Fandom: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: Napoleon/Illya, Napoleon/Angelique
Author on LJ:
lcornAuthor website: ObservationsWhy this must be read:Open Channel D.
[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] here, slipping back behind the wheel again for the month of September.
First up is a witty and enormously entertaining story that finds Solo and Kuryakin in a tropical locale, sharing one tacky room and one cramped bed. Angelique happens by and when she glimpses Illya lying naked and asleep on the bed, she decides to make some mischief.
Over dinner and during a walk on the beach afterward, the Thrushwoman stimulates Solo’s libido while planting the seeds for some wicked fantasies involving his partner. Recognizing his “marvelous appetite” and his sexual adventurism, she coyly wonders aloud why Solo doesn’t vary his diet now and then. After all, man does not live by steak alone.
( Read more... )Solo protests but it does no good and soon he’s entertaining possibilities that he’s never considered before.
I actually checked the list twice because I couldn’t believe that no one had recc’d this story previously. It’s a classic and worth revisiting. The first time I read it, the ending was cleverly ambiguous, making the story unclassifiable. Other readers were not quite as satisfied, however, so Linda extended the narrative, and that piece appears on her site. Personally, I liked the first version because I prefer subtlety and as Solo himself demonstrates, the imagination can be a powerful thing.
So, how hot is it in fictional Santa Ana? It’s so hot that ... well, see for yourself...
While You Were Sleeping