glenflower:

Nicky at some point, possibly joking, possibly not, mentioning how damn disappointing it is that Neil and Andrew don’t have pet names for each other. Like, don’t they know that’s the ultimate height of affection?

And like Andrew thinks this over for two seconds and turns to Neil and says, completely deadpan, “what do you think, sweetheart?”

Neil doesn’t miss a beat when he says, “sounds like a great idea, darling.”

And so this starts positively the most terrifying thing the Foxes have ever seen. Neil and Andrew’s pet name war. Andrew pulls out Honey Bunny while they’re out for dinner one night and nearly causes Nicky to choke to death on his spaghetti, but Neil gets to drop Snookum in the middle of a team meeting and causes Wymack to go speechless.

It’s awful. Nicky has never heard somebody sound so close to committing murder while calling their boyfriend High King of my heart (Neil maintains he should get extra points for creativity on that one) and he is very, very, very sorry he ever brought it up but now it’s too late because Neil and Andrew think it’s hilarious and they will not stop.