fic: Travellers from an Antique Land (Joe/Nicky, Andy/Quynh)

[kaydeefalls]

Travellers from an Antique Land (45787 words) by kaydeefalls
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolo di Genova, Andy | Andromache of Scythia/Quynh | Noriko
Characters: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Nicky | Nicolo di Genova, Quynh | Noriko, Nile Freeman, Booker | Sebastien le Livre, Andy | Andromache of Scythia, James Copley
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Action & Romance, Plotty, Canon-Typical Violence, Temporary Character Death, as per canon, Team as Family, Healthy Relationships, Ensemble Cast, POV Multiple, Canon Queer Relationship, Canon Queer Character, Flashbacks, Hurt/Comfort, Non-Graphic Violence, everyone gets to be badass, Andy is the one in the iron maiden, Reunions
Summary:

"Wait, hold up a sec. So if you were around before them -- how old are you?"

The men all go quiet, and Nile wonders if she's just committed some kind of immortal faux pas. "It is irrelevant," Quỳnh finally says. "Old enough to know there is no point looking backwards."

"You're the oldest," Nile murmurs in awe. Older than the Crusades. How much older? A few hundred years more? A thousand?

"No," Nicky says quietly. "Not the oldest."

Canon-divergent AU. Five hundred years ago, they lost Andromache to the sea. Now Quỳnh leads the team, a new immortal just woke up, and some pharmaceutical company is getting a little too interested in their business.