#my andromaquynh

[lilolilyr]

I have an idea for an Andromaquynh modern AU fanfic

In it, Quynh moves back home to her parents after getting a degree at university she isn't really sure she can or wants to use. She used to think that she's a city girl despising the suburbs she grew up in, but now she thinks she was wrong about that or maybe her preferences changed, she doesn't much like the cities she studied in anymore, first she thinks it's because she studied abroad (in the countries of her ancestors) and could never quite connect to the culture there, but visiting a friend in a city in her home country shows her it isn't just that, she just prefers a quieter environment

In the meantime, her parents have moved to a different part of town and it doesn't really feel like coming home at all. Quynh still struggles with her place in life, she doesn't want to hang around on her parents' couch doing nothing forever but she doesn't know what else to do either and the thought of a regular 9-5 job in an office terrifies her, she has done enough internships in that kind of environment to know she can't stand it for long

Quynh starts taking long walks through the countryside, for her health because she hasn't really found any sports/active hobbies in the area yet (that's an aspect she really liked about the cities, there's always something interesting going on, she used to dance and try out things like shooting with bow&arrow and axe throwing), and to have quiet time to think away from her family. That way she gets to know the area quite well - she actually already knows it a bit because she really didn't live far away as a kid, but she never really walked through the fields on this side of the suburbs before

On her walks she sometimes comes across equestrians, and one time a horse throws off its rider and she ends up catching the animal, which doesn't seem to mind people in general just people trying to climb and sit on it - it won't stay the last time she comes across that particular animal, and she thinks she understands the horse quite well what with not wanting to do jobs they don't like just to be allowed to live comfortably.

Andy's the owner of the horse riding school, and when a girl falls off her horse (probably the one that doesn't much like its riders, Quynh calls it Big Guy lovingly not knowing what it's actually called) and needs medical attention, Quynh ends up taking the horse back to the stables and meets Andy there.

There's a bit of an age-gap between them and even once they meet and fall in love Andy is reluctant to commit to Quynh out of fear of tying Quynh to a life she might not really want, meanwhile Quynh is finally figuring out her place in life and she wants to stay with Andy.

I'll probably never write the full fanfic, I just don't have the time and motivation for it. If anyone's interested in getting the draft and adopting it, I'd love to hand it over for you to write it!

Post is okay to reblog :)

The draft I have is pretty much in bullet points atm, but I'd even go over it and clean it up a bit if someone's really interested in adopting the fic, and I'd be open to either chatting about it and giving more input, or you taking it and doing your own thing with it!

I don't have the time to write a longfic atm and I feel like what with the plot I'm thinking of, it really needs to be 10 or even 20k minimum to start doing it justice... That being said if sb wants to try writing a shorter version or is inspired by it to write anything similar, absolutely feel free! Just pls lmk once it's done so I can read it :D

I also already wrote a college AU horse girl!Andy longfic before, and while that one was happier and this one would probably have quite some angsty vibes before reaching its happy ending, it still kind of feels like I've done this before, also reducing my motivation for it even more :( which is a pity really because I do really like the idea.

If you want to take on the story reply to this or send me an ask/dm and we can figure out how to do this, discord/email/docs or whatever :)

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[twobabkas]

the old guard (2020)

[luminarai]

dog owners vs cat owners: the immortal gay edition

[kermit-coded]

Haunt Me, Love Me

stick season by noah kahan // the old guard: force multiplied // euripides // the old guard: force multiplied // bronze by the regrettes // the old guard: force multiplied // birthright by george abraham // the old guard: force multiplied // the great (2020-2023) // the old guard: force multiplied // seaside improvisations by siken // the old guard: force multiplied // @leemartenspoetry // the old guard: force multiplied // domestication syndrome by dhole b // the old guard: force multiplied // ocean vuong // the old guard: force multiplied // louise glück // the old guard: force multiplied // you better be lightning by andrea gibson // the old guard: force multiplied // ve schwab // the old guard: force multiplied // ryebreadgf // the old guard: force multiplied // stranger by olivia rodrigo

[krimsnkramsart]

[terapsina]

Who is your favorite of the ships carrying that Pining Divorced Wives Energy?

