"Destati!" "Sono qui."

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[even-after-a-millennia]

Fanfic Masterlist

What We Do For Family series (3 works, 21k all together)

- For Family - Booker-centric fic, from becoming immortal until he turns only himself into Merrick. Joe/Nicky | Rated T | ~4.5k

- We Will Carry the Weight Together - Nicky’s POV of For Family, as well as additional content. Joe was the one put in the iron maiden in this AU. Joe/Nicky | Rated T | ~7.5k

- Here Through the Dark and Beautiful - Nile-centric fic five years post canon. She sees her brother and reckons with everything that comes with her immortality. Book of Nile | Rated T | 9k

my home from long ago - Andy and Quynh hallucinate Lykon. Og3 heavy with the rest of the Guard present. Andy/Quynh | Rated T | 2k

Mi prenderò cura di te - Modern au sickfic. Joe gets sick and Nicky comes over to help him.  Joe/Nicky | Rated T | 1.5k

Winter Wonders - The Guard wake up to a snow covered world. Andy and Quynh go outside and have a snowball fight that leads to a discovery.  Andy/Quynh | Rated T | 1.7k

to drown and delight in his eyes - 5 times throughout history that Joe has drawn Nicky and one time when Nile and Joe drew him together (art bros 5ever). Joe/Nicky | Rated T | 3.5k

the water will not claim me (she already has) - Andy, Quynh, and water throughout history. Andy/Quynh | Rated T | 1.5k

A tavola non si invecchia - Joe and Nicky dance in the kitchen to Nile’s music. Joe/Nicky | Rated T | 1k

Storyteller Lykon ficlet - Andy/Quynh, Og3 

Celeste/Andy Reunion - Andy/Celeste for Femslash Fortnight

my heart (and lungs) ache for you - Hanahaki disease AU for Femslash Fortnight. Andy/Quynh | Rated T | ~1.8k

Only the Beginning - The Mummy (1999) AU! Joe/Nicky, background Booker/Nile, background Andy/Quynh, Og3 (platonic) | Rated T | ~23k words

So Much in a Word - Joe-centric magic and soulmate au for Yusuf al-Kaysani Bingo. Joe/Nicky | Rated M | ~5.4k words

The Freeman’s and Firsts - Nile-centric fic for Nile Freeman Week 2021 and the prompt First(s). Gen | Rated G | ~1.7k

Ending on Canvas - Nile-centric fic for Nile Freeman Week 2021 and the prompt Art. Joe and Nile Art Bros.  Gen | Rated G | 1.4k

hold me close then let me go - Nile centric fic for Nile Freeman Week 2021 and the prompt Family. Nile sees her dad when she dies. Gen | Rated T | 1.4k

Falling into a New Life - Nile-centric fic for Nile Freeman Week 2021 and the alternative prompt Canon Divergent AU. Nile gets on the plane to Germany and testing. Gen | Rated T | ~2.1k

look out with me at this beauty - Nile-centric fic for Nile Freeman Week 2021 and the prompt Childhood. Family vacation to Bear Butte, South Dakota. Gen | Rated G | 1.7k

Believe in the light and I’ll bring it to you - Nile-centric fic for Nile Freeman Week 2021 and the alternative prompt Fantasy AU.  Magic AU with background Andromaquynh. Gen | Rated T | ~4.7k

Nile + TOG Cuddles - Nile-centric ficlet for Nile Freeman Week 2021 and the prompt Free Choice. A damp, depressing day and cuddles to feel better.  Gen | Rated G | 342 words

Nile and Book Stuck on the Stoop - ficlet based on this post but with Book of Nile. Nile/Booker | Gen | 838 words

Lost in His Brilliance - Modern, college AU.  Nicky and Joe integrate each other into their lives by spending time together, with drawing and food. Joe/Nicky | Rated T | ~13k

ceremony after ceremony, century after century - for Andromaquynh Secret Santa 2021, 5 bonding ceremonies before the iron coffin and one after. Andromaquynh | Rated T | ~4k

Found: The Goddess of Lost and Forgotten Things - for Andromaquynh Secret Santa 2021, goddess!Andy x grad student!Quynh. Andromaquynh | Rated T | 4.7k

I will add more as I write more, but for now, I just wanted to have everything in the same place!

[nickygenovas]

[of-scythia]

#this is the nicolo thesis right here! right here!!!#the sharpness of his gaze his quiet rancor the curl of his mouth around a hiss#and then the rage. you see it twice in the movie both times because joe is hurt#i know it’s The Racismé but it is just BAFFLING to me that people think JOE is the aggressively protective one#joe kills keane with resigned exhaustion. he kills keane for himself. because keane made him crawl over to nicky’s unmoving body#made him consider even for a minute that nicky was dead. after hours of watching him strapped to a gurney. out of reach#while someone carved pieces of him and joe could only watch#but nicky’s anger when joe is hurt or in danger is so immediate and reflexive#when merrick stabs joe nicky THROWS himself towards them. would put his body between joe and the blade if he wasn’t restrained#just as he does every night when he puts himself and his gun between joe and the door#on the kill floor he is so ANGRY and until his eyes meet joe’s that anger is ALL there is#only after nonverbal confirmation that joe is with him again does he melt back into the cold composed warrior he is#all this to say! still to this day! after 900 years! knowing most things cannot hurt joe - at least not physically not lastingly#it is in nicky’s PROGRAMMING to not let any harm come to him#<shakes fist at the sky> PROTECTOOORRRRR#yeah i feel insane now#nicky feral garbage cat theory <3  @lgbtmazight

[wickedpact]

as much as i like ‘acts of service’ nicky / ‘words of affirmation’ joe, i WILL be out here for forever waving my flag abt how joe only uses explicit words of affirmation in one(1) scene (the armored van scene) AND based off of both his and nickys reactions to that speech (plus marwan talking abt it in interviews) joe doesnt give speeches like that every day

Meanstwhile nicky just casually injects three(3) little statements of verbal affection (as much as i like watching you sleep, the love of my life, its like destiny [which is literal words of affirmation] ) into conversation throughout the movie, and no one reacts oddly to it, suggesting he does that kind of thing all the time. words of affirmation nicky rights.

[snipergirl21]

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: To me, Joe’s declarations of love are like a fine blade wielded with skill and grace and dancing in the air, while Nicky’s declarations of love have the subtlety and power of a sledgehammer.

[rozanovs]

but what is grief, if not love persevering?

[uservik]

joe and nicky + tropes

[andtheywerecocaptains]

@lazynbored​ asked: immortal husbands + gradient #24

[captaindelafere]

Sébastien ‘Booker’ Le Livre + The Essentials™

HAPPY 251st BIRTHDAY, BOOKER! May 17, 1770

[hoax1918]

book and coffee

[screengifs]

@juneofdoom 2025 Day 26 SHACKLE: The Old Guard (2020)

[nicojoe]

(x)

[kazzsbrekker]

THE OLD GUARD (2020) + favorite line per character

[joenicolo]

Our boys are baaaaackkk!! ❤️❤️

[twobabkas]

We killed each other. Many times. Yeah.

[designtheendless]

[designtheendless]

[alkaysani]

andy sees her wife for the first time in literal centuries, and it's during a fight and she literally mirrors her every move, because while they're apart, andy made sure she always remembered everything about quynh, including her every move

[usergreens]

KIKI LAYNE as NILE FREEMAN The Old Guard (2020) dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood