#nile x booker

[seanchaidh7]

Happy Hanukkah

Nile & Booker celebrating Hanukkah with the Old Guard team for the CSH Holiday Gift Exchange for @flawlessassholes ! Thank you for the awesome prompt! I had so much fun with this one <3

#CSH holiday gift exchange #the old guard #book of nile #nile freeman #sebastian le livre #nile x booker #the old guard art #hanukkah #my art #andromache the scythian #quynh #nicolo di genova #yusuf al kaysani

[xenokattz]

Float (Book of Nile, The Old Guard) [3100 words]

Summary: Nile finally boarded the ferry to the island of Ko Chang. She had two bags at her feet, obnoxiously reflective sunglasses covering half her face, and her hair wrapped up in a silk bandanna. She was ready to relax.

Except her mind refused.

The whole immortal but dead to the world while people hunt us thing apparently took longer than eight months, one week, and three days to process, who knew?

Read on Ao3

Written for @sindirimba's ask in a ficcing game on Tumbler that I can't find any more. It was going to be "did they/didn't they" also but BoN decided to answer the question in a very obvious manner.

#Book of Nile #nile freeman #sebastien le livre #the old guard #booker x nile #nile x booker #tog

[stars-inthe-sky]

For the ship meme, how about Book of Nile from TOG? OR booker/andy?

Book of Nile: To me, this has always felt like a "pair the spares" ship, for obvious reasons, and there's not really that much to work with in canon, especially factoring in the sheer demographic differences alongside his depression and her newness. Nile's suggestion of letting Booker off with an apology, I think, says much more about who she is at her core as a person rather than what she thinks of him.

But there are definitely writers out there that really put in the effort to make it work, and I can definitely be persuaded by those stories. I really like when a fic not only acknowledges but actively deals with where and why they'd intersect emotionally, and then builds toward something specific and more romantic.

It's not a ship I'll go down with, or that I read at the exclusion of other pairings with either character. But I'd also add that since, like, August 2020, I have deeply appreciated and enjoyed the fanon that Booker is just fucking great at giving oral, and Nile deserves that in spades. I don't know where that came from or why but it's excellent that we've just all agreed it's true.

Booker/Andy: Apparently I've never read a fic for this pairing I've felt worth reccing? That kinda feels right, to be honest—I generally subscribe to the (head? fan? actual?) canon that they have at minimum clumsily and/or drunkenly fucked a few times but never connected romantically. Both characters, as we meet them, have just been too in their own sad heads for too long, and I don't think either is really in a place to be desiring or capable of a (healthy) romantic relationship.

I also feel like most fics with this pairing either go AU or somewhat OOC to make things more romantical, but to me that rarely feels true to the characters we know. There are definitely stories that make them work in more of a fuckbuddy sense, which clicks more in my head but isn't usually what I prioritize in a ship.

Rec: Geborgen by liadan14 (I prefer the first story in the modern/no-powers AU series this one is part of, but there is an interesting spin on Book of Nile and a very compelling threesome along the way)

#gallifreyburning #ask me ask me ask me #fic recs you guys #book of nile #nile x booker #andy x booker #the old guard #shippers gonna ship #ship meme #matthias schoenaerts #can GET it #and it's a real testament to his Acting in this movie just how much of an unromantic bummer booker is for most of it

[nkp1981]

When "The Old Guard 2" Finally Premiers:

#andromache the scythian #yusuf al kaysani #nicolo di genova #sebastien le livre #sebastian le livre #nile freeman #andy #joe #nicky #booker #yusuf x nicolo #joe x nicky #charlize theron #marwan kenzari #luca marinelli #matthias schoenaerts #kiki layne #the old guard #the old guard 2

[beaulesbian]

You need help. What does it matter why? Today, I put this on your wound. Tomorrow you help someone up when they fall. The Old Guard (2020)

#tog #togedit #the old guard #andromache the scythian #andy the old guard #filmedit #theoldguard #booker #sebastian le livre #nile freeman #nicolo di genova #yusuf al kaysani #joe x nicky #immortal husbands #andy x quynh #immortal wives #uhh i havent been in the tag in ages so idk what else to tag #but i was rewatching this #bc i miss them and im still waiting for that sequel... its been 84 years. jpg #mine #gif:theoldguard #this was supposed to be more like a generic tog gifset but it ended up like #tog gifs

[gaal-dornick]

these are some high-mileage dolls, uh? 

