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Chains by Viviana (PG)
Fandom: MAN FROM UNCLE
Pairing: Napoleon/Illya (pre-slash)
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
viviana7
Author Website: None. Stories archived on her LJ and at Chrome and Gunmetal Madhouse
Why this must be read:
This story is an epilogue to the first-season episode, "Terbuf". In that episode we learn a lot about Napoleon, especially his vulnerabilities and sense of honor. Viviana then turns the experience around to show us how those revelations affect Illya, as he spends the journey to safety pondering the nature of love and commitment, and the reasons for both.
An unashamedly romantic glimpse into both men's hearts, this is my favorite of Viviana's stories. Their characterizations ring true, especially in the way they hear what remains unsaid.
You won't regret reading this one.
His jaw is purpling and his lips are swelling from some beating he's taken but she's too busy fussing over her cowardly traitor of a husband to notice. Yet during the entire voyage he's solicitous toward her, reassuring her and even helping her tend Valder's wounds. As the sun climbs higher and exhaustion overtakes her, he allows her to fall asleep with her head resting on his shoulder, and his fingers curl around the hand that's chained to his.
He doesn't notice me, too deep in his reverie of quiet regrets. But I know he feels everything I do for him - that it enters his blood like a healing serum, later to yield its effects. He is the most observant and perceptive man I have ever met. No subtlety of human motivation escapes him. Except where love is concerned. Then he is as blind as any fool.
Chains
I hope you enjoy this story as much as I do.
Pairing: Napoleon/Illya (pre-slash)
Author on LJ:
viviana7Author Website: None. Stories archived on her LJ and at Chrome and Gunmetal Madhouse
Why this must be read:
This story is an epilogue to the first-season episode, "Terbuf". In that episode we learn a lot about Napoleon, especially his vulnerabilities and sense of honor. Viviana then turns the experience around to show us how those revelations affect Illya, as he spends the journey to safety pondering the nature of love and commitment, and the reasons for both.
An unashamedly romantic glimpse into both men's hearts, this is my favorite of Viviana's stories. Their characterizations ring true, especially in the way they hear what remains unsaid.
You won't regret reading this one.
His jaw is purpling and his lips are swelling from some beating he's taken but she's too busy fussing over her cowardly traitor of a husband to notice. Yet during the entire voyage he's solicitous toward her, reassuring her and even helping her tend Valder's wounds. As the sun climbs higher and exhaustion overtakes her, he allows her to fall asleep with her head resting on his shoulder, and his fingers curl around the hand that's chained to his.
He doesn't notice me, too deep in his reverie of quiet regrets. But I know he feels everything I do for him - that it enters his blood like a healing serum, later to yield its effects. He is the most observant and perceptive man I have ever met. No subtlety of human motivation escapes him. Except where love is concerned. Then he is as blind as any fool.
Chains
I hope you enjoy this story as much as I do.