kickfoxing:

so i kinda did a lil oneshot and NOT an HC but here you go! sorry it took so long :)

You can also find this response on ao3 here!

For the past 15 years, all Neil had known was Exy. In all fairness, the past 24  years of Neil’s life had been Exy, but the brief reprieve while he was on the run with Mary had allowed him a reset in his interest. His time with the Foxes had laid foundation for him to become a professional, and an amazing one at that. Throughout the years, he had played with a lot of his friends. Court allowed him to reconnect every four years with the Foxes, and he was grateful for the small amount of time he got to spend with them.

But Andrew- Andrew was the true constant in Neil’s life. Sure, there were times when they weren’t on the same professional team or live in the same part of the country, but through all the trials and tribulations of life, they had made it work- everything seemed inconsequential compared to the events of Neil’s freshman year at Palmetto.

Neil was 35 and loving his life. He paid his tithe to the Moriyamas and was in generally good shape for a professional athlete of his age, but he would be retiring soon. It was still a while off, but the impending doom of stopping Exy seemed to claw at his throat every once in a while.

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