Knew You by AceSirenSinger [Rated T, 43145 words, complete, 2024]

Neil is imprisoned at sixteen years old for being the Butcher of Baltimore. Andrew obsesses, and Aaron obsesses because Andrew does, and everything goes wrong and raw and painful. Feat. the twinyards breaking each other’s hearts, and a decent amount of shade on the American justice system.

tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: recreational drug use 

The Critical Chapter by JuiceGremlin [Rated E, 43460 words, complete, 2024]

Andrew was made to love. Neil was made to be loved. For a handful of weeks, Andrew deludes himself into believing the opposite. AKA Andrew writes self-insert vampire porn and needs his roommate to show him how to fuck tenderly.

tw: explicit sexual content, tw: violence, tw: blood, tw: implied referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon

growth over old roots by diabolicalandderanged [Rated T, 15541 words, complete, 2024]

andrew is a poet and neil is a painter, both searching for a muse, and an answer they never thought they needed.

Step By Step by Whyreme [Rated M, 6372 words, incomplete, last updated Aug 2024]

Total freedom was still new to Neil Josten, but he was ready to discover every aspect of it one step at a time. Exy coach for his newfound association, he wanted to help kids through the sport he had always been passionate about. Little did he know that the famous criminologist and author obsessed with the Butcher of Baltimore, Andrew Minyard was closer than he thought. Or, Neil is trying to live though his life and is caught by the old foxes.

tw: ptsd, tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: violence

Golden by nightlight9 [Rated T, 17547 words, complete, 2024]

Years after escaping the violence of the Nest and starting a new life in California, Jean is content with his life. Sure the fear lingers around every corner, but at least he has a chance to live for once. Besides, he has Neil and his merry band of misfits, and it is enough. But then a chance encounter with a beautiful stranger and a blossoming friendship make him want to be brave enough to take a chance on happiness even as the shadows of his past threaten what he’s come to hold so dear.

tw: implied/referenced abuse

What Ghost Around, Comes Around by KweenDay [Rated M, 14093 words, incomplete, last updated Aug 2023, locked]

Andrew moves to a new apartment and finds out it's been haunted. By a very snarky, very attractive (to his horror) ghost. Neil, the petty ghost, refuses to accept he's dead and won't leave so Andrew has no choice but try to exorcise him. Except it doesn't work. So maybe Neil really isn't dead? Whatever. Andrew's going to solve the ghost-Neil mystery and get his ass out of his apartment. Preferably without falling in love with the ghost boy.

A lifetime of stories by dyfampox [Rated G, 889 words, complete, 2023]

Andrew is an author and Neil reviews books. People think Neil’s a big fan of Andrew. Andrew does an at-home Zoom interview. Everything is going fine until Neil is seen in the background in Andrew's room

the language we speak by athenachild [Rated T, 22884 words, complete, 2023]

Andrew is a fanfic writer who feels adrift online. But once an internet stranger named Neil messages Andrew about his fics and calls out his vulnerabilities, Neil becomes the perpetual thorn in Andrew’s side. And maybe something more. But Andrew has never been one for romantics.

tw: panic attacks, tw: implied/referenced self harm

Pencil Shavings and Ink Stains by ajminyard03 [Rated T, 12290 words, complete, Aftg Reverse Big Bang 2023]

Andrew Minyard has been coming to the small clearing the woods to write ever since he discovered it. Neil Josten, a freshman during Andrew's sophomore year, discovers the clearing when Andrew isn't there and finds its a great place to write. The two of them slowly get to know one another.

NB: find art for this fic by @goopllmw here

Like Moth to the Flame by camaraderie [Rated M, 21982 words, complete, Aftg Reverse Big Bang 2023]

Andrew didn't make working with him easy. He quickly got bored, annoyed or simply didn't care enough to stick with his editors, making Kevin lose his head over his best home writer's career. No one piqued Andrew's interest; not until a certain redhead contradiction fell into his life, making him alternate between internal crises and horny-gripping every five minutes.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon

NB: find art for this fic by @kayzowl embedded in the fic

it’s an autobiography by sircrackers [Rated G, 1890 words, complete, 2023]

In which Neil writes a book, and his favourite BookTuber Andrew Minyard posts a review of it. --- Based on a Tumblr headcanon by kitausu.

Character Development by JostenlovesMinyard [Rated T, 2197 words, complete, Aftg Exchange Winter 2022]

Andrew is a bestselling author living with his YouTuber roommate Neil. When Neil suggests they begin fake dating in order to get prying fans off their backs, Andrew discovers how he really feels about Neil and their arrangement.

