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The U.N.C.L.E. partnership after Rome: things that could have happened, things that (perhaps) should have happened...and, in the end, what actually did happen.
(A series of post-canon what-ifs that begin full of betrayal, slide into self-sacrifice, and conclude on the chance of happiness for our intrepid spies.)
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The world of espionage left little room for romance- unless it's for the purpose of information gathering. When the U.N.C.L.E. agents are tasked with tracking an international arms dealer to a peace conference in Turkey, feelings emerge that complicates the dynamic. The addition of a charming diplomat and a kiss further throws a wrench into things, and Solo is forced to confront his underlying emotions for his partner. Will the agents be able to catch their target without losing their partnership in the process?
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If Illya Kuryakin had learned anything in his time with U.N.C.L.E, it was this: The KGB way was fast, precise, and efficient. The American way was messy, sloppy, and inefficient. As he found out, Napoleon Solo was the poster child for this. And yet, on him, it was charming. But when Illya’s affection begins to complicate the team’s mission in the Middle East, the Russian quickly learns what’s really at stake.
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in the symmetry of the cemetery by PeregrinOfTheShire
Fandoms: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
09 Jan 2025
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A vampire hunter at odds with his duty, Illya once again finds himself back at the bar on the edge of town. Little does he know there's more to it than meets the eye, and that the newcomer who just came through the saloon doors might be more than ready to turn his life upside down...
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because of course nothing stays the same, and a break really would be niceSeries
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mud on your feet and blood on your hands by PeregrinOfTheShire for JustABigOldNerd, phoenix_fire34, Huggiebird
Fandoms: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
04 Jan 2025
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Gaby yelps, steps back as two flaming blue orbs detach from the darkness and shamble towards them, and Solo gropes blindly for the wall and then the secretive light switch.
“Solo!” yells Gaby, and he has to spin and grapple her drawn gun down towards the floor.
“Jesus, Teller, relax! Put that away!”
“What are- let go of my fucking-“
The lights come on and Gaby freezes, which is understandable, if a little offending, because Solo had been sure that Waverly had told her what his Cryptid was.
Illya snarls: elongated, skull-like face splattered with blood- it closely resembles a deer, his antlers razor sharp and tangled with things Solo’s certain Gaby is doing her level best to ignore. He’s suddenly caught between them, one hand shoving down on Gaby’s gun, the other thrust out at Illya, a plea for the creature to stop.
Not now, Peril, he thinks, putting his back to his cryptid. I’d behave if I were you. Bullets tend to sting.
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The Way It Used To Be by theficfromUNCLE (fandom_meet_fanthem)
Fandoms: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
16 Dec 2024
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When Napoleon asks for a permanent transfer to UNCLE, Sanders calls on an old friend to make his decision.
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“Senator Solo’s not someone you want to mess around with,” says Gaby quietly as the two of them make their way through the glass Hall of Truth.
Illya doesn’t even want to be here, truth be told, but every gold starred lawyer has been pulled in to sit this trial, and sadly he so happens to be one of them. As his assistant, Gaby qualifies too. He’s not about to risk everything he’s fought for on the basis of a case that might be a waste of time.
“You say that as if you know him,” gripes the Russian.
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“You know the day you die it’ll take a few hours and then that cat will be chewing on you, right?”
Illya suppresses the twitch that tickles the corner of his mouth, focuses instead on the animal in his arms, on the greenery of the garden below the balcony. He’s aware of Solo’s presence beside him the same way he is aware of his own shadow. It’s familiar by now, an old friend.
“You do not have enough faith in animals,” he says dryly.
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It’s been almost two years now, and Illya can’t pinpoint exactly when he fell for Solo. They are not alike, not really, Illya serious and silent where Solo is a whip of wicked humor. It had been an arranged engagement, as was custom, Illya’s father unmoving despite his mother’s pleas.Series
- Part 13 of The Magical World of U.N.C.L.E.
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“I’m not saying it would be a splashy sort of murder,” says Solo, a little irritable. “Just a small, violent one. The problem is that all yo- our laws have something against revenge.”
“Is not about revenge,” says Illya, shrugging into his coat. He says nothing about his boyfriend’s slip-up. He usually doesn’t. “Is about justice.”
Solo snorts, slightly elongated cuspids pricking his tongue like briars, fixes his tie.
“Bit late for that. Justice died out a century ago, love, didn’t you hear?”
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- Part 12 of The Magical World of U.N.C.L.E.
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An essay dissecting Illya Kuryakin's psychotic breaks, specifically the one before the infamous Watch Scene, and all of the detail and symbolism involved in it.
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Those Who Cling to Death, Live by PeregrinOfTheShire
Fandoms: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
08 Aug 2024
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There’s a saying that goes don’t play with fire, lest you get burnt.
Solo’s job demands that he play with fire, even if while doing so, he’s wearing fireproof gloves with a gun in a holster. Danger is his game. His calling card. It’s his shadow, lurking in the gloom, a disciple of the grim reaper, come for you in the night.
