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Yusuf the Dragonslayer (Podfic) by Knitsical
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020), The Old Guard (Comics)
22 Mar 2025
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When Mahdia is attacked by Venice, Yusuf's family is taken hostage by Due Sefan. Yusuf can free them if he just kills the dragon that's been troubling Venice's neighbour Genoa. The only problem is, Yusuf finds he likes the dragon a lot more than he likes the Venetian duke...
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A Temporary Arrangement by Knitsical
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020), The Old Guard (Comics)
23 Mar 2023
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Successful artist Joe is single-father to twins. He's preparing for an exhibition when his nanny leaves him in the lurch. He needs childcare asap. Fortunately, Andy knows the perfect candidate. Nicky coaches archery and needs a job and a place to stay. It's a match made in heaven.
They're both stuck with a bit of a crush, but it would be deeply inappropriate to act on their feelings under the circumstances. So they just won't, 'kay? -
Yusuf the Dragonslayer by Knitsical
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020), The Old Guard (Comics)
28 Sep 2022
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When Mahdia is attacked by Venice, Yusuf's family are taken hostage by Duke Stefan. Yusuf can free them if he just kills the dragon that's been troubling Venice's neighbour Genoa. Trouble is, Yusuf finds he likes the dragon a lot more than he likes the Venetian Duke...
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It can't last (can it?) by Knitsical
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020), The Old Guard (Comics)
04 Jun 2022
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Joe doesn't do relationships, but he wants a family. Hiring a surrogate to carry his baby seems the ideal solution. The artist in him is delighted his omega surrogate is the most beautiful man he's ever set eyes on. Joe's bound to fall in love with him, but that doesn't mean anything ... or does it?
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Lamb Stew as a Metaphor for Romantic Love by Knitsical
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Comics), The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
11 May 2021
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They’re roommates. Joe loves Nicky. Nicky loves Joe, but Joe doesn’t know that. In this case, ignorance is the opposite of bliss.
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Nicky feels like he’s the only true human being in the room; he’s the only one shifting with discomfort and wrinkling his nose and feeling so sick at watching what’s going on. “Hey,” he says to the scientists, “Can’t you knock him out while you do that?”
“Why should we? We don’t have the budget for sedatives or pain killers.” One of the scientists says blandly, and that makes Nicky feel like he’s been shoved over an abyss. There should be empathy, or professional courtesy, or common decency, but there’s just a blank look of slight annoyance.
Instead of killing the doctor like he really wants to, Nicky pulls his silenced handgun from a pocket and shoots the victim in the head. “They’re immortal and I don’t get off on watching people writhe in pain. Even if drugs aren’t in the budget you can bet bullets are."
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07 Apr 2026
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Joe and Nicky, both in desperate need of a place to stay, decide to rent a flat together. They don’t know each other, but that’s fine. They don’t need to be friends. They just need someone to share the rent.
30 page COMIC plus written additions — Now with added epilogue!
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11 Jan 2025
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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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27 May 2023
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“I realize that was a stupid question,” Nicky says, with just enough grace that Joe forgives him. “I just don’t want you to be disappointed.”
“That’s up to you,” Joe says. “I know what I want.”
“Oh?” Nicky asks.
“I want to present for—someone,” Joe says bluntly, nearly saying you instead when he catches another whiff of Nicky’s scent. “I want to be held down, and taken, and I want someone to do it who isn’t going to take it as a blanket statement about my politics.”
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20 Apr 2023
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The two immortal men seem very charming. But Andromache is wary; she's seen how quickly charming men's smiles can turn to snarls when they're rejected, and she's not about to sleep with either of them.
On Tumblr here for the prompt "brushing a kiss along the shell of the other person’s ear."
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12 Feb 2023