Mother of Fear II

Fandom: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Category: gen

Rating: PG

Word Count: 104

 

“Torture is like music, don’t you think, Illya dear? Anyone can play the instruments…”

She slashed him again with the strop. The blow elicited no more than grudging grunt from the Russian; he shrugged it off and steeled himself for the next.

“But it is just noise. It needs the touch of a virtuoso…” She reached down and traced the edge of his ear with a light finger. He winced away from her touch. She raised the strap again and laid another stroke across his reddened shoulders. This time, she was rewarded with an anguished cry of pain.

“… to make music.” She sighed.