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non-un-topo · 6 months

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Rating: M

Relationships: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolò di Genova

Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Trans Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Trans Nicky | Nicolò di Genova, Gender Identity, Crusades Era Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani & Nicky | Nicolò di Genova, Attempted Rape/Non-Con, No actual SA occurs, Canon-Typical Violence, POV First Person, just trust me though, Melodrama, gotta tag for that because i'm a dramatic person

Summary:

At first, there were only names. Yusuf of the Kaysanites, pious and sure and cunning like my merchant father before me. Yusuf, a strong, godly name, given and taken by no one but myself. It was the name with which I carried myself to my new life, to the walls of al-Quds. I could not have predicted, at the time, the violence that would befall her. Her, that was the land that was holy, and her, that was me. A merchant’s daughter from Mahdia, who carried an old sword and a new story.

#sage writes #yoo here's the canon-divergent crusades era t4t au i drew quite a while back #sort of an experimental piece. please lmk if you want more! i might make it into a series of snapshots through time.#please heed the warnings of course. they're there for a reason!#the old guard #tog fic #kaysanova #dsfdgfhds i feel like this fic is a wild card of a bunch of things ao3 readers typically skip BUT let's see where this goes!#i should not have been writing i should have been working but here ya goooo

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