all for the game backlog post: "choose us" thoughts

originally posted on tumblr here on Oct 13th, 2025

ok so i put this originally in the notes of my fic about it on ao3 but ive been rereading the king's men over and over and over and over lately, and every time i get to the scene right after neil tells kevin and jean about ichirous decision where neil tells andrew "choose us. kevin's going to retake his spot on court before he graduates. he thinks i can make the cut with enough practice and time. come with us. let's all play in the olympics together one day. we'd be unstoppable" i can't help but think that the reason andrew went quiet after the "choose us" part was because he thought neil meant something else. and it happens only a couple days before andrew lets aaron go, meaning he chose neil over aaron after that conversation. "choose us" indeed.