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• The beauty in the in betweens by friesle

  Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020), The Old Guard (Comics)  

  • Explicit
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Underage Sex
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  31 May 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Rape/Non-Con
  • Underage Sex
  • Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolò di Genova
  • Nicky | Nicolò di Genova
  • Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani
  • Original Characters
  • Andy | Andromache of Scythia
  • Nile Freeman
  • Booker | Sebastien le Livre
  • Quynh | Noriko
  • Hurt Nicky | Nicolò di Genova
  • Kidnapping
  • Rape/Non-con Elements
  • Underage Rape/Non-con
  • Anal Sex
  • Vaginal Sex
  • Vaginal Fisting
  • Explicit Sexual Content
  • Mind Rape
  • Mind Control
  • Mind Manipulation
  • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
  • Trauma
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Past Child Abuse
  • Past Rape/Non-con
  • Past Sexual Abuse
  • Past Torture
  • Past Violence
  • Sexual Slavery
  • Aftermath of Torture
  • Rape Aftermath
  • Team as Family
  • Therapy
  • Religious Cults
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder
  • Xenophobia
  • Racism
  • Homophobia
  • Mind Control Aftermath & Recovery
  • Minor Character Death
  • Philosophy

  Summary

  When Nicks gets kidnapped with a young woman everything he thinks to know about himself and his life starts crumbling down. The experiences he makes during that time force him to look at chapters of his past he would rather not have opened.

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  For everyone scared off by the tags, it is mostly about aftermath and for lack of a better word identity porn. Chapters with graphic content have trigger warnings, so chapters or paragraphs can be skipped.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  261,486

  Chapters:

  45/?

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  Kudos:

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