I Haven't Seen You (since that summer) by attfna [Rated M, 19094 words, incomplete, last updated 2022]

Andrew thinks he's finally met his match in the form of a snarky redhead that works at the shitty diner on the outskirts of his college town - until the day Neil disappears and Andrew is left to pick up the pieces of a life he'd barely had a chance to imagine. Ten years later he comes across a familiar stranger in small swiss town. Can they pick up where they left off? Or has too much time....too much distance come between them?

tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon

Friendly Neighborhood Poltergeist by AL_fiction [Rated T, 2397 words, complete, 2022]

Neil Josten was in love and only wanted to be noticed, unfortunately for him he was dead and the ghost stuck haunting the Wesninski mansion. On the other hand, Andrew was very much living and just wanted to write a good story. Maybe Andrew will open his eyes and just see the biggest story was in front of him the whole time.

tw: major character death, tw: torture

Fuck Riko: The Musical by justwhatialwayswanted [Rated T, 7650 words, complete, 2022]

"Okay, but we still need a show," Dan says. "A very cheap one." "Andrew," Aaron says. "No," Andrew says. "You didn't even wait for me to ask my question." "I know what you're going to ask, and it's a stupid idea." Neil looks back and forth between them and says, "But it would make Riko so mad. You could write him out of the show." "Fuck." Andrew sighs. "I don't know anything about music." "I do," Jean says, so quietly that for a second Kevin thinks he's imagined it. "Just to be totally clear," Nicky says. "Are we talking about Andrew and Jean writing us a musical?" * or: What happens if you piss off every other theater kid in your very insular theater kid friend group? If you're Riko Moriyama, they write and perform an entire musical as revenge.

How to Write a Love Story by tomat0head [Rated T, 6362 words, complete, 2022]

Romance novelist Andrew Minyard is stuck with writer’s block, definitely not because he’s stuck on his longtime best friend and roommate, Neil Josten. Determined to fix both his issues, Andrew decides to find a man to fake date. Idiocy ensues.

Escapism by jingerhead [Rated T, 3026 words, complete, 2021, Aftg Collaboration]

Neil writes fanfiction to live in a better reality than the one he's currently in. He finds a comment on one of his works that intrigues him.

Points of Contact by Paradoxolotl [Rated T, 1183 words, complete, 2021, Aftg Collaboration]

Andrew finds an author who writes fanfiction about him. He doesn't hate it.

until you stood before me by saturnwaves [Rated M, 13295 words, complete, 2022, locked]

Jean is supposed to be finished with the first draft of his second novel by now but he hasn't even typed a single word. Hoping to strike inspiration, he books a vacation to the Italian coast. There he meets Jeremy Knox, a man that smiles like the sun, and somehow knows his former college roommate Kevin Day, and he gets swept into a 'vacation friend' plot by that very same man. Can Jeremy's easy smile, bright laugh, and the rush of love with an expiration date be enough to inspire Jean to finally write? Maybe he didn't need a vacation to inspire him … maybe he just needed a person.

intonate by racingshadows [Rated T, 2569 words, complete, 2020]

“I was wondering…” Neil stopped, but continued as he tried to clear his mind, “... if Bee ever asked you to write.” “Write.” Andrew repeated. “Yes, keeping a diary, maybe? Or just, you know, write a short story or something.” (or: Neil wanted to know if Andrew had ever written something. He meant a journal or something Andrew could pour his words onto, Neil didn’t expect a whole novel written by Andrew.)

Right in Front of You by alex_wh0 [Rated G, 726 words, complete, 2019]

Bookstore AU where Andrew is a writer and also owns a bookstore. What happens when Neil wanders in one night?

for the first time by injo [Rated G, 3764 words, complete, 2018]

Andrew wielded his words like he wielded his knives: cutting, blithe, honed to a sharp point that cut through the bullshit of his thoughts to leave only spidery letters on a page. He wrote stories about fast cars and cruel men, hollow eyed youth and the sting of alcohol down your throat on a perfect winter’s day. **** An AU where Andrew is a writer and Neil is his editor.

a brief primer for the end by animediac [Rated G, 21425 words, complete, 2022]

The guy sitting across from Neil in the diner, surrounded by star-charts and maps, looks like someone’s just told him the world’s ending. Well. It is. But that’s not really the point. At the end of the world, Neil Josten ends up chasing a meteor.

tw: implied/referenced abuse

The straight men's attraction to Ryan Reynolds by queenofseventeen [Rated G, 3056 words, complete, Aftg Exchange 2022]

Andrew is a journalist looking for the son of the butcher. Aaron doubts he can do it. When the guy he saw in the mall turns out to be that son Andrew needs to convince him for an interview.

first date with a writer's block by oisforoblivion [Not Rated, 871 words, complete, 2020]

Andrew might just scream if he thinks more about that boy.

Nora Sakavic must have put crack onto whatever writing device she used when writing aftg because I don’t have any other explanation as to why this book has stayed in my life for years. This book has been in my mind since the first time I’ve read it and no matter how many books I read I always come back to it. I reread it every few months to try and find new meanings in it and I always go back to her blog after to read about things that happen in the future or what could’ve become. I compare every new book I read with it knowing it’ll never be the same. I read fanfiction about it when I have nothing better to do with my time. This book has corrupted my mind in the best and worst way possible. I get so annoyed when I see the same words everytime I open the books like somehow it’s going to be different after the 500th time reading it. No other fandom has stayed with me this long the way aftg has and no other fandom compares to the pure insanity that’s in the books.

I never do these things 🙈🙈🙈

Girlies listening to descriptions of the most horrifying things you’ve ever heard in their favorite podcast

(It’s me I’m girlies)

neil, book one: anything romotely sketchy happens and i’m fucking out of here

neil, book three: kevin stop being a little bitch and tell the mafia boss to fuck off