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He cradles Joe’s face in his warm hands so gently, but there’s a firmness in the tips of his fingers where he digs them into the spaces around Joe’s ears, over his beard, through his hair, holding fast. 'I’m here, I’ve got you, it’s okay,' it says.
Their lips meet in the middle for the sort of kiss they usually share in the silent moments after a battle, when the dust hasn’t yet settled and the blood still runs hot over their skin.Bookmarked by MaeSeaStar
15 Jul 2026
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Their footwork was as practiced as it was when they swung their swords--which, Nile supposed, was in itself a sort of dance. She had seen them spar together, with and without weapons. They moved in space as if it were all shared between them, no 'Joe’s space' and no 'Nicky’s space'. It made it that much easier and harder to bring the other down. It was like two halves of one mind fighting, dancing in rhythm as one moved and the other moved in centuries-studied prediction.
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The immortal team is on holiday in Greece shortly after Nile joins them. While wrestling with trying to remain unseen and wanting to enjoy her holiday like a normal tourist, Nile watches Nicky and Joe and learns that one of them is a shy dancer, and the other has had many lifetimes to remedy that.
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11 Jul 2026
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“Yusuf,” he says in the soft, private tone he reserves for Joe. “You should have woken me.”
“You need to rest.”
“I need to be with you.” If it were anyone else, Nicky would leave it be. He would offer a shoulder to lean on and a sympathetic ear, yet he would leave when told to. But this is Joe. Nicky lowers himself to the floor next to him. “There will be time for rest later.”
It’s not a guarantee, a fact they’re well aware of, but Nicky lets himself believe it with enough fervor for them both. Centuries holding each other in the wake of atrocities no soul is meant to endure have shaped them together. Nicky ebbs where Joe flows, and when one can’t see a hopeful future, they’ll follow the other toward it blindly.
After escaping Merrick’s lab, the guard finds a place to lay low and pick up the pieces of their family.
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01 Jul 2026
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"So, are you guys dating?" Nile asks during their lunch break. They are at the Indian buffet, and Nicky is telling Nile about a thrift store he and Joe went to that he thinks she would like. It takes a him a minute to parse the question. "Well, you keep mentioning him and smiling," she adds when he doesn't say anything. "And you haven't been seeing anyone for a while, so I just wondered if that was why."
"No, not at all," Nicky says. "We're friends, and he lives nearby, that's all."
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30 Jun 2026
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"Did we break him?" Nile finally shouts in Andy's direction.
"Like I said - now you've done it," Andy replies.
"Is Nicky a sloppy drunk?" she asks, incredulous with laughter. "I can't believe this is happening."
"It's the Catholicism," Andy says.
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28 Jun 2026