6 Works by ofinfinitesspace
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That Blessed Arrangement by ofinfinitesspace, sodiumflare
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
31 May 2021
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Across the table, Nile’s grin is cheshire cat-wide, eyes gin-bright in the golden light. “Hey Nicky,” she says, triumph on her words like hot fudge on a sundae, “I dare you to marry Joe.”
That's the best idea she's ever had. It may be the best idea any of them have ever had. It may beat the elephant sanctuary. Quynh gasps into her hands, Booker is frozen with his glass halfway to his mouth, and Nicky—
“Nicky, my heart,” Joe says, clasps Nicky’s warm hands in his, “will you marry me?”
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Nile (and also fandom) like to guess how many times Nicky and Joe have been married. What if the answer is zero? -
These Days Have Made a Change In Me by ofinfinitesspace
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
03 Mar 2021
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Nile's been with them so little time and Joe is overwhelmed by how much he loves her. It feels much like he remembers it felt when his wife had first brought him their child so many lifetimes ago: a figment of his imagination suddenly real, alive and precious. She makes him feel ancient. He doesn’t remember twenty-six anymore than he remembers infancy. He’d been married by then, his children walking and talking. But twenty-six or not, it’s those children Joe thinks of when he looks at Nile.
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In which Joe has a lot of feelings about families, and his family in particular.That's it, that's the fic. I think my first headcanon in this fandom was that Nicky had been a good priest, followed almost immediately by the headcanon that Joe had been a good Dad. Which got me thinking about what Nile joining the team might mean to Joe in particular.
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“Are you giving up anything for Lent, Nicky?” Nile asks over a glass of wine.
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I REALLY don't go here, for basically any possible reading of "here." But here we are.- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 100
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 17
- Hits:
- 316
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Here Is What I Know Now by ofinfinitesspace for sodiumflare
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
18 Oct 2020
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This is where he had known it would go off the rails. But lying in bed last night, listening to Nico soothe Nile back to sleep, he couldn’t find another way. Of all the impossible things he’d done in his 900 years of life, looking Andy in the eye and saying “Quynh is still alive” was completely beyond him.
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In which, good people do their imperfect best in a terrible situation because they love each other. Also, the restorative power of baths, macaroni and cheese, dancing, and vague or inaccurate pop-culture references. -
Although it's so Romantic on the Borderline, Tonight by ofinfinitesspace
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
30 Sep 2020
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“What could possibly be happening in there that I can’t handle? Are Joe and Nicky doing it in the middle of the kitchen?!” Nile asks in mock horror.
From under her arm, Andy groans, “it’s so much worse.”
In which, Joe and Nicky dance and Booker is a bit of a dick about it. But it's sweet?
I put Billy Joel's "Vienna" on a JoexNicky playlist and then sodiumflare gave me the image of them dancing to it and I cannot be held accountable for my actions. This is just cuddling porn. Also, I wanted more Nile-referencing-contemporary-century-pop-culture-in-her-internal-monologue.
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I Believe; Help Thou My Unbelief by ofinfinitesspace
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
28 Sep 2020
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"It hadn’t occurred to her that Nicky would pray. Nile knew he’d been a priest and that he and Joe had met during the Crusades, but after Andy had laughed at her, she assumed they had all left their religious beliefs behind."
In which, Nicky prays. Nile has an existential crisis. OfInfinitespace works out some stuff about prayer.
(9/28: It turns out there was more, so I have revised tags/notes slightly.)