I know there’s been a couple of Joe/Nicky in the iron maiden au’s but I couldn’t find one that matched this.
I’m looking for recovery post iron maiden. Ideally Nicky who was below the water but happy for a flip on this too. He really struggles to adjust to modern life and Joe and the others do everything they can to help avoid triggering his trauma (ie: water of any kind, small spaces). The problem is that Nicky isn’t AFRAID of these. After 500 years of nothing but silence and small spaces, it’s the opposite he can’t deal with — all the electronics and so many people and traffic and TVs and planes. He can’t sleep, can’t reconnect with the team. Maybe this culminates in Joe finding him in the bath with a weight on his chest to keep him under (not because he wants to die, just because he wants some rest/relief/etc.). If blindfolds/headphones/sensory dep makes it’s way in in the healing process that is a bonus but you do you.
TL;DR — Nicky misses the silence of the iron maiden, struggles to adjust to modern life. Lots of angst and healing.
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Joe/Nicky — iron maiden recovery
Date: 2021-01-15 02:28 am (UTC)I’m looking for recovery post iron maiden. Ideally Nicky who was below the water but happy for a flip on this too. He really struggles to adjust to modern life and Joe and the others do everything they can to help avoid triggering his trauma (ie: water of any kind, small spaces). The problem is that Nicky isn’t AFRAID of these. After 500 years of nothing but silence and small spaces, it’s the opposite he can’t deal with — all the electronics and so many people and traffic and TVs and planes. He can’t sleep, can’t reconnect with the team. Maybe this culminates in Joe finding him in the bath with a weight on his chest to keep him under (not because he wants to die, just because he wants some rest/relief/etc.). If blindfolds/headphones/sensory dep makes it’s way in in the healing process that is a bonus but you do you.
TL;DR — Nicky misses the silence of the iron maiden, struggles to adjust to modern life. Lots of angst and healing.