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They were immortals, so long stretches of silence felt natural. Sometimes when it was just the two of them in quiet moments between missions, they’d go for days without speaking. They didn’t need to communicate with words. They moved together like water, centuries of intimacy creating a connection so deep they could read each others’ body language as clear as words.
Joe knew from looking at the tightness in Nicky’s shoulders and the way he rubbed an errant bit of dry skin on his lip that his partner of a thousand years had many things to say but wasn’t yet ready to give breath to them.
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In the aftermath of the revelation of Joe's contact with Booker, Nicky confronts Joe about his actions.
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Once, Joe told a group of armed homophobic thugs that Nicky’s kiss still thrilled him after a thousand years. It was no lie, nor was it an exaggeration. The sweet, wonderful taste of Nicky’s lips tasted sweeter still with the flood of relief that came behind it.
He wasn’t forgiven. That would take time. But Nicky understood, and from there he could earn forgiveness.
For now, they sunk into each others’ arms and kissed deeply, drinking from the well of each other to right their listing boat. Five siblings and a sick mother check-in