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1. take my brain (or what remains) by afrizo for dailyapple

   Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   15 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolò di Genova
   • Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani
   • Nicky | Nicolò di Genova
   • Andy | Andromache of Scythia
   • Booker | Sebastien le Livre
   • Nile Freeman
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • where the hurt is predominant and heavy and the comfort is tentative but still there
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Whump
   • Torture
   • Psychological Torture
   • Brainwashing
   • Manipulation
   • Non-Consensual Drug Use
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • doesn't relate to any major or minor character
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Overdosing
   • Drug Addiction
   • Drug Withdrawal
   • Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani Whump
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Such as depression depersonalisation and a whole lotta shame

   Summary

   “You strangled me.”

   Nicolo levelly keeps looking at Yusuf, kneeling before the couch where he is lying.

   “Memory or nightmare?”

   “I don’t know. I’m not sure.”

   (Or: Yusuf gets kidnapped. They get him back. That still doesn't make anything easier.)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   14,906

   Chapters:

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