#the old guard #nile freeman #sebastien le livre #book of nile #booker x nile #tog art #the old guard art #barbie #*art #usernicolo

[queen-of-badomens]

Joe x Nicky ruin game night

Lol saw this video on IG and needed to do it as TOG comic. And continue my long running joke that JoeNicky PDA is done to torture Booker. Enjoy my doodle.

Booker is mad because he was winning and Nicky has decided to make him regret taking all his money.

(IG inspo: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsjaRQduc1P)

Gif as comic panel

#tog #the old gaurd #the old guard fanart #tog fanart #joe x nicky #yusuf al kaysani #immortal husbands #nicolo di genova #kaysanova #joenicky #yusuf x nicolo #booker tog #nile freeman #my doodles #do I even have a style #sebastien le livre #animated gif #yes Joe and Nicky got naked right there in the middle of the living room #they’re very comfortable with their bodies #I haven’t slept

[sheafrotherdon]

The Unreconcilable Calculus of This (14179 words) by sheafrotherdon Chapters: 3/3 Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolò di Genova Characters: Nicky | Nicolò di Genova, Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Andy | Andromache of Scythia, Quynh | Noriko, Nile Freeman, Booker | Sebastien le Livre Additional Tags: Love, New Beginnings, Old business, Art, Restorations, Hobnobs, Secrets Series: Part 4 of The Repair Shop AU Summary: A humidor, a jigsaw puzzle, and a chair. A new home, an old colleague, and love.

#joe x nicky #kaysanova #repair shop au #love #loyalty #betrayal #yusuf al kaysani #nicolo di genova #the old guard #andromache the scythian #nile freeman #immortal husbands #Booker #quynh

[se-mia-bstract]

the old guard is so amazing because it’s an action movie that centres love, most blatantly queer love. in this movie, not only is it shown to transcend societies and centuries just as any type of love has, but queer love is an endgame, it’s the light at the end of the tunnel. every member of the group is arguably quite tragic in their own ways but their queerness isn’t part of their trauma, it’s their joy. nicky and joe have it best because they have each other, and what they have is framed to be what the others, most obviously andy, long for. nicky and joe are the perfect scenario out of the group, because of their love. queer love in this movie is not tragic, it is joyful. it is the thing that makes the unbearable parts of undying bearable. it is put on a pedestal the way straight love has always been. their queerness is their joy. queer people can watch this movie and have it tell them ‘what you are will bring you joy’ in the subtlest of ways, because in it queer love simply is.

#i could go on for days #i love it so much #the old guard #tog #andy x quynh #nicky x joe #immortal husbands #nicolo di genova #yusuf al kaysani #andromache the scythian #nile freeman #booker

[killersandqueens]

Rewatching Old Guard and realizing how much Andy tries to impress Niles

Like an estranged aunt trying to show off to her niece

“See small child? Look at how cool I am. So badass! I was worshipped as a god once!”

And Booker is just the depressed uncle that hangs around

#old guard #andromache the scythian #nile freeman #joe x nicky #nicolo di genova #yusuf al kaysani #booker the old guard #Nicky and Joe are the mom and dad

[lovelikedestiny]

It all begins with Nile looking out of pure boredom at Nicky’s ID - or at least one of his innumerable ones -  lying on the kitchen counter. 

“Aren’t Nicky’s eyes green?” She asks and regrets her question the exact moment the words leave the tip of her tongue because Joe gasps and puts a hand dramatically on his chest as if she had offended him personally somehow.

Which is ridiculous since it’s Nicky’s eyes she asked about and said person isn’t even in the living room with them but off in the kitchen, cooking while softly humming to himself.

In the only armchair Booker places a hand on his face as if Nile had just made the biggest mistake of her life. Andy doesn’t hesitate, groans barely audible and mumbles something like having to check that her ax didn’t disappear before disappearing herself like morning fog on a field.

“Green?” Joe repeats bewildered and Nile plays with the thought of quickly changing the subject but she can’t think of anything useful.

Great.

“You’re asking if Nicky’s eyes are green?”

With a suffering, long-drawn sigh Booker fishes for the remote control, increasing the volume of his soccer (football, Nile corrects inwardly due to several former and appalled protests of the boys) game which doesn’t seem to bother Joe in the slightest.

“Mon dieu, here we go again…”

“Uh…yeah? His ID states that his eyes are blue and I just wondered because they appear to be green,” Nile tries to explain her question.

