Look Who's Drinking A Toast To Marian...
Sep. 29th, 2016 06:11 pm
Who needs anyone else?



It began here...
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In Illya’s mind there was a timetable that had to be observed. His life in the world of couture and runways had helped him to develop a keen sense of how things fit together. As an agent he had, of course, been able to follow a plan; usually it was Napoleon’s plan. Kuryakin liked to know where he was going when his foot stepped through an open door, and preferred a well executed plan to the often haphazard solutions that were eventually the mark of the Solo/Kuryakin exploits.
Chapter 1
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Napoleon and Illya allowed the conversation to sit idle while dinner was being served. A new face arrived with a cart and the two plates were delivered, each to the correct spot on the table. Nicolette could be seen in another part of the dining room charming other customers, doing a creditable rendition of Marion; or at least Illya thought so. He was glad that the girl had inherited her mother’s graces and personality. It wouldn’t do for a young girl to be as he had been.
Napoleon noted an expression on Illya’s face that directed him to Nicolette. They both sat and watched her, twin bemusement at fate’s sense of humor.

“You have the wrong number. Don’t call me again …”
The voice on the other end was smug, almost condescending.
“Ah, but this is the correct number. You may have changed your office and camouflaged yourself with silks and showrooms, but we know you Mr. Kuryakin. We know who you work for when you’re not sending models down the runway, and we know about your daughter and her mother.”
Illya’s heart nearly stopped at that. Was Nicolette in danger now, because of him?
“Do I detect some hesitation in your denial now? Please remember that wherever you think is safe, we’ll be close by.”
Click.
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“You have the wrong number. Don’t call me again …”
The voice on the other end was smug, almost condescending.
“Ah, but this is the correct number. You may have changed your office and camouflaged yourself with silks and showrooms, but we know you Mr. Kuryakin. We know who you work for when you’re not sending models down the runway, and we know about your daughter and her mother.”
Illya’s heart nearly stopped at that. Was Nicolette in danger now, because of him?
“Do I detect some hesitation in your denial now? Please remember that wherever you think is safe, we’ll be close by.”
Click.
Her lips were so soft, so desirable when we kissed. They were mine or so I thought the times when I was able to see her, my Marion.
Yet there was something in her eyes, it was distant. She was lost someplace else when we made love.
I gave her all I could.
.
Or steps leading into the sea.
I would watch her walking in the sand as the waves would gently roll in, stealing her footprints away as though they had never existed.
“Illya,” she would whisper, reaching her hand to me, sometimes I would grasp hers. I sensed something was wrong, but she would not say it.
.
And she never will be all mine.
I think back now, and should have guessed why she said good bye. What I had to give her was not enough.
Marrying her had many risks of leaving her a young widow... and what if there were children?
No, Marion was never meant to be mine, nor I hers. Sigh.
For then my thoughts, from far where I abide,
It was his weekend off, and Illya disappeared wordlessly, not telling Napoleon of his plans.
They met at a B & B outside the city; he anticipating spending the day in bed with her, but that was not to be.
She was unhappy.
.
She blindsided him, saying she wanted more than to be an afterthought, and merely his bedmate, like a common strumpet.
He couldn’t give what she wanted, insisting he cared for her.
He sighed, this was his lot in life...to be abandoned again.
For then my thoughts, from far where I abide,
It was his weekend off, and Illya disappeared wordlessly, not telling Napoleon of his plans.
They met at a B & B outside the city; he anticipating spending the day in bed with her, but that was not to be.
She was unhappy.
.
She blindsided him, saying she wanted more than to be an afterthought, and merely his bedmate, like a common strumpet.
He couldn’t give what she wanted, insisting he cared for her.
He sighed, this was his lot in life...to be abandoned again.
Napoleon Solo could be accused of many things, some of them polite, many of them complimentary and a few not suitable for mixed company. He also had a few weaknesses, the pursuit of women chief among them.
Not many men have the inherent ability to simply charm women out of their clothes with a smile. Napoleon could do that; his smile promised so much and the reports that followed seemed to indicate that he always kept his promise.
Napoleon Solo could be accused of many things, some of them polite, many of them complimentary and a few not suitable for mixed company. He also had a few weaknesses, the pursuit of women chief among them.
Not many men have the inherent ability to simply charm women out of their clothes with a smile. Napoleon could do that; his smile promised so much and the reports that followed seemed to indicate that he always kept his promise.