LINKDING

https://web.archive.org/web/20090417180219/http://lyrebird.aithine.org:80/ezine/jj/dishevelled.htm ➤ Illya and Napoleon meet for the first time, when Illya is undercover with thrush

https://web.archive.org/web/20090216185025/http://lyrebird.aithine.org:80/ezine/jt/z48.htm ➤ The one where Napoleon has to go on a honeypot mission where the mark is a man, and has to practice having sex with a man so that he can be comfortable doing so on the mission. ➤ Uses the word "homosexual" a lot and the entire premise is put forward very earnestly.

➤ various times the two shared sleeping accommodations over the years

https://web.archive.org/web/20090804101936/http://file40.net:80/file40g/begin.html ➤ Napoleon and Illya on first being partnered, and the difficult start to their partnership

https://web.archive.org/web/20100402165538/http://file40.net:80/file40g/crispins/lottery.html <blockquote>“Starting the lottery,” Sarah said as she gathered up the money. “You see, hon, it works this way. Napoleon will be looking for a date, and we all share him.” “All five of you?” “No, actually, it’s more like twenty-five of us,” Wanda giggled. “Over thirty sometimes, if you count the night shift,” Sarah corrected her, before continuing. “And we got tired of competing, so we created the lottery. Everybody throws in a dollar, and we’ll draw a name tomorrow morning, and that woman will win. Then, when Napoleon starts asking around to see who’s free, the rest of us will tell him we have plans and steer him toward the winner. The winner takes the money, buys herself a new outfit, and gets her hair done.” </blockquote>

➤ Intertwined stories of the two of them from before they knew each other, early in their careers

https://web.archive.org/web/20100821042721/http://www.file40.net:80/file40s/bnfm.html ➤ The one where Illya's approach to sex and relationships is fucked up due to his history of having to use sex with men for blackmail purposes on behalf of the kgb

➤ Napoleon and Illya on a short overnight vacation sail on Napoleon's boat, and Napoleon confronts Illya about his sexuality https://web.archive.org/web/20150806021128/http://www.file40.net:80/file40s/becalmed.html

<blockquote>'Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.' Barbara Kingsolver</blockquote>

<blockquote>A wicked device is being created in an abandoned Appalachian coal mine. IK and NS enlist the support of two Southern women to stop it.</blockquote> ➤ Really liked the ocs!

➤ Illya and a dying Thrush agent

➤ A journalist trying to figure out what's up with Illya

<blockquote>Foster slid onto a brocade cushion. Number One took her accustomed place at the head of the table. "Mr. Foster, I have a somewhat delicate and personally important assignment for you," she began, and Foster felt a grin forming on his face. "You have heard of a former agent named Illya Kuryakin?" "Yes, ma'am. He was teamed with Napoleon Solo. Retired, what, 10 years ago? Whenever Solo died." "Twelve years, yes. He has become quite a well-respected writer in the interim – international relations and terrorist activity. Mr. Kuryakin is making a visit to New York this week, a speaking engagement at SUNY. Although he would be the last to agree, I believe he requires protection while he is here." </blockquote>

➤ the italian restaurant across the street from the UNCLE tailor shop gets threatened by THRUSH trying to take over the block, and asks for help from those weird guys from across the street.

➤ does what it says on the tin

<blockquote>My partner is dead. There, it is possible to complete the thought: My partner is dead. My partner has been dead for...two hours and 48 minutes. </blockquote>

<blockquote>My name is Lorelei Tate. I am 11 years old. Me and my parents moved here to Broomfield two weeks ago but I just started here at Centenial Elementary School this week. I hate starting a new school, I hate this town, I hate eating lunch alone ever day. The kids here are snobs. Lorelei, I'm so glad to have you in my class. What a lovely name you have! I know how hard It can be to start over When I was a child my father was in the Army and my family moved a lot. Every (watch the spelling on that word) time I made friends and started to feel at home, we had to move again. But I took something with me from every place we lived – a memory or a friend or a memento. I hope you soon find something to value here. Please memorize the correct spelling of our school, Centennial Elementary School. The proper construction is, "My parents and I... Miss Butcher</blockquote>

➤ Napoleon and a lack-of-Illya

https://web.archive.org/web/20100402171640/http://file40.net:80/white/Merry.html ➤ christmas evading Thrush at a retirement home

https://web.archive.org/web/20090417081413/http://www.ravenswing.com:80/~keelywolfe/mahogany.html <blockquote>Puffs of clouds dotted the sky in low mounds of white, allowing the sun's warmth to descend on the basking world unchecked, early morning heat that drew coils of mist from the damp grass and slowly warmed the monuments of granite and limestone. Only beneath long-limbed trees did the light not dare tread, cool blankets of shade and faintly rustling leaves. Even in a cemetery, there was never silence. </blockquote>

https://web.archive.org/web/20100204205545/http://www.ravenswing.com:80/~keelywolfe/mulchado.html <blockquote>"I must admit, this is the first time I've been truly grateful I'm not claustrophobic." "How fortunate for you. I, on the other hand, have had ample opportunities to express my thanks on that count." Napoleon could feel Illya's breath on his cheek as he spoke, slowly and softly but still burning away precious oxygen.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Injured and pursued by THRUSH, Illya and Napoleon must survive a trek through the Sahara to get vital information to U.N.C.L.E. in time.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Sometimes better the devil you don't know, rather than the devil you know." </blockquote>

<blockquote>An unscheduled rescue and an unexpected revelation give Napoleon his best Christmas present ever.</blockquote>

<blockquote>They thought their first would be their last.</blockquote> ➤ Confessions when they think they're going to die, and what they do when they survive after all

➤ does what it says on the tin

➤ amusing rewrite of the original book to be about Illya's life. ➤ The slash is VERY mild; I didn't even notice it on first read

<blockquote>Napoleon, Illya, Paris—what more can I say?</blockquote> ➤ the one where they have dinner with an elderly woman who's an ex-thrush-agent and a close friend of Illya's, who encourages Napoleon to finally make a move on Illya

https://web.archive.org/web/20080119051500/http://file40.net:80/file40g/two_spies.html ➤ What it says on the tin. Discussing their different approaches to relationships, intimacy, vulnerability

<blockquote>Introduction: There is no situation in which I would believe Napoleon Solo would sleep with Illya Kuryakin. Words to that effect greeted me when I signed on to my on-line service early last Fall. Being the perverse little creature that I am, I immediately thought of an instance where they would not even consider doing otherwise. Two nights later the story burst into my head and woke me up from a sound sleep at three in the morning. Fortunately, it was Saturday morning, leaving me free to start writing. The result is in your hands. I have tried very hard to keep our two favorite U.N.C.L.E. agents in character, but I did take a few liberties with their surroundings. The only thing I remember about living in the sixties was an intense desire to get out of the sixties, so I've moved everything to a modern setting. This story takes place in the nineties, a few months after a modernized version of the final episode, The Seven Wonders of the World Affair. Napoleon is in his mid-thirties, and Illya, who was always played as younger, is in his mid-twenties. I also played fast and loose with the structure of the New York office as I couldn't make sense of the Sections the show's creators established. I hope purists will forgive me.</blockquote> ➤ The first two chapters are worth reading together as one story. ➤ The third chapter is an A-Team crossover taking place five years later and can be missed.