Fic: Three May Keep A Secret (Mad Men/The Man From U.N.C.L.E.)

[inmyriadbits]

Fandom: Mad Men/The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Rating: G
Pairing/Characters: Joan Holloway, Napoleon Solo (peripheral Illya Kuryakin, Peggy Olson)
Summary: "We dance round in a ring and suppose, / but the Secret sits in the middle and knows." -Robert Frost
Notes: 172 words. Spoilers for neither show, title from Benjamin Franklin. Thanks go to thespatz.

Three May Keep A Secret
Joan does love when Napoleon Solo walks into a restaurant. The rumors get positively...immoderate.

The girls from the office are giggling over a round of "I heard--" and "He said--" and all the variations that follow: he inherited money from a rich relative, he is secret heir to an Italian shipping tycoon, he is the bastard son of a prince.

"Don't be silly," Joan cuts in. Precisely right timing; all the girls turn to hear what she will say. She leans forward a careful few inches, and watches them all mirror her unconsciously -- except Peggy, who looks on with a sideways smile. Joan widens her eyes, just a touch, just enough to make it a joke. "Everyone knows he's a spy."

Joan's glance flickers over to Mr. Solo as the rest of the girls burst into peals of laughter. He raises his glass in a subtle toast, though Mr. Kuryakin merely smirks down into his drink.

Joan matches Napoleon with a discreet curve of her lips, then turns back to watch the others laugh.

*****

Comments

[st-crispins.livejournal.com]

Very nice. I'm a great fan of Mad Men and remarked just a week or so ago that Peggy would make a great Innocent.

Joan, on the other hand, should work for UNCLE.

So bravo.

[inmyriadbits.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Peggy would make a great Innocent. Joan, on the other hand, should work for UNCLE.

I totally agree. :)

[periwinkle27.livejournal.com]

I love the idea of Illya smirking. You did a great job pulling off the scene in so few words.

[inmyriadbits.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! No one smirks like Illya can. :)