Challenge #230 - My Hair

[georgiesmith.livejournal.com]

Title: My Hair
Author: georgiesmith
Fandom: The Man From UNCLE
Pairing: Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Prompt: #230 - Curse
Disclaimer: This is a work of fan fiction and not for profit.

What might appear to be a blessing can indeed be a curse.

Take my hair for example.

Everyone wants to touch it. EVERYONE. Co-workers, enemies, the woman (and man) in the street. It makes me stand out in a crowd and in my line of work it’ll end up being the death of me. Literally.

The only person who is allowed to touch only indulges himself when we’re somewhere alone. My partner runs his hands through my hair as we make love, holding me close and whispering Italian endearments into my ear.

Maybe my hair is a blessing after all.

Comments

[smithkingsley.livejournal.com]

That's just lovely. I really like how it begins and ends with the 'blessing'.

[georgiesmith.livejournal.com]

That's just lovely. I really like how it begins and ends with the 'blessing'.
Thank you! Nice of you to post! (And a fellow Smith as well!)

[smithkingsley.livejournal.com]

Go Smiths! Lol. Mine's Peter Smith-Kingsley from The Talented Mr Ripley. Who's yours?

[georgiesmith.livejournal.com]

Go Smiths! Lol. Mine's Peter Smith-Kingsley from The Talented Mr Ripley. Who's yours?
Ah, the very lovely Jack Davenport (who should have been the 11th Doctor but that's just me).

Mine is no one really. I've had the George nickname since I was a kid (Nancy Drew reference) and when I started in online fandom I felt like I needed a last name. It was kind of a combination of "Doctor Who" (he uses the "John Smith" pseudonym when he needs to) and "Alias Smith & Jones" (Smith aka Hannibal Heyes) was always my favorite. (See icon.)

Not surprisingly and rather embarrassingly, there are a lot of people really named George Smith out there...

[smithkingsley.livejournal.com]

I'm quite silly when it comes to Jack Davenport, so most of my fanfic is based around characters he plays. *grin* I'm ashamed to say I don't know the first thing about Doctor Who, although I've heard loads about it.

[georgiesmith.livejournal.com]

I'm quite silly when it comes to Jack Davenport, so most of my fanfic is based around characters he plays. *grin*
I will have to check it out!

I'm ashamed to say I don't know the first thing about Doctor Who, although I've heard loads about it.
If you are into science fiction (or time travel/history) then you'd enjoy it. The new producer of the show is the same fella who created/wrote "Coupling" - Stephen Moffat.

[smithkingsley.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely into science fiction and time travel and history, so I guess Doctor Who just has to go on my must-watch list now. Thanks!

[periwinkle27.livejournal.com]

Good job of getting a full, lovely story into 100 words. I enjoyed this. I held off reading it until I did mine so it wouldn't influence me, but as it turned out we went in very different directions.

[georgiesmith.livejournal.com]

Good job of getting a full, lovely story into 100 words. I enjoyed this. I held off reading it until I did mine so it wouldn't influence me, but as it turned out we went in very different directions.
Thanks! I enjoyed this one even though I was stuck when I first saw the word of the week.

As I said in my post to your drabble, I love the fact that we come with such different ideas for every weekly challenge.

[periwinkle27.livejournal.com]

I go with the first thing that pops into my head. I had just read Vicky Loebel's The Early Days Affair (http://www.loebelclark.com/FanfictionHub/EarlyDays.htm) which has this scene:
The man was begging for a fight and Illya felt a strong urge to oblige him. Height and weight were not always an advantage in these matters—something he rather suspected Paul Matthews had yet to learn. Still…in three and a half years, he had never raised a hand against a fellow U.N.C.L.E. agent.

He tried the thought again in French. In three and a half years, I have never raised a hand against a fellow U.N.C.L.E. agent.

Then in Russian. Then in German. When he ran out of languages, someone was going to get hurt.

so the idea of Illya cursing was in my mind.

[georgiesmith.livejournal.com]

I go with the first thing that pops into my head.
This time around I just opened Word and sat there for a moment and then started typing. I have no idea where the idea came from. I think I spent more time cutting it town to 100 words than I did writing it in the first place. (I'm guessing that's pretty much the norm.)

[endlessmotion.livejournal.com]

I'm new to the community and to this drabble thing too, and I really like what you did with this. It's amazing what you could do with 100 words! Maybe I'll get there someday too! =)

[georgiesmith.livejournal.com]

I'm new to the community and to this drabble thing too, and I really like what you did with this. It's amazing what you could do with 100 words! Maybe I'll get there someday too! =)
Thanks so much! And welcome to the challenging world of the drabble. It's heaps of fun but challenging. Best thing to do is just to jump in with both feet and enjoy yourself - the folks here are quite kind and supportive.