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According to the team, Andrew is currently losing a custody battle for Neil against a sport invented by the mafia.
It’s a running joke in the locker room: Neil cares about Exy, and then, distant second, he cares about breathing. Andrew is somewhere on the list, probably below the new backliner spread Kevin found.
Andrew doesn't bother correcting them. He knows the difference between a distraction and a destination. He knows Neil runs until his lungs burn to keep the ghosts quiet, but he also knows exactly whose bed Neil crawls into when the adrenaline fades.
(Or: 5 times the team thought Neil loved the sport more than the goalkeeper, and one time Neil made the hierarchy terrifyingly clear.)
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07 Jan 2026
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Nathaniel has been on the run for years. He is Noah, then Philip, then Sam.
One day, he is Alex. And in his class, there is Andrew Doe, a lonely boy who manages to keep everyone else at bay. Alex would like to look away, except he can’t help but notice the details: dark circles, expressions, bruises on the wrists.
Slowly, Andrew becomes the closest thing to a friend. But Alex is not going to remain Alex for much longer, and for the first time he finds that leaving everything would be a difficult sacrifice to make.
He made a mistake.
Andrew didn’t comment, but now his eyes are on Alex. He listens to the answers that Alex gives to the teachers, he reads his notes, he studies his steps, examines his tray during lunch. His own bruises come back, and one morning Alex is certain that Andrew’s right cheek is redder than usual. He recognizes this, he knows where it comes from. A slap, not strong enough to mark but sufficient to leave a trace.
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07 Jan 2026
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“You were barely fast enough to save him last time. The next time someone takes a swing at him, you and your brisket lungs will have to watch him die.”
The sour and bitter words have been haunting Andrew for weeks—only because it's the most ridiculous thing Andrew has ever heard. He wasn't too slow with Riko. And he could never be too slow for Neil.
But after Andrew nearly watches Neil die in front of his eyes, Jean's words haunt him in an entirely different way. Quitting cigs sounds like a fate worse than death—but so does losing Neil.
Or: The attack in The Golden Raven from Andrew's pov. **Contains The Golden Raven spoilers**
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31 Dec 2025
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27 Dec 2025
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Four years of medical school, top percentile USMLE scores, and impeccable clinical rotations. None of it matters when the background check comes back flagged.
When the State Medical Board views his history as a liability rather than a defense, Aaron is left with no matches for residency. Neil thinks it’s a logistics problem that can be fixed with a phone call to the Moriyamas. Andrew thinks it’s a money problem that can be fixed with a wire transfer.
Aaron knows it’s the cost of being the only one trying to survive the right way.
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- Part 3 of Paging Doctor Minyard
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27 Dec 2025