“Blue?” Joe raises his eyebrows and Nile almost expects to get into her first real argument with one of her new team members but to her relief - apparently having dodged a bullet there - he only smiles fondly. “My dear Nile, you will notice it’s impossible to pin Nicky’s eye color down to a single shade. On paper the mirrors of his kind soul are always forced into dullness unworthy of their true beauty.”

Whatever Nile had assumed to get as an answer to her question, it is absolutely not this indirect declaration of love from Joe to Nicky who - again - is not even in the same room to hear that.

While her curiosity is piqued and she is strangely moved by the crystal clear affection for the love of his life, illuminating Joe’s face, Booker turns off the TV, obviously having given up on his attempt to ignore the situation.

“Andy, do you need help checking on your ax?” He calls as he rises. 

“Get your own excuse!” Andy yells back and Booker looks at Nile and Joe.

“Andy needs help with her ax, so I’m going to…help her with her…uhm…ax,” he ends awkwardly. Entering the hallway, Nile can hear him mutter: “You can do better than that, Sebastien. You imbécile.”

“Impossible?” Her attention returns to Joe who invites her to sit down next to him with a light tilt of his head. She willingly follows his request, unceremoniously plopping down on the sofa. “Even after all these years?”

“Especially after all these years,” is Joe’s mysterious reply. Thankfully he elaborates on his statement without Nile having to require more information. “I know it’s hard to believe but even after more than 900 years Nicky and I still discover new habits of each other: certain preferences, a change in particular movements, new interests or the urge to try out a different hobby. But most and for all we are still able to see beauty in mundane things like waking up in the same bed, sharing a cup of coffee or taking a stroll through parks. Nearly a millennium ago I wouldn’t have believed it if someone had told me that I’d love someone with every fiber of my being, so much that it would hurt to breathe sometimes, although I would’ve spent centuries with them. It is difficult to verbalize this feeling of deep connection ingrained in the bond I have with Nicky.”

The devotion to Nicky - unquestioningly Joe’s soulmate - Nile can hear in his warm voice takes her breath away and she only remembers how to suck air into her lungs when they start to burn. Despite the sheer wonder of a relationship having lasted that long without losing any of its mutual love it means a lot to Nile that Joe is speaking to her so openly and devoid of any doubts regarding Nile’s acceptance.

“And it fills me with the utmost joy that I am still incapable of capturing every single color of Nicky’s eyes because it means that there are so many things about him waiting for me to detect them.” Nile admires Joe’s honesty and the unashamed way with which he tells others about his connection to Nicky. 

Infinite and profound tenderness.

“Wow, when you phrase it like that I can totally see where you’re coming from and I’d love to hear more,” Nile says, forgetting the actual reason she started this chat. Her brain is catching on a little too slowly. “I mean if that’s alright with you,” she backpedals hastily although Nicky joining them interrupts their conversation for the moment.

“Andy said you were holding ‘exaggerated and dramatic love speeches about me’.” He greets the both of them with a smile hidden in the corners of his mouth and presses a kiss into Joe’s curls as he walks behind the sofa.

“I would never dare to do that,” Joe protests, winking and leans back his head to get another kiss directly on the lips.

“Is that so, habibi?” Amusement sparkles in Nicky’s eyes which originally had been the drive behind Nile’s curiosity. “Nile, is Joe holding an exaggerated and dramatic love speech?”

Grinning, she admits, “Yeah, he kind of does but honestly I’m here for it.”

Joe throws a small pillow at her but he is laughing, showing off the crinkles making him look even more likable. “Liar!”

 “So you’re not ‘being so disgustingly sweet that one has nausea’ as Booker put it?” Nicky digs deeper. The two immortal warriors evidently have a lot of fun playing this little game and Nile enjoys the relaxed atmosphere.

“Booker has bad taste,” Joe says loudly, clearly addressing the French man somewhere in the safe house.

“Shut up, jackass!” Booker shouts back.

Nicky tsks chidingly and acknowledges Joe’s shit-eating grin with a lopsided smile of his own. “Now that we’ve settled the matter I wanted to inform you that dinner is ready in fifteen minutes.”

“Thank you, vita mia.” Joe threads their fingers together, caressing each knuckle with a peck. “I appreciate your cooking wholeheartedly.”

“Not just you,” Nile adds and mentally takes note to look out for the color of Nicky’s eyes.

