Rain by Nataliya (NC-17)

[georgiesmith.livejournal.com]

Fandom: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: Napoleon Solo / Illya Kuryakin
Length: 19K
Author on LJ: cousinnat
Author Website: None that I know of, but her stories can be found on File 40 and The Chrome and Gunmetal Madhouse
Why this must be read: It's a wonderfully breezy read from Illya's POV as he, Napoleon and four other U.N.C.L.E. agents are making their way back to New York HQ when their journey is interrupted by a fierce storm. Finding shelter at a small hotel, the story pulls you in with a sense of warmth, humor, camaraderie and ultimately love. It's a tender story that never fails to make me smile.



Rain

Comments

[mcsheplovers.livejournal.com]

This was a lovely story! I found it very sweet and tender. Thank you for reccing it and my compliments to the author, Nataliya. I enjoyed reading it very much. Off to read it a second time.....


Beth

[georgiesmith.livejournal.com]

This was a lovely story! I found it very sweet and tender. Thank you for reccing it and my compliments to the author, Nataliya. I enjoyed reading it very much. Off to read it a second time.....
Yay! I'm so pleased you enjoyed it. I love so many things about it. Illya and Napoleon in the car (I could so see that in an episode), their dinner on the bed...it's just all pretty wonderful.

[cousinnat.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec, georgie!

I enjoyed writing Rain, although I typically get in a rush toward the end. I should start my stories with the end, then do the beginning and the middle. Maybe I would get a more thoughtful first-time scene. Write and learn.

[georgiesmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec, georgie!
Thank YOU for the fab story. This is actually the second story of yours that I've rec'd. When I first drove the van back in March I recommended The Chicago Affair (http://file40.net/file40s/chic_one.html).

I should start my stories with the end, then do the beginning and the middle. Maybe I would get a more thoughtful first-time scene. Write and learn.
I'm writing my first long piece (I'm a drabbler) and I have no clue where it's going. Not one jot. I'm pretty sure that's not the way to do it. I should probably write like Buster Keaton made his films - he'd come up with a beginning and end and figured the middle would take care of itself!

As for your stuff, I've printed a lot of it out to read. I'm hoping there might be some new stuff on the horizon...

[cousinnat.livejournal.com]

Georgie, I've read Stephen King's "On Writing" and he does not like plot outlines, but tells the story as he goes along. (I don't plot things either, not that I'm comparing myself with SK). So there is no "wrong" or "right" way to write, just to keep doing it.

Rain

[channeld.livejournal.com]

Oh, I loved this. The sweetness of the drive, with Illya drowsing against Napoleon's shoulder, the coziness of the shared room and food, and then the hot hot sex. Thank you.

Cynthia

Re: Rain

[georgiesmith.livejournal.com]

Oh, I loved this. The sweetness of the drive, with Illya drowsing against Napoleon's shoulder, the coziness of the shared room and food, and then the hot hot sex. Thank you.
I'm pleased you enjoyed it. It's one of those stories that I've found myself curling up with on a rainy night. It's just a cozy read. (Until the sex and then it's just plain hot. *g*)

[periwinkle27.livejournal.com]

I can't believe this was never rec'd before. It's one of my favorites.

[georgiesmith.livejournal.com]

I can't believe this was never rec'd before. It's one of my favorites.
That's why I like my handy dandy cheat sheet of all the rec's. As I read stories for a second of third time I'll double check, just in case. I've been surprised at some of the stories that somehow slid through the cracks.

[periwinkle27.livejournal.com]

and once in awhile you'll find a repeat, which I live in fear of doing. Hence my handy-dandy reference sheet.

Or actually - sheets - it's long

[georgiesmith.livejournal.com]

and once in awhile you'll find a repeat, which I live in fear of doing. Hence my handy-dandy reference sheet. Or actually - sheets - it's long
I have mine in a boring text file. I worry about duplicating a story but if it happens, then it happens. I wish with the older fandoms there was one story a month that could be a kind of "Retro Classic" - you know stories that were rec'd more than 18 months ago or something. At least you can rec those stories everyday through mfuficfind.

[periwinkle27.livejournal.com]

I asked crack_van last if we could redo recs from 2004 or 3005 but they didn't care for the idea, feeling that people who were interested could look at Memories