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Three The Old Guard fic recs.

1. Having struggled a lot with my own 'brokenness,' I have a soft spot for fics that deal with overcoming sexual dysfunction through tender communication and acceptance.

Joe/Nicky. Explicit.

honey i’m lovedrunk (it’s what you do to me) (1887 words) by maddielle

honey i’m lovedrunk (it’s what you do to me) (1887 words) by maddielle
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolò di Genova
Characters: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Nicky | Nicolò di Genova
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Developing Relationship, Explicit Sexual Content, Communication, Teasing, Masturbation, Praise
Summary:

Wide, pale eyes on his, again. “I have trouble. Sometimes.”

Joe has never been one for shame or skating around an issue – not his style. “Trouble getting hard?”

“No, ah. Finishing.”

In which a little patience and understanding goes a long way.

2. Superblackmarket never disappoints. Lots of literary references. Beautiful language. Anyone who includes Colonel Aureliano Buendia in a fic gets my immediate approval.

Joe/Nicky. Mature.

Tales of Burning Love (5830 words) by superblackmarket

Tales of Burning Love (5830 words) by superblackmarket
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolò di Genova
Characters: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Nicky | Nicolò di Genova, Booker | Sebastien le Livre
Additional Tags: Iran/Turkey 1986ish, an overabundance of poetry, an overabundance of lists, Joe and literature, Canon Compliant
Summary:

“Yusuf’s head is like the library of Babel,” Nicky said. “He stores away words so he can feed on their marrow when he’s starved for everything else.”

3. The TOG/Inception crossover that is inspiring my own.

Full TOG team & Arthur & Eames. Rating: Teen

Merrily, Merrily (3880 words) by FiaMac

Merrily, Merrily (3880 words) by FiaMac
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020), The Old Guard (Comics), Inception (2010)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Arthur/Eames (Inception), Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolò di Genova
Characters: Andy | Andromache of Scythia, Nicky | Nicolò di Genova, Arthur (Inception), Eames (Inception), Booker | Sebastien le Livre, Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Nile Freeman
Additional Tags: Fluff, some violence, It's All Pretty Tame Really, Like Only One Explicitly Dead Person, Established Relationship
Summary:

Andy encounters two men that give her pause.

It’s not the weapons they’re concealing or the way they move, a dozen small indicators that tell her both are combat trained and more than capable of causing trouble. It should be exactly that, a Nile-like voice in her head says. But it isn’t. The way they hold themselves. The silent communication and too-knowing eyes. Behaviors that would only be recognizable to someone like her. Like them.