Her plan is astonishingly easy to carry out once she knows what to keep her own eyes on. 

More often than not Nicky’s eye color consists of various shades of blue mixed with splinters of green, turning his eyes in the right light into shards of seafoam, deep, mysterious teal lagoons on hot summer days, lucious, vast forests or the wide expenses of the sky.

She notices that they seem to get colder whenever something arouses his irritation: an insult spit at Joe on a mission, impoliteness in everyday life, injustice, an attempt to hurt Andy or when someone shoots Booker or Nile herself is in danger. Then the tempting, gentle mountain lakes freeze to merciless, piercing shards of arctic ice and blazing silvery steel, so frosty you can nearly feel the cold as thousand pinpricks in your skin.

If he is sad or in a bad mood there is a depressing gray outweighing the other colors in his gaze like clouds on a rainy day or a raging storm in fall, making them more washed out and muted.

On a mission as they’re in the crossfire Nicky pushes her out of the way, shielding her with his body and an “Uff” escapes her as the air leaves her lungs all at once. Carefully he braces himself with his arms above her and for a second she only stares into his eyes, intensively looking down at her in return, examining her body for wounds. 

“Are you alright, Nile?”

“Oh shit!”

Alarmed by her curse he starts searching for an injury. “What is it? Did you get hit?”

“There is fucking gold in them!” Nile exclaims, unaware that she is completely ignoring his concerned questions.

Confused, he pauses. “Prego? I’m not sure I know what you mean.”

But Nile’s focus is on something else. “There are golden freckles in your eyes! Are you kidding?”

“I told you so!” Joe calls somewhere on their right, involved in a fight. “Nicky’s eyes don’t have one color!”

Despite the fact that they’re in the middle of a battle, bullets flying over them, Nile laughs and has to chuckle even more when Nicky shakes his head. “Unbelievable…”

The next time Copley makes them fake ID’s he asks Nicky: “What eye color do you have?”

And Nile goes: “You can’t answer that so easily.”

#the old guard #tog fanfic #tog fic #ficlet #nile freeman #yusuf al-kaysani #nicolo di genova #sebastien le livre #andromache the scythian #nile #joe #nicky #joe x nicky #yusuf x nicolo #eternal love #immortal husbands #booker #andy #the beauty of nicky's eyes #team as family #found family #light crack #joe has strong opinions and feelings about his husband's eyes #and so do I

[seanchaidh7]

Immortal family - The full set 🧡 prints

#the old guard #the old guard art #joe & nicky #kaysanova #yusuf al kaysani #nicolo di genova #andromache the scythian #quynh #andy x quynh #nile freeman #sebastien le livre #booker x nile #my art #marwan kenzari #luca marinelli #charlize theron #van veronica ngo

[maarigolds]

Happy third birthday to the best movie ever made!!! To celebrate I did a thing

#the old guard #words cannot express how much this movie means to me #so hopefully this little edit can #tog #the old guard netflix #video edit #movie edit #nile freeman #andromache the scythian #yusuf al kaysani #nicolo di genova #booker #joe x nicky #immortal husbands #is that the ship name? i never know #joenicky #Youtube #the old guard anniversary #tog anniversary

[goldheartedsky]

Immortal Love

I really wanted to do something different for this year’s Pride Month, so I did as many immortal PolyGuard kisses as I could 😘 Also, I had all of the members of the Guard line up with the Pride Flag colors I felt fit them the best, just as a little nod to Gilbert Baker!

(Done for @theartguard’s Pride Month theme)

#the old guard #the old guard fanart #joe x nicky #andy x quynh #andy x booker #joe x booker #Nile x quynh #my art #happy pride 🌈 #kisses you and kisses you and kisses you and kisses you

[nkp1981]

Dinner Time In The Old Guard

#andromache the scythian #yusuf al kaysani #nicolo di genova #sebastien le livre #sebastian le livre #nile freeman #andy #joe #nicky #booker #yusuf x nicolo #joe x nicky #charlize theron #marwan kenzari #luca marinelli #matthias schoenaerts #kiki layne #the old guard

[yuliares]

For Dawn, who had the absolutely brilliant idea of mashing together The Old Guard and Castle in the Sky!

I did screenshot traces to get things going, and then modified from there! Andy would make a truly excellent sky pirate, I think.

#the old guard #fanart #castle in the sky #immortal husbands #joe x nicky #nicky x joe #nile freeman #andy andromache of scythia #booker the old guard