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Andrew wished it was more difficult to include Neil in his routines. He didn't need any more proof that this foolish runaway boy was perfect for him. A brief snapshot, cataloging an average summer day for one Andrew Minyard.
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26 Jul 2026
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The most shocking thing about the sight of Neil is how still he is.
Andrew has seen Neil bloodied and bruised before. But even beaten to a pulp and beyond exhausted, Neil talks and twitches and kicks in his sleep, restless fucker.
Now, Neil’s only signs of life are the shallow rise and fall of his chest and the steady beep of the heart monitor beside his bed. That’s all Andrew has to hold onto as he drags a chair from beside the window to the gap between Neil’s bed and the door and sits down.
Andrew breaks into Neil's hospital room after Baltimore. (Inspired by this artwork by @himawarrior)
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25 Jul 2026
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“Have you considered the possibility that Neil has chosen you, but believes you have not chosen him?” Renee says. "Have you ever explicitly told him what you want?”
“Neil knows what I want,” Andrew snaps. This is not Andrew’s fault.
“How do you know?”
Because Neil always knows. He is as fluent in Andrew’s micro-expressions as he is in German and French. He knows which head tilts mean “go on” and which ones mean “shut up.” Without ever asking, he learned what it meant to see Andrew wearing double layers of long sleeves, or taking multiple showers in a day, and learned to hand Andrew the car keys.
That has always been the most terrifying thing about Neil — his patience to wait, watch, listen, learn. The prospect that if Neil were given enough time, there would be no part of Andrew that was just Andrew’s anymore.
“He has to know,” Andrew says.
“Does he?” Renee says. “Have you ever known Neil to assume that he is wanted?”
Five times Neil tells someone that he and Andrew aren’t dating, and one time Andrew uses his words to set the record straight.
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24 Jul 2026
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The summer after Neil's first year, Neil starts to exhibit strange and concerning behaviours. He won't ask for help, but Andrew can't let it go or forget it, no matter how hard he tries.
Neil runs.
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Neil develops OCD triggered by the events of his first year at PSU (the events of the original trilogy). He handles this development very poorly.
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- Part 1 of When Life Feels Like an Emergency
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23 Jul 2026
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Dean Wilson went to college to keep an eye on his siblings: keep Ash out of trouble and Maze away from drugs. Work, hockey, and classes keep him busy now that life is finally quiet. Peaceful.
Until quiet and peaceful is no longer enough.
Until Tanaka.
Tanaka, with black hair and black eyes.
Tanaka, who doesn't talk but whose scars tell stories all on their own.
Tanaka, who's being hunted and who hunts in return.Trouble, and Dean.
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- Part 1 of Flight/Fight
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20 Jul 2026