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"Waiting" by Meris (PG13)
Fandom: MAN FROM UNCLE
Pairing: Napoleon/Illya
Length: 65K
Author on LJ:![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
meris_mfu
Author Website: Archived at CGM and Raven's Lair
Why this story must be read:
It was quite a challenge to select which one of Meris' works to rec here. It isn't easy to give an overview of her writing since she's such an able writer in a variety of styles - both poetry and prose, first time or established relationship, humour, drama, angst - you get the picture.
Throughout, her Illya and Napoleon are authentically voiced - just the right amount of sarcasm/irony/misdirection. Meris writes deliciously hot sex that chimes faultlessly with the stage of the partnership. The sex here is implicit but still feels very much part of who they are. As a bit of a relationship junkie (damn... there goes at least part of my cover) it's the exploration of this deeper emotional connection that I find so compelling in her work.
For this reason alone I very nearly recced her "The Secret Word is Home" here. In the end, though, I chose "Waiting", for all of the above - plus the following reasons. The central plot is - engagingly alternative (think X-files meets Twilight Zone) with the theme of loss at its core. The structure of the piece interweaves this central device with Napoleon's journey towards a recognition of the shocking depth of his feelings for Illya. It worked for me.
The language is - well:
Why wait? Go and read it immediately (if not sooner) here.
Pairing: Napoleon/Illya
Length: 65K
Author on LJ:
meris_mfuAuthor Website: Archived at CGM and Raven's Lair
Why this story must be read:
It was quite a challenge to select which one of Meris' works to rec here. It isn't easy to give an overview of her writing since she's such an able writer in a variety of styles - both poetry and prose, first time or established relationship, humour, drama, angst - you get the picture.
Throughout, her Illya and Napoleon are authentically voiced - just the right amount of sarcasm/irony/misdirection. Meris writes deliciously hot sex that chimes faultlessly with the stage of the partnership. The sex here is implicit but still feels very much part of who they are. As a bit of a relationship junkie (damn... there goes at least part of my cover) it's the exploration of this deeper emotional connection that I find so compelling in her work.
For this reason alone I very nearly recced her "The Secret Word is Home" here. In the end, though, I chose "Waiting", for all of the above - plus the following reasons. The central plot is - engagingly alternative (think X-files meets Twilight Zone) with the theme of loss at its core. The structure of the piece interweaves this central device with Napoleon's journey towards a recognition of the shocking depth of his feelings for Illya. It worked for me.
The language is - well:
"I will never tell you anything less or more than the truth. It's not much as a dowry. But it's what I have to offer. I don't know what you have planned. I don't know when you'll have had enough. But I'm asking you to stay."
His arms came up around his partner's back, slowly, his chest aching from the sadness and yearning he was floundering in, and he wrapped his arms hard around Illya, squeezing him until he thought he could hear the tough sinews creak. The silence slipped over them both, wrapped them both in quiet. It stretched and his throat knotted with the certainty of rejection after such dreadful exposure.