(Fic) Unit I, Series LYA: Press to Activate
Oops. That robot AU I've been poking at? Finally gave up and posted it. o__o;
Title: Unit I, Series LYA: Press to Activate (Link goes to AO3)
Word Count: 3,600
Summary: “Look, can I call you something else? Unit I, Series LYA doesn’t exactly, ah, roll off the tongue.”
Blue eyes stare at him dispassionately. It’s horrifying how human he looks. Probably because he was, once. Those blue eyes belonged to some poor brain-dead potato farmer, or a mortally wounded KGB officer, before he became… this… instead. Whatever this is. He’s seen what’s between those eyes now. It’s metal and flesh and wires and fluid that looks like engine oil but smells like blood, and Napoleon doesn’t want to see it again.
“A common Soviet name is Illya. If it makes you more comfortable, and will increase our success in the field, you may call me that.”
(Or, the Soviets have made a leap in technology, and Napoleon is assigned a new partner. Just not one he was expecting.)