For the record: Written for NienteZero in the 2021 Down the Chimney story exchange. First thing I've managed to finish in a while, and I was definitely out of practice. A number of false starts and given another month or two, I might have been able to refine it to the degree that I wanted but things are what they are... and it's readable. The prompt was h/c slash with banter and I'm just gonna say it's h/c adjacent ;)
Title: The Floating World
Author: elmey
Genre: Slash
Characters/Pairing: Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin
Word count: 1955
Warnings: nothing in particular
Summary: "Living only for the moment, savouring the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms, and the maple leaves, singing songs, drinking sake, and diverting oneself just in floating... like a gourd carried along with the river current: this is what we call ukiyo (the Floating World)"
---Asai Ryōi
Link goes to AO3
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