fic: though it was not my task to watch (joe/nicky)

[kaydeefalls]

though it was not my task to watch (9633 words) by kaydeefalls
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolo di Genova, Nile Freeman & Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani
Characters: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Nicky | Nicolo di Genova, Nile Freeman, Andy | Andromache of Scythia
Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Grief/Mourning, Established Relationship, Post-Canon, Angst, not relationship angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Found Family, Immortality, Immortal Husbands Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolo di Genova, Temporary Character Death, as per canon, Dealing With Trauma, working through your feelings, Non-Explicit Sex, Team as Family, Healthy Relationships, POV Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Canon Queer Character of Color, Canon Queer Relationship, Love
Summary:

"Death always matters. It is not a game, it is not casual, it is real and it is painful and it is not a thing to be chased, not ever!"

After Merrick, Nicky can't stand seeing any of them die. It takes Joe a while to put it together.

FIC: What Matters Most

[raine]

What Matters Most (1426 words) by Raine_Wynd
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Andy | Andromache of Scythia & Nile Freeman
Characters: Andy | Andromache of Scythia, Nile Freeman
Additional Tags: Slice of Life, shower thoughts, Post-Mission, Post-Canon, Character Study, Canon Character of Color
Summary:

Nile considers the outcome of a mission.

Fic: Assembled Into Joint Narrative (Joe/Nicky, Teen)

[celli]

Assembled Into Joint Narrative (1322 words) by celli
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolo di Genova
Characters: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Nicky | Nicolo di Genova, Nile Freeman, Andy | Andromache of Scythia
Additional Tags: Weddings, soft sweet murder husbands, Muslim Character, Immortal family
Summary:

"A thousand years and you've never done this?" Nile asked. "Why now?"

Joe looked over at where Andy stood next to Nicolò. Her dress, ruby red and caught behind her waist and neck with gold knots, couldn’t or perhaps didn’t intend to entirely hide either the knife at the small of her back or the scars on her shoulder and side. "You know why," he said.

Jewellery

[ruric]

OK - I’ve seen a wonderful post by justqueerious and discussion over on Tumblr full of theories about how Quynh’s necklace ends up with Andy.

But has anyone posted anything about Joe’s necklace or the rings he (sometimes) wears on his right/left hands?

Certainly in some of the later shots in the film there seems to be a ring on his left index finger and right ring finger (or reverse depending on how they’ve fliped the shots when filming).

The necklace is visible just after Merrick has tried to stab Joe - when he and Nicky bump heads - as it’s worn over his clothes, and again you can see it around his neck in the lab when he’s yelling about Booker being a pos.

The rings are visible in the truck scene when Joe’s reaching out to touch Nicky’s shoulder and wake him up, again when they’re kissing, and once again mid-fight scene in the lab when Joe reaches out to Nicky waiting for him to come around from being shot in the head.

There's 141 of you here - surely someone must be at least as curious as I am about this?

Enquiring minds and all that *G*