I have a vague recollection of the second one. I think the guys are in a club … and IK (irritated?) says he’s calling it a night and walks (storms?) out … and then NS follows and pulls IK into the bar up the street to talk. And the bar is a gay bar NS has frequented enough that the waiter asks him if he wants (or he pointedly asks the waiter for) his “usual.” That’s all I remember, though.
I have an even more vague memory of something slightly similar to the first one … except NS is in a bar kind of morosely thinking about his unrequited feelings for IK … and he talks to the bartender about it … and the discussion leads NS to realize his feelings might not be unrequited after all. I think, but I’m not sure, that the bartender calls NS ‘Duke’ in that one. Again, I don’t recall much beyond that.
Second one is a different fic though. They are both well known at that bar, they just don't know that the other goes there at well. And there is the scene, were Illya is inside the bar, waiting for Napoleon. The waiter tries to chat him up (they know each other already), Illya says no no he's waiting for someone. Cue entering Napoleon.. and the waiter goes like "really Illya you and The Duke? Well I know someone who's gonna be disappointed" and points to a slight blonde man sitting at the counter. 😬
This might be the second one, although the bar scene isn’t quite what I remember (I could be mixing up details of two separate stories in my memory) and I didn’t read all the way through it.
Still looking for the story (very familiar)! Here’s another one along the same lines, though: Navigation by GeorgiaNagnolia https://archiveofourown.org/works/229651
Still looking for the story (very familiar)! Here’s another one along the same lines, though: Navigation by GeorgiaNagnolia https://archiveofourown.org/works/229651
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I have an even more vague memory of something slightly similar to the first one … except NS is in a bar kind of morosely thinking about his unrequited feelings for IK … and he talks to the bartender about it … and the discussion leads NS to realize his feelings might not be unrequited after all. I think, but I’m not sure, that the bartender calls NS ‘Duke’ in that one. Again, I don’t recall much beyond that.
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Second one is a different fic though. They are both well known at that bar, they just don't know that the other goes there at well.
And there is the scene, were Illya is inside the bar, waiting for Napoleon. The waiter tries to chat him up (they know each other already), Illya says no no he's waiting for someone. Cue entering Napoleon.. and the waiter goes like "really Illya you and The Duke? Well I know someone who's gonna be disappointed" and points to a slight blonde man sitting at the counter. 😬
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/1828747
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But I like that one as well, always good for a reread (and to finally save it)
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Here’s another one along the same lines, though:
Navigation by GeorgiaNagnolia
https://archiveofourown.org/works/229651
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Here’s another one along the same lines, though:
Navigation by GeorgiaNagnolia
https://archiveofourown.org/works/229651
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http://file40.net/file40s/bath.html
Edited to add link and mention this is via wayback machine.
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I like it. Just my cup of N/I-tea.
Thank you
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