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Verses For Nicky that I Forgot to Add To My Carrd (a.k.a. my To-Do List)

Love is All You Knead | Baker AU

(Written within @createshope​’s “The Cooling Rack” Universe)

Nicolò is new to the city. He’s new to alot of things, really... freshly released from a failed stint in Seminary, from the confines of a small, conservative town in Northern Italy, from the memory of his family’s disapproval in the wake of his Nonna’s death. The only thing he feels confident of anymore is dough beneath his hands and the nourishment (to the stomach, to the soul) of baking. So when he comes to The Cooling Rack with a selection of work and the hope for a job, he is lucky to find Clary so receptive. He takes up managing part of the breads and pastries selection, putting his Nonna’s recipes to good use, learning what he doesn’t already know. It is a good start, when you’re starting over... 

Magia Familiare | Witch Familiar AU

Modern Magical Universe heavily influenced by thevorpalsword’s series, Threads of Memory. Definitely worth a read! Closed ship with @leschanceux​’s Joe Al-Kaysani.

In a world where Magic is a common element that manifests within people, there exists a far rarer phenomenon known as a Familiar. These people -- capable of transforming between an animal form and a human form -- possess a magic that enhances and focuses the magic of those they bond with. As such they are highly sought after by those wishing to increase their personal power, to the point that most Familiar families are kept separate from regular society, operating like royalty and making bond-matches based in political and social power structures. Nicky is born of a long lineage of Familiars, and much of his younger years were spent locked away, being taught only that which his elders wanted him to know about the world. By his twenties, he was actively resisting his family’s machinations for his future, their attempts to secure him a lucrative marriage contract and bond to a witch of their choosing. He managed to escape the influence by leaving home with nothing more than the meager possessions in his satchel. Since then, Nicolò has been living rough, working odd jobs to supplement his need for constant movement around Europe. Because the DiGenovas are a family of historical renown, a name that is too well known in magical circles, and people still want to use Nicky’s Familiar abilities for their own personal gain. He meets Andy in Greece, where she rescues him from becoming a victim of trafficking, and with her help he manages to relocate to London and start anew under an assumed name. And then he meets Joe, a beautiful and kind witch with magical that reaches out to Nicky like threads of pure sunshine, weaving trinkets imbued with feelings of well-being and somehow so unaware of his unique perfection. Joe, who wants nothing from him, who doesn’t even know who he is, but still extends every kindness and unearned empathy to him. How can Nico help but fall in love?  

And The Spies Came Out of The Water | Secret Agent AU

Pretty much what it says on the tin. Nicolò is working as a freelance agent that contracts himself to a multitude of European governments. His primary skillset is as a sniper and intelligence gatherer, but he is also very good at infiltration and close quarters combat, if the need arises. Though he has participated in some morally questionable missions in the past, Nico maintains a personal sense of justice that often influences what jobs he does or doesn’t take. His list of enemies is growing, but... well. An Agent is not expected to live to see retirement, and Nicolò has never had a reason to think of an extraction plan. At least, not until he meets Joe. 

I Left a Note on our Bathroom Mirror | Paranormal Medium AU

(General ‘Nicky Sees Dead People’ Verse, featuring a closed ship with @leschanceux​‘s Ghost!Joe)

Nicolò has known there is something different about him from a young age. It’s in how he stayed quiet as a child, especially in Churches. In how he listened so attentively when his Nonna would tell him stories of a forgotten time, using voices she shouldn’t even know. How he kept listening to her, to the voices, even after Nonna died. There is something inside Nico that reaches out, and whatever lies beyond the veil reaches back. 

So he became a Medium. Or... a Paranormal Investigator, which was somehow the more “legitimate” option in such a field of work. Sometimes it is simply easier to claim a machine has picked up the very information that Nicky’s own senses already know on instinct, especially when people -- customers -- don’t really understand his... craft. They want the theater of the Paranormal, rather than the reality. And that’s fine, it pays his bills. 

Eventually, Nicolò learns of an apartment with a particularly noisome Poltergeist. A spirit known primarily as “Joe” has driven out the last 18 potential tenants of the place, and only the fact that it is a stunningly gorgeous apartment in a prime location of Amsterdam has kept the building landlord from giving up on renting it entirely. Intrigued, Nico offers his services in exchange for a reduced lease, the moves in. And so begins the Not-Quite-Harmonious cohabitation of a Medium and a Ghost, both of which just might be catching feelings, the more they learn about one another.