crack_van | Scissors by LRH Balzer (Gen)

Fandom: The Professionals
Pairing: none
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website:http://victorian.fortunecity.com/literary/196/index.htm
Why this must be read:

This story shows the remarkable partnership Bodie and Doyle have,it probably falls in the category of pre-slash.

Bodie has a couple of days off and Doyle is still on sick leave after a particularly nasty case where Doyle has been held hostage by a sadistic nutter.

Then Bodie gets a phone call, his still shell-shocked partner wanted to get a hair cut and something has triggered a memory in Doyle and he loses it.
To help Doyle, Bodie has to find out what exactly happened to him.

The story is told in the present with Bodie trying to help Doyle and with flash backs of the terrible ordeal Doyle went through.

Bodie is prepared to do everything to help Doyle come to terms with what happened to him.

The hair on the back of his neck was warning him about something. Why would Lisa phone and ask for him and not for Doyle? Bodie's fingers tightened briefly on the steering wheel, trying to remember what his partner had planned for today. Ray wasn't supposed to have planned anything. Bodie had spent Saturday with him after the hospital had released Doyle, and he had only returned to his own flat in the evening when Ray was settled for the night.

***
Bodie stared at the closed door, then gave a shrug and walked decisively to the back. He gave a quick knock, found it unlocked and pulled it open halfway, enough for him to poke his head into the room. "Bloody hell," he whispered inaudibly, not prepared for the sight.

***
Doyle found a shaky smile and lifted his head, finally acknowledging the dark-haired man's steady gaze. "Gettin' to be a bad habit of mine, innit?"

Bodie reached out and lightly touched the cold perspiration on Doyle's forehead. "Should I call an ambulance?"

***
Bodie had immediately understood that Doyle could not have done otherwise. Heart on your bloody sleeve, mate. Just stay alive until I get there. If it's MacGregor you've found, he's insane.

***
"Oh, he's still alive. For now." Using Doyle as a human shield, they held him up at the window, long enough for the CI5 agents to identify the nearly naked man as their own.

Scissors

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Great story. I couldn't get the link to work? but found my way there from the website link you'd provided in the header.

I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the story.

Fixed the link, thanks for mentioning it.

Good story. I don't usually read gen but, you're right, it can be read like pre-slash...so that's how I read it. :-)

so that's how I read it. :-)

;-) Good for you. You'd missed out on a good story otherwise!*g*
I'm glad you liked it.

Absolutely remarkable. I didn't know Lois Balzer was active in the "Pros" fandom as well as in MFU. I am watching the complete set of DVD now and I can recognize here the genuine feeling and flavour of the show.

I'm glad you liked it.

Her other stories are just as good, Three Man and a Bodie is hilarious and the other two are companion pieces that are enjoyable to read too, but Scissors is my favourite!

Thanks for writing.

Where may I find them? In the circuit archives? I am looking for stories where Bodie is not too much disadvantaged because he is clearly my favourite and this liking doesn't seem widely shared, if I can judge by the stories I read. That was one of the reasons I enjoyed this story so much. I wonder why this character is often depicted as a jerk (at least when the story begins) by so many writers? In the episodes I already watched (the first 18 ones), he is tough but, as a whole, rather kinder and quieter than Doyle...And I love his smile.

You can find LRH Balzer's other stories at this url:
http://victorian.fortunecity.com/literary/196/id16.tm

Another story that you might like is Out of the Shadows by Ashlea, here is the url:
http://www.thecircuitarchive.net/tca/archive/1/outof.html

Two writers that you might also like in respect to the way they write Bodie are Darby Brennan and Anne Higgins. They can both be found on the Circuit Archive, if you go to the search engine and fill out their names at authors you can find all their stories there.

Hopefully these are the kind of stories you are looking for.

A really good choice, thanks for bringing my attention to this writer. (pb).

My pleasure, I'm glad you enjoyed the story, her other stories are also very enjoyable.

Hey, this is one of the ones I had stashed away for when I have to do recs. *pouts* But obviously I agree with your choice. *g*

Um, this is Lacey. It used to ask for confirmation before you accidentally posted something anonymously!!

That's okay. I was busy replying to that post when this one came in, so I was about to say that it's good to know this was on your list too as it is such a good story it deserves a rec.

I hope you'll find something else to replace it with - lots of choices!

It seems our taste's run more or less along the same line, I'm looking forward to your recs. Is it next month?

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