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Professionals by Cord Smithee (NC-17)
FANDOM: MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: Napoleon/Illya
Author on LJ: not known
Author Website: not known
Why this must be read:
This is nothing at all like the other stories I've chosen to recommend this month, and be warned that it will not be to everyone's taste. Napoleon has apparently defected to THRUSH; his reward for selling out U.N.C.L.E.'s secrets is... Illya. In fact, both men are playing a deadly game. But how far does Napoleon have to go to convince his new paymasters of his loyalty and can he ever retrieve his working relationship with Illya when it's all over? Telling the story from Napoleon's POV, Cord Smithee uses Illya's enigmatic nature to great effect - it's all but impossible to tell what Illya is thinking. A terrific story, with a wonderful closing line - but do heed the warning at the top of the web page.
"Napoleon." A softer tone now, a little pleading. Illya swayed, and Napoleon steadied him with the hand that didn't hold the gun. "Surely you can't mean this. Surely--"
Napoleon laughed. "You were the one who broke up our partnership rather than sleep with me, Illya. Whatever happens now is your fault as much as mine."
"If I had known," Illya said coldly, shaking his hair out of his eyes, "I would have done more than ask for a new partner. I would have remanded you to our superiors for sexual harassment and hazing. I should have. I wish I had."
"Yes, you probably should have," Napoleon said, tilting his head to squint at Illya through the pistol's iron sights. "But you didn't. On your knees, partner mine. And remember what I said about biting."
Professionals
Pairing: Napoleon/Illya
Author on LJ: not known
Author Website: not known
Why this must be read:
This is nothing at all like the other stories I've chosen to recommend this month, and be warned that it will not be to everyone's taste. Napoleon has apparently defected to THRUSH; his reward for selling out U.N.C.L.E.'s secrets is... Illya. In fact, both men are playing a deadly game. But how far does Napoleon have to go to convince his new paymasters of his loyalty and can he ever retrieve his working relationship with Illya when it's all over? Telling the story from Napoleon's POV, Cord Smithee uses Illya's enigmatic nature to great effect - it's all but impossible to tell what Illya is thinking. A terrific story, with a wonderful closing line - but do heed the warning at the top of the web page.
"Napoleon." A softer tone now, a little pleading. Illya swayed, and Napoleon steadied him with the hand that didn't hold the gun. "Surely you can't mean this. Surely--"
Napoleon laughed. "You were the one who broke up our partnership rather than sleep with me, Illya. Whatever happens now is your fault as much as mine."
"If I had known," Illya said coldly, shaking his hair out of his eyes, "I would have done more than ask for a new partner. I would have remanded you to our superiors for sexual harassment and hazing. I should have. I wish I had."
"Yes, you probably should have," Napoleon said, tilting his head to squint at Illya through the pistol's iron sights. "But you didn't. On your knees, partner mine. And remember what I said about biting."
Professionals