The Healing (Man from U.N.C.L.E. story)

Fanfiction
Title:	The Healing
Author(s):	Nataliya
Date(s):	2004 or before
Length:	108kb
Genre:	slash
Fandom:	Man from U.N.C.L.E.
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The Healing is a Napoleon/Illya story by Nataliya.

Summary: "Solo helps a traumatised Illya recover from a nasty bout of torture."

Excerpt

"“How’s the patient?” he asked when he came upon John Harrison, the physician in charge at the moment. Solo and Kuryakin considered Harrison to be a friend, someone who was as skilled at his job as they were, someone who didn’t mollycoddle them but made sure they got the care they needed.

The doctor hesitated a second too long with his reply, and Solo’s mood changed instantly. “Is there a problem, John?” he asked flatly.

“A word, Napoleon,” the doctor said, cocking his head toward his office.

Once the door was closed, Harrison walked around his desk and took his chair. Solo’s eyes never left the doctor’s face as he hovered over him.

Harrison looked up at him. “Please sit down,” he said softly.

Solo complied. “I’ll stand on my head if it’ll start the information flowing,” he said with an uncharacteristic raise in tone.

Anxiety translated into anger in Section Two agents. The doctor was accustomed to being glowered at, interrogated like a criminal, even manhandled occasionally. But his voice stayed calm and he didn’t mince words. “Did Illya tell you he was tortured?”

Solo leaned back in the chair and drew his mouth into a thin line. “No. He didn’t say much at all. I didn’t see any evidence of it, though.”

Harrison ignored the typical statement of denial. “And you politely didn’t look at his penis?”

Solo went pale."

Reactions and Reviews

This is the nicest, slowest, most naturaly lead into slash that I've ever read. And the writing is excellent. The one thing I did dislike was the tendency to explain things it would have been better to show, or let the reader assume from what is shown, as can be seen in the quotation above. It'snot a major problem but it was a prevalent enough that I found it irritating at times.