Challenge 190, "Clock Watching" (Man From U.N.C.L.E.)

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TITLE: Clock Watching
AUTHOR: Periwinkle
PAIRING: Napoleon/Illya
GENRE: Slash
SUMMARY: Illya reflects on time passing
RATING: PG - 13
WORD COUNT: 100
CHALLENGE: #190 - Fast
DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fan fiction and not for profit.



Clock Watching
By Periwinkle

How amazing, Illya thought, how the perception of time passing varied. Some days the clock hands seemed to spin around frantically - mainly when someone shot at him.

Other times the opposite happened, the clock standing still - usually when he was tortured or imprisoned.

It amazed him how fast the years had gone by. It felt as if he had only met Napoleon recently, only fallen into bed with him yesterday, but in truth it had been decades which had passed in the blink of an eye. He wished he could stop the clock; live in those years forever.

Comments

[birggitt.livejournal.com]

Ah, Illya, you romantic Russian =D
Lovely!

[periwinkle27.livejournal.com]

For once I managed a drabble that's not angsty.

I love drabbling...

[selyndaep.livejournal.com]

Exactly how it is with any good "marriage"! My folks (holding hands after 41 years!) always said it felt like only months, but it also seemed like they'd always been together.
Thank you,

[periwinkle27.livejournal.com]

Really? Thanks for saying thast. I was married 14 years and my ex pointed out at Thanksgiving that we've now been divorced for 14. When I mentioned that to people they all went "You've been divorced THAT long?" Whereas to me it seems like I've always been divorced.

I should mention that my ex is a very good guy, continues to take care of us and still my friend. The marriage just had some odd problems.

[suchthefangirl.livejournal.com]

awwww. That is so sweet. I so know that feeling.

Really lovely.

[periwinkle27.livejournal.com]

thanks!