Someone wrote in [personal profile] theoldguardkinkmeme 2020-08-11 08:16 am (UTC)

Nicky/Joe - courtship, AU

I apologise but I read the word “suitor” in the previous prompt and my brain just immediately jumped to “suitors? Suitors for Nicky? Yes, yes, Nicky needs suitors! Multiple ones!”

So Nicolo leaves the priesthood and journeys to Jerusalem to idk, rediscover himself or God. He’s a bit sad but Jerusalem is beautiful and there are no religious wars in this verse because I said so.

As soon as he arrives and settles he gets multiple suitors knocking on his door, fighting for his affection and a hand in marriage. Maybe he also moved cos Genoa was a bit “no thank you” on the gays but Jerusalem is like San Francisco circa 1980s?

And he’s flattered and overwhelmed and showered with gifts but then there’s Yusuf: the merchant and poet and artist that Nicolo sometimes buys stuff from and no, he doesn’t court Nicolò because why would he, Nicolò has much richer and powerful men fighting for his affection? Why would he ever notice Yusuf? Don’t fight wars you know you can’t win.

Spoiler alert: he does, in fact, win.

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