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summary: andrew is cursed, but there is no universe where neil cares that he shouldn’t want this.

(ao3)

But then there’s Neil. Neil who uses deceit as a shield, and bends and bends and bends the truth until it breaks, and who’s a bigger liar than even his curse can make Andrew out to be. He might be the most powerful magician Andrew’s ever met - Andrew doesn’t know what colour his eyes are, what length his hair is, the shape of his nose; just that it’s all unremarkable. The twisted perception absolutely reeks of magic. Andrew doesn’t trust him, but he wants to figure him out.

Neil is an enigma even outside of the scope of his magical glamour. He so clearly wants to stay under the radar, something he admits to Neil in an almost-honest admission, and yet calls attention to himself at every turn. Even his slippery features won’t hide him from Riko Moriyama’s money and influence.

Andrew doesn’t need to tell Neil that. Instead, he tells Neil that he might actually be interesting after all. Neil looks confused, but raises his eyebrows and asks, “To Kevin?”

Andrew doesn’t answer that.

He offers to stand between Neil and Riko, but Neil doesn’t believe anything will save him. That might not even be because of Andrew’s curse. Andrew doesn’t blame him at all. Neil agrees anyway, even though he grimaces like his tie to Andrew is a noose around his neck.

Then something changes, and Andrew almost doesn’t notice it. Neil interprets Andrew’s silence. It’s as close to honesty as Andrew can offer, and the fact that Neil understands it is somehow intoxicating. Neil gives him truths and asks for his in return. Neil, at least, doesn’t act like he thinks Andrew is lying, and Andrew feels- he wants more of this fake acceptance.

He doesn’t want to want it. It’s not real. Neil isn’t real.

His perception is skewed from psychoactive drugs, and probably denial, too. It’s safe for as long as Andrew reminds himself that Neil isn’t a real person. He’s a character invented by a boy who shouldn’t exist.

(It doesn’t matter that it feels real. Andrew is a liar and Neil is a lie; the math is simple enough to deduce.)


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