[non-un-topo]

A little gift for my dear @devouring-time <33 Ladies! In a yurt! Fixing their weapons!! And not getting distracted at all in the meantime.

[hoziersmoon]

Just you and me. Until the end.

a long winter by dropdeaddream & whatarefears // the old guard dir. gina prince-bythewood

[zairaalbereo]

In another life, I dreamed, you were there beside me…

(For my bingo prompt “Dancing”)

[thesunwillart]

femslash february 6/?

finished an andromaquynh ive had sitting in my laptop since literally 2020 (i couldnt figure out how to do the water so i gave up on it) and now here we are!!!

also version w/o water under the cut:

[mirrorofliterature]

anyway enough about booker. and nicky and joe I adore you but let's talk about nile and andy (quynh snuck in too I can't help it).

- nile is such a well-crafted character and kiki layne is an amazing actress. she is just a really competent, compassionate and brave woman. I adore reading fanfic from her perspective because she's got such a cool perspective on life.

- andromache the scythian: so pretty. has gone through so much but is still so strong.

they're likeable, complex and interesting characters that are highly competent, I love fic about them, what's not to love?

personally, my favourite character is quynh because I'm an angst fiend and her long journey of recovery she would need to undergo after coming from the Iron Maiden just gets me... but I am also a big fan of:

- Nile centric fics. I don't ship Book of Nile so that does slim it down a little, but I adore post-canon fics exploring her settling into her mortality. One of my favourites is actually a canon divergence focusing on Nile and her brother: pure genius.

- Andromaquynh reunion fics

- Andy and Quynh meeting Nicky and Joe.

- Queer Quartet shenanigans

[lilolilyr]

can what they feel be called love at first sight, when they learned to love each other before they ever met?

a drabble for @flufftober 2023 day 9: '... at first sight'.

100 words, rated G, no warnings, pre-canon

Read on Ao3

Still taking flufftober prompts, and hopefully I’ll manage a couple longer ficlets again soon! I’m also just 2 fics short of having 100 TOG fics on Ao3 - so prompt me some Andromaquynh or Andronilynh, and maybe I can reach that 100 before the end of the month? :D

[ongreenergrasses]

15 Andromaquynh pretty please?

absolutely! i hope you enjoy 💜

15. …passionately

It hasn’t been that long since they last saw each other. A couple hours, maybe, but Quỳnh is pleased with the progress she’s made in that time. She’s cleaned the safe house from top to bottom, and she moves faster these days because her thoughts are always buzzing and the best way to drown them out is to keep pace. She cleaned, and so now she devotes herself to her project, the one she’s spent days on, and spent days hiding from Andy.

Andy. Her Andromache.

Quỳnh doesn’t know if she thought she’d ever see her again. She doesn’t remember even thinking until her head breached the surface of the waves, but once she was free, she wanted to find Andy. That has to count for something.

They’ve been so distant from each other. All Quỳnh can do is hope that this will help.

She hears the car door slam outside and pushes herself to her feet, nervously smoothing out the nonexistent creases in her skirt.

“I’m back,” she hears Andy shout from the doorway. It’s considerate. Andy knows how jumpy Quỳnh is these days. She always announces her presence, so Quỳnh won’t be startled.

“In here!”

Andy walks into the kitchen and stops dead. “What’s this?”

“I thought you…well. I thought you might like these.”

Quỳnh picks up the cuffs and holds them out to Andy. She remembers the bracers Andy wore for years at a time, and when she tried to buy some, she learned they’re not in fashion any more, so she thought the cuffs would be a good substitute. She doesn’t have the skill she once did with leatherwork, but she tried. She looked up the designs, she remembers seeing the swirling tattoos of the Scythian people and knows how fond of them Andy was. She’s etched the designs in as carefully as she can, as slowly as she can.

