escapismandsharpobjects
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bad things happen bingo: taking the blame
“It was my fault,” says Illya, partly because it is relatively true and partly because, even if it weren’t, it’s better that he takes the blame. -
unspool by escapismandsharpobjects for mortalghost
Fandoms: Slow Horses (TV), Slough House - Mick Herron
11 Jan 2026
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bad things happen bingo: thrown down the stairs
The thing about falling down the stairs is that you sort of don’t really understand what’s happening until it’s already happened. -
the most natural thing in the world by escapismandsharpobjects for zeerat
Fandoms: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
25 Dec 2025
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illya gets captured on a mission. over a week of torture later, napoleon finds him. what follows is an intense few days of fleeing, complications, and realizations.
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i know that i should hate you but my case is thin by escapismandsharpobjects
Fandoms: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
31 Oct 2025
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whumptober day 31: gunshot wound, rescued by the enemy
There is absolutely no reason for Napoleon to be doing what he’s doing right now. No reason at all. He’s actively making his life harder and almost certainly setting himself up for any number of major problems, say, anywhere from five seconds to twenty-four hours down the line.
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whumptober day 15: "you can take a break, if you just tell me that it hurts"
“Now remember, you can take a break at any time, if you just tell me that it hurts.”
Illya fixes the man–he does not even know his name–with a glare. I will not, he thinks, but does not say. I will never.
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whumptober day 23: "how'd i get to this place?"
The cause of all of this pain, the torture, he remembers well. But the fight—he knows there had been one from the fact that he is now free, but he doesn’t remember any of it. He doesn’t know how he got away, or where he’d been in the first place, or what path he’d taken.
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whumptober day 30: mirror
It’s not that bad, as far as injuries go. This isn’t what makes him stop and stare.
It’s the look in his eyes, on his face.