Small Distances

Fanfiction
Title:	Small Distances
Author(s):	Lee the T
Date(s):	2003
Length:
Genre:	slash
Fandom:	Man from U.N.C.L.E.
External Links:	online here
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Small Distancesis a Man from U.N.C.L.E. story by Lee the T.

It was published in the zine Relative Secrecy #7 and is online.

Reactions and Reviews

In the 60s and 70s, it seemed that every time you turned around, amnesia was being used as a bad plot point on TV. Using that convention, Lee the T takes a tired, old device and injects it with new life, skillfully making it the impetus behind getting our favorite U.N.C.L.E. agents into bed together. Lee the T has an absolutely uncanny ability to capture tiny moments of characterization through a piece of dialog or the slightest of gestures that just cuts right to the heart of who these people are: complex, flesh and blood men, who happen to be ruthlessly efficient agents, who are able to do the job they do because the other is at their side. As Napoleon helps Illya get back his memory, they find out just how much they mean to each other, but nothing is trite in Lee’s dexterous hands; it all rings true. And the sex is hot, too; fast and urgent and passionate.

Nothing like a well-done spin on a classic fanfic theme—Illya has amnesia! No, say it isn't so!—to just make your day. I really like her take on Napoleon's voice; I find it exceptionally vivid. And her writing is solid and understated, as always.