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talk me back from this ledge
Kevaaron | Explicit | ao3
CW: talks of past addiction/struggles with addiction
"I wish I was high" Aaron whispers pathetically.
"But you're not," Kevin replies, "You're fighting it and you're winning"
"I don't want to fight anymore," Aaron feels broken and close to the edge.
“You don’t have to fight alone,” Kevin talks him down from that edge. He squeezes Aaron tightly for emphasis.
or
Aaron is struggling mentally with his past addiction and Kevin helps him get through it.
I currently have 4 kevaaron fics drafted and I need someone to force me to focus on finishing one (most are nsfw btw sorry sorry)
Here is the Russian translation of ‘talk me back from this ledge’ translated by @rainbow-jabka !
talk me back from this ledge
Kevaaron | Explicit | ao3
CW: talks of past addiction/struggles with addiction
"I wish I was high" Aaron whispers pathetically.
"But you're not," Kevin replies, "You're fighting it and you're winning"
"I don't want to fight anymore," Aaron feels broken and close to the edge.
“You don’t have to fight alone,” Kevin talks him down from that edge. He squeezes Aaron tightly for emphasis.
or
Aaron is struggling mentally with his past addiction and Kevin helps him get through it.
oh for fox sake
kevaaron | explicit | ao3
“I hate you and I hate this team,” Aaron grumbles, crossing his arms over his chest and sliding down the seat even more to mope. He’s had it with the Foxes interrupting him, one more time and he might not have it in him to stop when someone walks in again.
And he knows that’s a bold faced lie but Aaron still considers it.
or
5 times the Foxes interrupt Kevin and Aaron before things can go further and 1 time there's not a Fox in sight.
My favourite fictional sport man 😤😤
I need to find more fics of Neil just being completely unhinged there’s something so cathartic about it.
Especially if the foxes look at him and go “oh man you are a little bit fucked up actually, we still love u tho”
I have finally given in and written my first Aftg fic!!
Bit of shameless self plug, but if you wanna read about some hurt/comfort with a side of soft Andreil (and Neil finally getting some therapy) then you’ve come to the right place!
Not sure yet how many chapters it’ll have, but the next one will be posted very soon :DD
“From The Ashes” Chapter 2 is out!!
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(Basically the “Neil finally gets therapy” chapter LMAO)
Here’s a little snippet from the chapter:
Currently thinking many thoughts about
🧡T4T Andreil🧡
Might have to write a fic about them,,,
I’ve been reading so much Aftg fanfiction lately that I’ve genuinely been forgetting what is and isn’t actually canon…
Like did Andrew actually take out the car lighter from the Maserati because of what happened to Neil or did I read that in a fanfic??
“From the Ashes” Chapter 3 is out!
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Here’s a little snippet from the chapter!! :DD
Thinking an unhealthy amount about writing a sickfic about Neil where Andrew takes care of him…….
“From the Ashes” Chapter 4 is out!
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Here’s a snippet from the chapter! >:]
After finally getting past some good ‘ol writers block to write and post the next chapter of my aftg fic, something goes wrong with ao3 LMAO
Are the servers down or did I miss something? Or am I experiencing divine punishment?? LOL
Anyway uhh shameless plug go read my fanfic about Neil dealing with trauma with a side of fluffy Andreil :]
(Chapter 5 coming very soon…once ao3 will allow me to post LMAO)
“From the Ashes” Chapter 5 is out!
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Here’s a sneak peak of the chapter! >:DD
“From the Ashes” Chapter 6 is out!
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Here’s a snippet from the newest chapter! :D
guys. i finished die free or die a failure. what the FUCK.
i read die free or die a failure.
spoilers ahead !!! these are my thoughts and i'm a yapper.
