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Lawrence is considering the benefits of leaving the room to go throw up somewhere when Vincent finally speaks.
“I wouldn’t call it a crush,” he says, his voice even and calm, brown eyes sparkling.
Lawrence nods, slightly hysterical. “You wouldn’t?” He asks hopefully. Good, okay. Vincent agrees. All that’s here is friendship. Simple, easy, proper. Appropriate. Friendship.
“No.” Vincent shakes his head and sets his teacup down. “I would say that I am in love with you.”
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- Part 1 of the only way to heal now
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20 Jul 2025
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the same hiding place by dana_norram for tinitiny2
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020), The Old Guard (Comics)
31 Dec 2021
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Strictly speaking, Joe doesn’t date omegas.
His parents have been drilling that notion into his skull since he’s presented at the age of fifteen: an omega is serious business. The risk of heat-bonding is always too high, and no one wants to deal with an alpha acting like an idiot because they can’t get over their stupid, primal urges. They don’t live in the Dark Ages anymore. There are suppressants and shit.
So, no, Joe doesn’t date omegas. But he definitely doesn’t pass an opportunity to fuck one.
It’s March 2020, and Joe is a young alpha on the last week of his backpacking trip through Italy.
Before heading home, he makes one last stop in the city of Genoa, where he meets a beautiful omega named Nicky at an underground party. They hit it off right away, and Nicky takes Joe back to his place. The sex is mind-blowing, but it’s supposed to just be a one-night stand.
That’s until they wake up to the news of the Lockdown.
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18 Jul 2025
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the difference between prayer & mercy by dana_norram
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020), The Old Guard (Comics)
16 Jul 2025
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After being stored for almost three decades, Nicky isn’t surprised the rajika tasted stronger, richer, but now he almost wishes he hadn’t had that last shot. He’s not worried about snoring, though. He knows Joe never cares. Joe, now busy pressing their groins together, a hand sneaking under Nicky's shirt, palming his stomach, reaching for his heart–
‘It’s my new boyfriend.’ The words sound absurd even now, maybe especially now, and for a moment, Nicky wonders if he misheard them entirely.
He might have. He should ask Joe for clarification now that it’s just the two of them, but Nicky– he doesn’t want Joe to stop. He needs Joe’s hands, and Joe’s tongue, and the half words being whispered against his ear. Most of all, he needs Joe’s fire, for Nicky’s body still remembers the crash and the feeling of freefall crowded by the moment he stopped breathing as the water swallowed them whole. He has showered since, yes, but Nicky still can feel ice inside his bones, and he needs to be warmed from within.
A missing scene about what happens after Joe and Nicky leave the table following the game night.
(Smut, smut is what happens, and also feelings)
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17 Jul 2025
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To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; and not to love is to still suffer. by MoNsTeRsAmOnGMeN
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
14 Jul 2025
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Nicky’s hair was still rust-red at the crown, dried blood caked in thick, dark clots where the bullet had exited. He’d tried to wash it out. Joe could smell the soap from across the room. It hadn’t worked.
It looked like a halo.
A martyr’s crown.
A target.
Joe couldn’t stop looking at it.Aka: After Merrick's lab in the first movie, Nicky isn't doing as good as he'd pretend. That's ok. Joe will care for him.
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15 Jul 2025
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quia peccavi nimis (my fault, my fault, my most grievous fault) by Draco_sollicitus
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
29 Jul 2020
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After Merrick, Nicky takes Joe back to Malta. They distract each other from the pain of almost losing each other again but it seems that trouble isn't too far off.
Merrick had competitors, after all. And when data gets into the wrong hands as a result of corporate espionage, others come for Nicky and Joe. They only need one of them, and it's an easy choice for Nicky -- he just prays that Joe will some day forgive him.
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14 Jul 2025