Consummate Performer

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

Pairing: Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin

Category: Can be interpreted as slash or gen

Rating: G

Word Count: 100

Notes: Written for the LiveJournal group slashthedrabble challenge #229 – “on/off”

Original Publication Date: 11 November 2009

 

 

There’s a supreme difference in my partner when we’re on the job and when we’re off.

When we’re on an affair, he is a consummate performer; no one has seen through his facade – not our boss, our co-workers nor our enemies – and I sincerely doubt anyone ever will.

When we’re home, it takes time but eventually he allows the masks to slip away and I am given the honor of seeing the man for who he really is. A somber, giving, thoughtful soul who offers up himself in the firm belief that he can make the world a better place.