Man From U.N.C.L.E./Starsky and Hutch (PG)

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Title: The Bay City Affair by GrandeRobino
Pairing:Kuryakin / Solo; Starsky/Hutch
Author on LJ: granderobino
Author Website: none that I know of, but you can find her on Peja's site The Wonderful World of Makebelieve
Word Count:  17,251

Why this must be read:
It seems like a natural, doesn't it? Two series, set in about the same time period, with two male leads. In addition, there are a lot of parallels in the relationships between the partners.

In this story, GrandeRobino has the two teas meeting for the first time, then compares and contrasts their relationships. She finds many more similar things than dissimilar. See if you can tell which pair she is discussing in each sample:

Sample 1
It's something that would probably go unnoticed to anyone who'd never worked with a partner. A true partner. An equal. Half of a whole. But once you've experienced that connection you could usually sense it in others.

Little things like an exchanged raised eyebrow or shrug of a shoulder, or how one moves in sync with the other.  

Yep, these men were partners.

Sample 2
"Actually, you both seem to have earned that reputation. Some sort of 'dynamic duo' or something." [...]

Oh, and did I mention that there is a plot? Starsky and his partner are after a very bad guy and hope to finally have him put in jail for good. The case is coming up for trial shortly. But two guys show up suddenly from U.N.C.L.E. and they are also interested in the defendent. What is their connection to the case and why do they want to team up with S/H?

So they'd come through those dark times together. And their relationship flourished. Again, it almost seemed like the most natural thing in the world when they realized the true depth of their feelings for each other. After a false start or two, Starsky was finally the one to summon the courage to broach the topic of their how their love had deepened and changed. It wasn't that the love hadn't been there all along. Anyone who knew them at all could tell you that it was.

But for two, straight, guys to admit a romantic attraction to each other was pretty...well, scary. But once Starsky brought it up, Hutch was quick to confirm he felt it as well. It didn't take long for them to find out just how in love with each other they were. The rest, as Huggy Bear might say; is History, dudes.


The Bay City Affair

Comments

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*Blushes* Thanks,I'm honored that you liked this enough to rec. It was my first story, and I see more of it's flaws now than when I first wrote it (most notobly the whiplash-inducing, changing POVs)but I'll always have soft spot for it because I really thought the guys could be pals.