But surprise is the death of danger. And when Solo comes back to himself, clawing out of blissful unconsciousness, with Illya still sitting beside the tub, hand warm on his back against the contrast of the cold bathwater... Solo can’t help the anger that starts to curdle in his gut.
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Wounds, healing, and painful truths.Series
- Part 5 of Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
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[Podfic] These Veins Like Wires by JustABigOldNerd for PeregrinOfTheShire
Fandoms: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
28 Jul 2024
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The first time Gaby sees it, she is evesdropping on a conversation she is quite certain she’s not supposed to know about.
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Or, Five times that others noticed the collar, and the one time Solo did.Series
- Part 1 of Podfics
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“Every time I think you’ve learned your lesson...”
Solo lets out a small sound of pain, eyes glazed as he tries to curl in on himself. His body doesn’t seem to be obeying him, unsurprisingly.
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Or, five times with and once withoutSeries
- Part 2 of An Electrical Link
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A Ballad of Silver and Swords by PeregrinOfTheShire
Fandoms: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
12 Jul 2024
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Lord Alexander of House Waverly was not new to being woken up in the ungodly hours of the morning. After several decades as the man in charge, one got used to the fact that many people were going to seek out both you and your council, provided it was sound.
This particular eve was an exception, however. Both because not only was Lord Waverly awake, but he was pacing his rooms with the curl of a foul feeling in his gut. Something was in the air, be it malice or premonition, and it was keeping him from falling abed.
It felt rather like the morrow of his first battle, the charge in the air. The nervous twitch instilled him with the personality of a sparrow in a fox den.
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A tale of a Lord, two orphans, and taking back what what you are owed. -
For Tonight I Sleep on a Bed of Nails by PeregrinOfTheShire
Fandoms: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
02 Jul 2024
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Everyone in the covert world knows the founding members of U.N.C.L.E.
Knows the stories that have sprung up around them since that fateful mission in ’63. The three people that came together when the world needed it most, regardless of their countries, their rivalries. It’s an example, a bar to strive toward. A lure to drag one through the murk and pain, an example for a better world.
Or, at least, that’s what Solo recounts to Illya and Gaby one afternoon in the office, trying to hold back his laughter.
“Who told you that?” asks Gaby, grease on her cheek, broken gadget in her hands. It’s been three years since Rome, and Solo still isn’t quite used to the trust they both have in him.
But he’s trying. So he rolls his eyes and says, “One of the new kids.”
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But Besides of the Glamour, All We Got Was Bruised by PeregrinOfTheShire for JustABigOldNerd, falling-into-peril (astermeri)
Fandoms: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
29 Jun 2024
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Illya doesn’t know what he’s supposed to say when Solo gets home with a black eye.
He’s lying on the sofa, knees tucked up to his chest, watching the smoke from his cigarette swirling in the air, laced with the scent of cloves. His head aches, the faint taste of ash on his tongue, black shirt hanging low on his scarred shoulders. The room looks even worse in this dim half-light, the faded wallpaper scuffed, the wood floors scratched from the countless people that came before them. Sometimes you can hear the echo of their feet.
Life’s not easy here.
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Children of the Sky by PeregrinOfTheShire for Bubin
Fandoms: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
15 Jun 2024
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Illya does try his best to put it all behind him, grits his teeth and continues to follow orders, to help the people of his motherland, her demands bleeding him dry. He knows it’s really a glorified cage, but after a lifetime of numb acceptance, he does not care any longer.
Until the day that Oleg summons him to the KGB’s Moscow headquarters and slides the file across the table, expression letting through the tiniest hint of anger. “It seems you are not alone.”
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“He’s like you.”
Napoleon sobers with the shock. Like… him? And he suddenly isn’t sure how to feel about that... There are others like him? A Russian with the same powers he has? Is he an alien too?
“What…”
“He’s an alien.” Sanders looks disdainful when he confirms it, and Napoleon has to force himself not to flinch. While some of the world has been kind, grateful, there have been some who shout for his arrest, even his execution for daring to meddle in the affairs of a world he doesn’t belong to. As if he hadn’t grown up here, breathing the same air as them.
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Two sons born of sister planets, protectors of humanity.
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- Part 3 of Fusions
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Wings are born of pain.
Napoleon knew this. Intimately.Wings are born of passion.
Illya knew this. Exuberantly.Two lives. Tied together. Will they be able to make something of it? Or will they lose their paths, bypassing each other without ever rekindling what they had.
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When an accident occurs leaving Illya without part of his memories, can Napoleon bring them back? Or will he be stuck on the outside looking in on the friendship that once was, and the relationship that could have been.
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- Part 1 of Winged AU's
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The first time Gaby sees it, she is evesdropping on a conversation she is quite certain she’s not supposed to know about.
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Or, Five times that others noticed the collar, and the one time Solo did.Series
- Part 1 of An Electrical Link
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悬而未决、半途而废。