OKAY YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE A THING
– neil being a shitty middle aged man in a crisis because he’s way too old to be playing but no one can get him to retire
– Andrew keeps pushing everyone off because neil’s his own person he can do what he wants and besides 80 year olds run marathons neil’s probably fine
– “andrew, running a marathon isn’t the same as being knocked head-first into a wall by a 25 year-old wall of muscle.”
– relevant, but nonetheless, Andrew’s not budging, and everyone knows that if Andrew doesn’t budge, then neither will neil
– kevin’s even retired for god’s sake, neil, just go into coaching you old bag
– he’s like 39 at this point and like yeah maybe that doesn’t sound too old but he’s about to turn 40 and that really is old in such a violent sport
– his defence is that kevin only just retired and he was 41 so why should he?
– because kevin’s like a foot taller and wider than you, dumbass
– obviously, Andrew does step in. However, it’s after neil’s torn his ACL and still wants to keep playing
– he shoves his crippled husband onto the couch. “neil. you’re being stupid.”
– neil sort of knows this but he cant bear the idea of giving up. what about the moriyamas? what will he do with himself? there’s nothing for him but exy and exy and exy
– “you’ve paid your debts to them a thousand times over” andrew reminds him, knowing exactly what neil’s thinking without him saying it. “and their reign is much smaller since the FBI dismantled Ichirou. what is this about, neil.”
“i don’t have anything else to do with my life.”
“coach. educate. travel. literally anything, neil.”
– neil knows hes right because it’s andrew, he’s always right. neil mumbles, grumpy, and waddles to bed
– our boi doesn’t want to give up his only love
– no but for real, neil is guaranteed to have an identity crisis when he has to retire. What does he say in the books, that it’s what he lives and breathes? He’s got some damn Issues.
(idek what this is but enjoy)
He built his entire life around exy and the foxes and honestly, when he has to retire or one of his foxes die? He’s gonna crumble, just a little.
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