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The famous Italian short story 'La Realtà di Tutto' is the tragic tale of two men who fall in love in the rolling hills of Calabria and are then separated by forces beyond their control. Nicolo di Genova- one of the few openly gay actors in cinema - has spent years trying to adapt it into a film, and he has assembled the best in the business to help him shepherd the film to success. There's only one thing missing just weeks from day one of shooting: the other leading man.
When Joseph Al-Kaysani - a moderately successful comedian - is cast in what Variety calls, 'the most hotly anticipated film on Netflix's docket,' and what industry insiders call, 'that gay mafia movie,' it's a complete surprise. Joseph is best known for his unflinchingly honest storytelling style, but there's one thing he's never shared with his audience or his family - he is gay.
But Joe isn't the only one with secrets.
_______________Inspired by a KinkMeme prompt.
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Into Darker Regions by marbletopempire for OldMagpie (MagpieMorality)
Fandoms: Wolf (2013), A Dangerous Fortune (2016), The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
05 Apr 2021
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Mickey Miranda - charming, ruthless, handsome - has an acute understanding of the world and his place in it. Everyone has their purpose and their role, and everyone dances to the tune of his own design - if he chooses to make them dance.
Majid Zamari does not fit in Mickey's world. He does not have a role, he does not have a purpose, and he will not dance.
Perhaps that's why he can't stop thinking about him.
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All of this scared me. Yusuf scared me. He scared me with his easy repudiation of my beliefs, his laughter, the way he looked at me, the things he made me think. My belief in God scared me too, standing as it did on shaking legs. I had suffered for Him and suffering should have proven my love, but it never made anything better. But who was I, if I was not a God-fearing man? What would I become?
If you will not die, why continue to suffer?
I stopped walking and sat in the grass, looking out at the mountains as the moon and clouds cast dark shadows upon them. Beautiful and unknowable, like…
“Like God,“ I muttered to myself. But of course I really meant, like Yusuf.
______No longer a work in progress. Now just a work.
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- Part 1 of Centuries and Centuries
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All Silent as Before, but With a Difference by marbletopempire
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
28 Oct 2020
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They've finally found Sebastien Le Livre, and he's a wreck. In deference to their new companion's mental state, Nico and Joseph try to avoid - ah, certain activities. It works for about two weeks.
Inspired by a KinkMeme prompt.
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- Part 2 of Centuries and Centuries
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"Yeah, dating apps are garbage," Nile mutters, twirling her straw. "All surface, too many expectations."
"Exactly." Joe pauses, casts his eyes across the plethora of patio goers in their vicinity. "Patience is a virtue, I guess."
Quynh is still looking thoughtful. "You know," she says, "my girlfriend knows a lot of people in town. I'll ask if she might know someone for you."
In which Joe isn't really sure what he wants, but he's hoping he'll know when he finds it.
Spoiler: he does.
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04 Aug 2021
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The Perpetual Motion Machine by GrinAndBearIt, paperstorm
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020), The Old Guard (Comics)
28 Feb 2021
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In 1099, Yusuf and Nicolò meet during the siege of Jerusalem, as they drive their swords through each other and awaken when they shouldn't. In 2020, Joe and Nicky snuggle happily on a beach in Genoa, ignored by the strangers surrounding them and the sun setting across the water. In between, they see the passing of eleven centuries. They live through wars, earthquakes, pandemics, art movements, the age of explorers, devastating loss, political revolution, new family members, and gay nightclubs. With them all along is a love that transcends time and space; that settles heavily into their souls and exists regardless of when or where they are. Years pass, one era fades into another, and no matter what happens they always, always choose each other. Perpetually.
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31 Jul 2021
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Transfigured So Together by Marivan for marbletopempire
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
27 Jul 2021
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Nicky is selkie, neither fully human, nor fully seal. He has never felt fully comfortable in either skin.
With his accidental bond-mate, Joe, struggling to accept that selkies are real, Nicky returns to his childhood home on Orkney, hoping to reconcile these two parts of himself.
He discovers instead that the in between -- between human and seal, between knowledge and faith -- actually suits him (and Joe) just fine.
A Sequel to This Rough Magic.
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- Part 2 of What We Are, What We May Be
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28 Jul 2021
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Love Scene by nicelytousled (dtbird)
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020), The Old Guard (Comics)
30 Apr 2021
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If someone else were to enter their room and switch on the lamp they would be able to gather clues as to how he and Joe spend their nights. The hand-knotted afghan rug by the balcony door is askew, and a pair of empty whiskey tumblers sit on the coffee table glittering in the light. The bed is unmade, a discarded tie looped lazily around one of the slats in the headboard, and a chair is pulled out haphazardly from the heavy wooden desk in the corner. The desk itself is littered with drawing paper and charcoal pencils and crescent moon shapes scratches into its surface. The space smells like them, like Joe, like men and sex and sleepless nights. Nicky can almost feel the phantom sting of carpet burn on his knees.
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27 Jul 2021
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The immortals dream of each other when the universe has decreed that they are not close enough to one another.
Joe and Nicky start dreaming of each other a month and a half into their truce, when they are sleeping side-by-side every night in the desert. How much closer can they be?
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29 Jun 2021