THINGS I LIKED (in no particular order)
andrew. (i feel like i really enjoyed his characterisation even tho it wasn't accurate. like it still felt sort of like him just like he was more vocal??? more expressive??? idk like his real personality was all there. i feel like he didn't really do anything that canon andrew wouldn't do, he just did it more openly. i love the way he handled neil and i love his smartass comments he genuinely made me laugh. and yeah protective andrew is near and dear to my heart)
kevin-neil dynamic (i would include jean in this but i hate to say it i feel like jean didn't quite fit in the narrative. like he was just there. but he didn't have a LOT of personality. it's fine tho we have tsc and that's enough for me. anyway. i loved kevin and neil's sibling dynamic it was SO funny i think they deserve to have more silly brotherhood moments in canon. i also liked how the author rlly deepened their relationship and there were a lot of layers to their bond)
SETH (i'll say it till the day i die seth deserved better. i feel like dfodaf perfectly illustrates how seth could've been if he had been allowed more time and a redemption arc. maybe it was a little rushed but i LOVED the way he became like a protective older brother to neil and actually learned about his mistakes and was willing to own up to them. GOD he had so much potential)
martyr!neil (IDK I KNOW IT'S TOXIC IT WAS JUST REALLY REALLY WELL DONE. it's not completely in line w canon neil's personality tbh but i feel like the author just got one of neil's key personality traits (a penchant for self-sacrifice and getting into near death situations) and just exaggerated for narrative purposes. which i can respect. and i just genuinely think neil is the bestest boy and this is probably very similar to what he could've been like if he had grown up in the nest)
andreil build up (i say build up bc that's the part i loved most abt their relationship in this fic. like it just felt very right for them to be together romantically after everything they went thru in this fic together. and i feel like andreil is a difficult ship to rewrite and make good bc of how well nora developed the intimacy and trust between them but this fic did it right. like the amount of trust they had in each other rlly warmed my heart!!! and i'm honestly a bit of a traditionalist and i like to stick to the canon but i think within the context of this fic their relationship was developed perfectly and paced perfectly. it just felt like the final piece in the puzzle slipped into place when they actually officially got together. like it just made sense. bc they already had that pre-existing foundation of trust and consent and they already knew each other really well. and their banter!!! it was so well written and funny. they had GREAT chemistry. they cooked w this one)
THINGS I KINDA DIDN'T LIKE (no hate!!! i'm just a natural hater and these r just some criticisms)
neil. (SORRYYYY i just can't stand when they mischaracterise my boy!!!! i feel like it kind of is a personal preference but reading this fic didn't really feel like i was reading neil. i think in the first half it was fine and i wasn't bothered by it too much but by the second half it kind of took me out of the narrative. like the neil i know and love isn't this vocal or this open about like...anything. like i just felt like neil in this fic was just very like out there and a lot louder and more...talkative??? than neil in canon. and i think it bothered me a lot bc one of the things i love most abt neil is his quiet (until he's not) personality. like he's really chill and just isn't as like vocal as he was in this fic. again it's probably just me, but i just feel like the neil characterisation in this fic didn't feel quite right to me)
the dialogue (not all of it but a lot of it i remember being like oh ok. like it felt a little too...like blunt??? like the dialogue felt kind of jarring bc i feel like real ppl wouldn't speak like that. a lot of the conversations felt kind of awkward (this isn't me imposing my own like preferences onto this fic even within the narrative it didn't feel right) and i feel like a lot of what aftg does right in terms of writing is showing not telling the characters' thoughts and feelings whether thru actions or expressions. but in this fic it kind of felt like the characters were all just saying exactly what they were thinking and feeling and experiencing at all times and it kinda took me out of the story)
ok that's it. the things i liked outnumbered the things i disliked but the things i disliked were some pretty big things. STILL. i digress. i think writing such a long and complicated fic abt such a well-loved piece of writing is such a skill and i think the author did great even if there were things i personally didn't love about it. go read it PLEASE so i can discuss this w ppl. CHECK TW!!! there are a lot and this fic is very dark and very heavy and difficult to read at times. anyway. props to the author i had a great time.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/31265498/chapters/77287217
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
Slowly, Andrew lifts a clawed hand to the glass, lining up his fingers with a young boy’s hand, just as he’d done with Neil once before. Neil can see the children’s broad smiles from here, their little faces filled with wonder. Who would have thought that a merman would be better with children than him? Then again, knowing Andrew, maybe it’s not so surprising after all.
Read Chapter 22 of "Into The Deep" on AO3
Ya’ll…😍🥵
Chapter 2 is here, babyyy