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do you have any fics where neil is like kinda mean to the foxes or like stands up to them? i want fics where they realize that he’s not very innocent. or just any fics where he’s in character? i hate ones where he acts like a baby. thank you so much for all the work you do!! <3

We had a merry discussion about what is “in character” for Neil, and you might be surprised at the different aspects that we listed. That aside, I think you’ll enjoy many fics in our previous asks, particularly ‘Neil says it's fine I've had worse’ at the top. You’ll also find dark!, bamf!, and butcher!Neil there, plus him standing up to the Foxes about his sexuality or their treatment/dismissal of Andrew. - A

please see:

Neil says it's fine i've had worse here

Foxes find out Neil's not soft here

Neil hurts/kills in front of foxes here

new BAMF! or Raven!Neil here

dark!Neil & Andrew here

bad boy Neil here

Neil Josten: Moriyama spy here

protective Neil here

Neil with DID here

Neil fights with Jack here

confrontations about demisexuality/Andrew's soullessness here

The air gets thin on top of the mountain by maeusetod [Not Rated, 2351 Words, Complete, 2015]

For someone as oblivious as him he wondered how he had survived all those years.

just another language we speak by Yuu_chi [Rated T, 1455 Words, Complete, 2016]

They're never going to be the sort of couple that other people want them to be.

you hold me ransom every time by shamiram [Rated T, 2203 Words, Complete, 2016]

Kevin and Neil fight; it really shouldn't be Andrew's problem.

tw: anxiety, tw: referenced gun violence

escape artist by ArsenicInYourPudding [Rated T, 3612 Words, Complete, 2016]

Really, Neil's going to miss that pair of running shoes the most.

tw: implied/referenced violence, tw: blood

His Father's Eyes by maeusetod [Not Rated, 3012 Words, Complete, 2016]

Sometimes Neil had thought about, when and under which circumstances he would hear the name Nathaniel again, but he had not expected it to happen like this.

Shrike by Leteel6 [Rated E, 13870 Words, Complete, 2021]

Time’s up, Junior.

Indeed. Indeed it was. For who though, Nathaniel was unsure. All he knew for certain that the blood on the wall was still wet, not yet tacky which meant that he wasn't too far behind his fathers trail. He would catch up to him, this he knew with single-minded determination and it would either end in his death or his fathers. Maybe both. One way or another though, he would finish this.

Or, Neil never ends up going back to Baltimore. Instead, his father comes to Palmetto.

tw: graphic depictions of violence, tw: dissociation, tw: knife violence, tw: blood/gore, tw: referenced animal torture, tw: murder, tw: canonical character death, tw: gun violence

Lifeline by pandaseek [Rated T, 231608 words, incomplete, last updated Oct 2021]

"What is your name." He wouldn't care usually, but the way this kid had avoided it last time he asked, he was curious.

"I've had six so far." He answers slowly, weighing each word. "Which one do you want?"

Six names? Yep, there is something going on there.

"The real one. The one that fits you best."

"Not my birth name then?" He sounds almost hopeful?

Andrew waits until he sorts through his thoughts. He has another hour before he has to go back.

"Abram." He decides after a long pause. "It's my middle name. The only one that doesn't have to change because it can just as easily be left out."

tw: implied/referenced rape/non-con, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: implied/referenced child abuse

NB: fanart for this fic by Super_Yellow on AO3 here

Art

Simply hyperfixating on murder lacrosse art by @cowboymoonking

How’s that target on your back feel? art by @kiiakanerva

it’s been a hot sec art by @broresteia

I drew Neil again art by @freshsunberries