The Secret Santa Affair by rabidsamfan (PG-13)

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Fandom: MAN FROM UNCLE
Pairing: Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin
Length: ~3,400
Author on LJ: rabidsamfan
Author Website: rabidsamfan on AO3

Why this must be read:

I decided to do one more rec this month, something just for fun. The MFU van is in the garage every December, so I figured we should celebrate Christmas in July.

What do you get the Secret Agent who needs nothing? Illya ponders the question when he draws Napoleon in the UNCLE Secret Santa pool. Smart, funny banter, delicious innuendo, and perhaps the unlikeliest gift that Napoleon has ever gotten make this story charming, fizzy fun. And among other treats, we get to imagine Illya in the bright orange sweater his Secret Santa knit just for him. If only my office parties were like this.

"You're a good dancer," Napoleon observed.

Now Illya knew his face to be coloring up obtrusively. "I like girls," he found himself mumbling. Which he did, if not exclusively.

Napoleon nodded complacently. "I like coffee," he observed, and then paused to look into the display windows of yet another one of the shops. "But I have been known to indulge in the occasional cup of tea."

The Secret Santa Affair