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the_old_guard2020-12-08 12:27 pm
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December 8: [fic] wait
Title: wait
Author:randomling
Length: 100 words
Content note: Injury detail
wait
It’s not easy to wait.
The bullets have torn holes in Nicky’s cheek and lip. Blood streaks his face, running from his temple into the corner of his open, staring eye. Slashes from a knife mar the skin on his wrist and forearm; he’s missing a finger. Joe remembers with piercing clarity how much it will hurt to grow that back.
Their enemies are corpses. Andy is bleeding, which twists Joe’s guts these days, but she’s alive. Nile is dead, too, but she won’t be long.
“Nicolo,” he breathes, “wake up.”
Ten seconds. Joe counts them.
Nicky opens his eyes.
Author:
randomlingLength: 100 words
Content note: Injury detail
wait
It’s not easy to wait.
The bullets have torn holes in Nicky’s cheek and lip. Blood streaks his face, running from his temple into the corner of his open, staring eye. Slashes from a knife mar the skin on his wrist and forearm; he’s missing a finger. Joe remembers with piercing clarity how much it will hurt to grow that back.
Their enemies are corpses. Andy is bleeding, which twists Joe’s guts these days, but she’s alive. Nile is dead, too, but she won’t be long.
“Nicolo,” he breathes, “wake up.”
Ten seconds. Joe counts them.
Nicky opens his eyes.
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