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[hypatia-66.livejournal.com]

Short Affair challenge. Prompts: shoe, red. (Early Days series)

Mr Waverly’s first encounter with his Russian protegé.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19725607

A youthful Illya

Comments

[gevr.livejournal.com]

I like this one. It is very telling :-)

and I like this : “Oh... I chose to survive, no matter what.”

Well done cuz !

[hypatia-66.livejournal.com]

Many thanks. Glad you approve.

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

A tense piece, which could be easily expanded. (I'm a hypocrite for saying that because of the dozens I have waiting for expansion.) You really show Illya's spark of individuality despite his upbringing.

[hypatia-66.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I replied to this a couple of days ago, before I went away. It doesn't seem to have registered. Sorry about that. Anyway, in case you didn't receive it, I think i said that it sort of was expanded in the earlier stories in my Early Days series - but I might do more...