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napoleon solo has never seen a cow in his life (outlawthief) wrote in toboldlyrpg,
@ 2017-12-17 09:56:00

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illya kuryakin | man from uncle, napoleon solo | man from uncle

WHO: Illya Kuryakin & Napoleon Solo
WHEN: 226412.17, afternoon
WHERE: Enterprise: Training Room
SUMMARY: Napoleon + Illya + Sambo = ???
WARNINGS: None

They were back on the Enterprise after the shore leave to Risa - something that Napoleon had enjoyed immensely despite the awkwardness of his last evening out with Gaby. The evening itself had been amazing and they had loosened up to the point where the unspoken tension between them that had been festering for the last few months had become comfortable, welcoming, inviting. Inviting enough to the point where Napoleon had thought a kiss would be welcomed.

And it had been. It had been unbearably good and when Napoleon had reluctantly pulled it away before they got carried away, the barriers that they usually had up to maintain a perfectly innocent friendship came crashing back into place. And it had turned awkward. But he pushed the rest of their night out of mind for later thought and process, as he walked in workout clothes to a training room onboard. Just minutes before he had dressed down and sent a message to Illya to meet him in the gym. All the weird tension from the encounter with Gaby had left Napoleon feeling wired and he needed some kind of outlet. And while finding a willing partner had been a brief option, he decided to perhaps calm down that part of his life until he figured out what was going on between him and his partners before adding complications to his life.

So the work out would have to do. And since Illya was so looking forward to throwing him around under the guise of training him, this was a good alternative. Especially since Napoleon was always looking forward to spending more time with the other man, whatever the circumstances. Not that he would ever admit that. That would be revealing too much.

Being first to the training room, he started in on his stretching and pre-workout routine before Illya arrived.

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outlawthief
2017-12-18 01:23 am UTC (link)

And it was in that moment that Napoleon realized that he had actually kissed Illya. That Illya had been shocked. And that, he had expected. He had also expected anger, but this strange calmness, the sharpness of the warning of never to do it again...it felt a little like being rejected.

And that wasn't something he was not used to. Not when it counted. And while he knew there was no way in hell that Illya would ever look at him, like the way he was looking at the blond, the confirmation stung. He clenched his jaw, a sudden burst of emotion welling up in him. He swallowed it down to the best of his ability and nodded.

"Understood," he replied, voice thick with something he couldn't quite explain and looking away. He turned toward a nearby bench where he had left his towel and water bottle, picking up both. "Never again," he confirmed, looking for a quick exit. Clearing his voice, he tried putting on a more jovial tone and said, "Thank you for the lesson, Peril, but I think I should go shower."

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redperilous
2017-12-18 01:37 am UTC (link)

Was... was Solo about to get choked up? What the hell was going on? Maybe Illya should have just thrown a bench against the wall or something. At least they both knew how to deal with that.

Because what Illya was afraid of was that he might actually come to like the way Napoleon kissed him, and he had no idea at all how to deal with that.

Part of him wanted to make a joke about the shower being a cold one, but it felt cruel. “I am not mad, Napoleon,” he said, “But you... cannot cheat.”

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outlawthief
2017-12-18 01:42 am UTC (link)

Waving his hand, like he was waving off any concerns Illya might have, he said, "Quit worrying, it's all fine. No more cheating, no more nothing. I'm going to go, I'm still starting to smell and I have an image to uphold." He wouldn't quite look directly at Illya, afraid of revealing more than he had.

Fake it until you make it. It was a saying he had heard a few times since coming to the Enterprise and that's exactly the advice he was taking as he tried to sound upbeat. "I'm still counting this as a win, cheating or not."

He made a move to brush past Illya to leave, still looking away from him.

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redperilous
2017-12-18 01:55 am UTC (link)

As if this whole thing hadn’t been uncharacteristic, Illya did something else uncharacteristic for him and reached out to grab Napoleon’s arm as he walked by. He waited until the other man at least looked up before speaking. “Sambo is about self defense, about getting out alive by any means necessary. You can count the win, because you caught me unaware and beat me.” In real life, cheating didn’t really matter if one person lived and the other died.

Illya’s words were his way of trying to convey to his partner that it was alright - and that he hadn’t meant to hurt him by telling him not to kiss him again. If Illya was actually being honest with himself, it was much more about him than it was about Napoleon.

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outlawthief
2017-12-18 02:39 am UTC (link)

Unfortunately for the both of them, neither of them were good at reading between the lines, trying to understand what exactly was being conveyed to them. Someone really needed to sit them down and explain feelings to them.

"You don't have to worry about me counting that as a win. I already do." Some of the smugness from earlier returned, along with it some normalcy. It still hurt, being shut down like he had, but he was already gearing toward ignoring what happened and doing his best to not think of Illya that way again. Because as innocent as the kiss had been, one born from annoyance of not winning and knowing it would give him the upperhand, it had shown that Illya would probably never feel the way Napoleon did.

And so, there was no point in letting his feelings get the best of him. He would shut them away out of necessity, in order to save the friendship that had developed between the two.

"Alright, I'm fine," Napoleon said, patting Illya's hand and then pulling away from it. "And you're fine. How about we go about our day now, yes?"

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redperilous
2017-12-19 12:55 am UTC (link)

Illya nodded and gave a deep sigh before wiping his face with the towel. Why did it always seem like they struggled to have normal interactions? Just when they were getting along, something would happen that would throw it off completely. Honestly, Illya just wanted them to be ok with each other, to be friends if they could be. Solo was one of only a few people here that he actually trusted. Having normal friendships seemed to be difficult for him though.

Illya followed Solo out, intending to go back to his room and shower as well.

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