between what is lost forever & what can still be known
(21786 words) by sylviaplatypus Chapters: 3/? Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolò di Genova Characters: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Nicky | Nicolò di Genova, Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s) Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Pre-Canon, Getting Together, Religious Guilt, POV Alternating, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Angsty Idiots to Lovers, But also, Enemies to Lovers, Character Study, unpacking religious trauma, Canon-Typical Violence Summary: The pause stretched, and Nicolò held his breath. Eventually, Yusuf asked, “You will stay also?”
“Yes,” Nicolò said on an exhale, almost before the question was fully formed. Yusuf blinked, his mask cracking once more, though Nicolò could no more easily decipher what it revealed. Whatever it was seemed delicate, too fragile to touch. In his native Ligurian, which Yusuf did not speak, he added, “It would be my honor.” (Or: Yet another origin fic! Nicolò and Yusuf decide to stay in Alexandria through Ramadan while contemplating their next moves.)

















