#usercoffeenate

[nilefreemans]

joe and nicky’s cute lil’ hug + bonus boop 

[eternalporcelaindoll]

It is a story about time, and age, and ages, and about friendship, and love, and regret.

It is a story of two women and three men who cannot die.

Mostly.

[andtheywerecocaptains]

[moonlightbuckleys]

8 for yusufnicolo 💞

8 - interrupting with a kiss

Nicolò is pulled from his book by the feeling of Yusuf’s lips against his shoulder. Even through the fabric of his tee shirt, the touch causes a shiver to run down his spine. 

Granted it is very threadbare tee shirt- but it’s a very nice tee shirt, just the right amount of softness thank you very much. (Also Yusuf had bought it for him at their first Queen concert back in the seventies and it held particularly fond memories.)

“I’ve pulled you from your book only to lose you to your thoughts,” Yusuf muses, pressing another kiss to Nicolò’s shoulder before shifting so he can trail feather-light kisses along the line of Nicolò’s shoulder to his neck.

Nicolò hums softly, reaching over to grab his bookmark- currently a napkin that Yusuf had doodled several hearts (the anatomical kind, he’s been practicing) on during their particularly boring stakeout the previous afternoon- “Have you been awake long?” 

Yusuf chuckles into his shoulder, his breath hot against Nicolò’s skin, “Not very long, what has you in your thoughts?” 

“You,” Nicolò replies simply, closing his now bookmarked book and setting it aside on the nightstand.

“Me?”  It’s said as a question, but Nicolò can hear the gentle tease in Yusuf’s tone. 

Book now safely put away, Nicolò turns his full attention to Yusuf, who has moved to resting his chin on Nicolò’s shoulder and staring up at him with those beautiful brown eyes that Nicolò had become so enchanted with all those centuries ago, when they locked eyes for the very first time and Nicolò had known, deep in his heart that this man was going to be the death of him. (If only he had known, all that time ago, that Yusuf would come to be his very life- it certainly would’ve saved them both from several unpleasant deaths.)

“You,” he repeats, gently cupping Yusuf’s cheek with the hand not pinned to his side, “always you, my life.” 

intimacy prompts

[elizabeth-mitchells]

Andy realizing because Quynh has died more times than all of them combined she most likely will be the next to die permanently. Panic ensures after this.

Also it doesn't help that Quynh has zero sense of self preservation left.

“Andy… Are you okay?”

“Are you seeing this?!”

“Yeah, it looks like she’s having fun,” Nile chuckled.

The two of them were watching from a safe distance while Joe and Nicky introduced Quynh to a handful of new guns. It had started as a group effort, since all of them were pretty much experts, but Andy was leading the event. At least, she had been, until it became obvious she was unusually nervous, and forgetting some key safety lessons. Nile had pulled her apart while the others went on with the lesson.

“Look! She’s holding two guns now, she’s not ready…”

Nile reached out in time to grab Andy’s arm and pulled back to her side. She narrowed her eyes at the older woman, “Wait… Are you… worried?” she asked, “About Quynh? Your wife who happens to be immortal and apparently stronger than the whole damn ocean?”

Andy rolled her eyes and looked deeply impatient. She looked back once at Quynh having the time of her life skipping over the safety regulations, and answered in a whisper, “Listen, she… she’s died more time than all of us combined,” she voice shook with pain and guilt, but her nerves were somehow amusing, even endearing, “She could… she’ll probably be the next to lose her immortality. I’m trying to avoid finding out too soon, okay?”

Nile tried everything she could to hold back her smile but it was a lost battle, “Aww, you’re worried about her!”

“Nile!” Andy groaned, covered her face with her hands and took a moment to gather herself, “You don’t get it,” she insisted, “Her life’s at risk and she doesn’t even notice. She’s lost all sense of self-preservation. She’s acting as dumb as if she just found out she’s immortal.”

“Hey, I didn’t…” the younger woman tried to defend herself but a stern look from Andy got her to surrender, “Okay, fine, I shot myself, jumped off a building, tried poison a couple of times, sue me. I had to see what happened!”

“You literally didn’t have to, but you’re missing the point,” Andy continued, “I taught her how to drive, and now I can’t even let her get in a car by herself because I just know she wants to make one of them explode.”

“Can I go with her?”

“Shut up,” Andy interrupted her, “She’s electrocuted herself about five times now, and I no longer believe her when she tells me she doesn’t understand how it works. She’s too smart for that.”

“Oh yeah,” Nile agreed, looking at something behind Andy, “She is a genius, she’s holding three guns now.”

“What?!”

“Andy, relax! I’m kidding, she’s still holding just two guns,” Nile gently placed her hands on the other woman’s shoulders and turned her back around to face her, “She still looks pretty immortal to me. You’re not though, and you’re about to give yourself a heart attack.”

Andy looked down and took a deep breath. When she looked up she smiled at Nile, “What do you know, you cut off one of your fingers the other day.”

The young woman laughed at that, but decided against trying to explain the unexplainable. “Listen, it’s sweet that you’re freaking out. I get it, you obviously don’t want to lose her again. But she’s alive and safe, Andy, you can relax now.” There was a moment of peace, and Andy smiled gratefully at her, it was a beautiful and particular smile that she had reserved just for her family. Nile hated to interrupt the moment of silent gratitude, but she had to say, “Okay, you may worry now, she did pick up a third gun.”

[coffeebeannate]

I have absolutely no idea if I’m doing this right BUT since I do..make things..sometimes I’m going to give myself a tag. #usercoffeenate for tracking and such so if you ever want to tag me or w/e go for it!

^^

Edit: coffeenate is a used tag (how??) so I changed it to usercoffeenate akjsdnksa SORRY

[nilefreemans]

They know who we are, they know what we are.

'The Old Guard' (2020) Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood 

[eternalporcelaindoll]

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