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"You have a problem," Andrew said, "wherein you only invest your time and energy into worthless pursuits."
"This," Neil flicked his finger to indicate the two of them, "isn't worthless."
"There is no 'this'. This is nothing."
"And I am nothing," Neil prompted. When Andrew gestured confirmation, Neil said, "And as you've always said, you want nothing."

Andrew was waiting for him on the rooftop, usually with a cigarette in one hand and a bottle at his knee. The nights were still cool enough to warrant jackets but Andrew's body heat burned most of the chill away.

"You convince Aaron. I'll convince Andrew."
"Do you really think you can?"

broo she doesnt know what he's capable of

"What are you afraid of?"
"Heights."
"Andrew."

It was hours before he could stop thinking long enough to sleep.

It took Neil three tries to find his voice. "You never said anything."
"Why should I have?" Andrew lifted one shoulder in a shrug. "Nothing will come of it."
"Nothing," Neil echoed.
"I am self-destructive, not stupid," Andrew said. "I know better."

The world tilted a little bit sideways. Neil dug his shoes harder into the floor so he wouldn't fall over. "You like me."
"I hate you," Andrew corrected him, but Neil barely heard him.

"I didn't think I was a personal problem. You hate me, remember?"
"Every inch of you," Andrew said. "That doesn't mean I wouldn't blow you."

Neil turned it over in his head, working his way through it, and thought about the scars on Andrew's forearms. Who had Andrew survived: Drake or himself?


dont do this to me rn man my day is just beginning and im in class

"We're okay," he said to the empty hall. "We're going to be okay."
The Foxes would be okay, at least, and that was more than enough.