There’s no mistakes. They’re flawless. She knows they’re some of the best work she’s ever done.

Andy takes them from Quỳnh’s outstretched hand and looks at them, holding them up close to her face so she can inspect the designs carefully. Quỳnh shifts from foot to foot.

“Well,” Andy says. “Well.” She drops them on the table and reels Quỳnh in, and kisses her so deeply that she bends Quỳnh halfway back over the table.

She’s pouring everything into that kiss. Quỳnh wraps her arms around Andy’s neck and kisses her back, and tries to put everything she can’t say into the kiss, too.

When they break apart, they’re both panting. Quỳnh chases Andy’s lips again and kisses her softly.

“I like them,” Andy says.

“Now I know.”

“I love you.”

“And I love you,” Quỳnh says, and pulls Andy’s head down for another kiss.

send a kiss

[goldheartedsky]

Mania—Possessive Love

The sixth of eight Andy-themed portraits for this month's @theartguard prompt: the 8 types of love according to the ancient Greeks

Eight Great Loves 6/8

[andramaquynhs]

Feeling the urge to draw the 'straddles you while doing your make up' meme again but, you know how it is. Anyway I need to direct my 'andys eyeliner game is on point and she will make it quynhs problem, not that she minds' energy somewhere.

[nevermindirah]

fun new way for immortals to do drugs

A while back Nile and Booker stumbled upon a fun new way to do drugs. Turns out there's a poisonous mushroom that doesn't kill immortals, it just temporarily turns them into a werewolf. Booker's a really cute werewolf! He loves playing fetch and getting belly rubs! More about Booker's first werewolf trip in Wouf Wouf: An Unredacted Fairy Tale.

Their second time around, Nile takes a dose, and they discover it's a more general immortals become were-beasts thing: Nile is now a were-squirrel. She's so cute and sleek and bushy-tailed! She's extremely agile. She's no more a flying squirrel than she is a flying human but it's not like that's gonna stop her, and she has the best time discovering she can leap between treetops!

Squirrel Nile sits on human Booker's shoulder or curls up on his chest and he feeds her almonds and gives her pets and watches her sleep. When they're were-beasts together, Nile loves holding onto wolfy Booker's ruff while he runs as fast as he can. It becomes a thing they do every so often, go off for a camping weekend, do drugs, run around a wilderness as their were-beast selves. Their special thing.

Eventually they decide to invite Andy and Quynh to join them. Andy is, predictably, a were-horse. She's enormous and so elegant and faster than wolfy Booker thank you very much. Were-horse Andy teaches human Nile how to ride her, and she whinnies mercilessly at wolfy Booker when he tries and fails to climb onto her back.

Quynh's were-beast form? Frog. If she wants to venture back under water, now she can breathe there. Wolfy Booker loves to swim as well, and the two of them spend hours at a time splashing around in ponds and lakes and rivers. Froggy Quynh can also leap and climb up into the treetops right alongside Nile, which quickly gets competitive. Nile can leap higher, Quynh can leap farther.

Quynh finds she especially loves clinging to Andy's mane as she runs at top speed. She and Nile take to leap-frogging each other hopping between Andy and Booker's backs as their lorge sweeties race each other through whatever wilderness, and then they all sack out by the nearest body of water for naps and snacks and cuddles. Nile is barely visible as she sinks into Booker's shaggy fur just as Quynh is neon-vivid where she rests perched between Andy's ears.

Booker, the only predator among them as animals just as he's the only one of them as humans who didn't choose a warrior's life, keeps other predators away with his ferocious growling. If it really came down to it though, Nile and Quynh could fight off most beasts with creative use of projectiles. Andy, of course, can and will stomp an asshole to death with her hooves.