These Things Do Not Remember You by Gwyneth Rhys (NC17)

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Author on LJ: gwyn_r
Author Website: http://www.drizzle.com/~gwyneth/index.html#pros
Why this must be read: I'm not usually big on deathfic but there are a handful I have to admit to being unable to stay away from. This story is at the top of that list. I don't think I've ever read a story quite so beautiful yet heartbreaking at the same time. The juxtaposition of Doyle's happy remembrances of Bodie against the grief that has left him disjointed and out-of-kilter is devastating. And it doesn't matter how many times I read the story, it leaves my emotions in tatters.

Odd little sidenote; I had already planned on reccing the story when someone asked about it on a group. Guess it was meant to be.



These Things Do Not Remember You

Comments

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Wow. I really liked this. Thanks for pointing it out. :)

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. :-) It is awesone, isn't it?

[ex-lonicera600.livejournal.com]

I read this even before it was recced here. It's one of the rare fics that make me cry - although I never can quite decide whether with sorrow or because of the beauty of it.

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

It's one of the rare fics that make me cry - although I never can quite decide whether with sorrow or because of the beauty of it.

I never thought of it that way but you may be right. There are plenty of death stories out there that don't affect me anywhere near what this one does. The words at the end, especially, get me every time.

[m31andy.livejournal.com]

Story has moved to These Things Do Not Remember You (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/4/thesethings.html).

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

As soon as they let me back in I'll fix it. Thanks!