crack_van | The Lych-Wake Dirge by Jane Carnall & Ann Johnson (PG-13)

I am

franciskerst (a little late because of an unexpected overload of work at my usually quiet office) and I will drive the van this month, for my pleasure but maybe not for yours! For I must warn you, I am a great fan of Cowley and, more precisely, of the Bodie/Cowley pairing. I am aware it's not everybody's taste but I also suspect that if I don't rec the B/C stories I so much enjoyed, nobody will do it and it would be a shame because they rightly belong to "The Professionals" fanfiction. Of course they will be interspersed with stories of a more usual type but, I wish, with a strong Cowley bias/flavour. Anyway, be patient; a month is quickly over.

Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: Bodie/Cowley
Author on LJ: Not any more, alas!
Author Website: Jane Carnall's site At least I think it's here because I was unable to find the home page and the real title if there is one.

Why this must be read

Because it's a very sweet and moving story, with no sex scene and nothing shocking or provoking for the people who think they cannot suffer the B/C pairing. As it's commonly done to cure allergy by desensitizing the patient's body with tiny doses of the harmful substance, I intend to progressively accustom the reader to the offending idea.

The plot is simple: caught as hostages during a mission, Bodie and Cowley, after a plane crash, have to find a shelter for the night in a very inhospitable and frosty country. Cowley is wounded and soon gets more or less delirious; during long hours, they are isolated in space and time and Bodie is coming to know some surprising things about Cowley's past; taken in the stream of reminiscences he could become involved more than he would have expected.

The Lych-Wake Dirge

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Jane writes the best B/C ever - yes, I'm mostly a B/D fan, but hey, Pros are Pros and I love good stories about Cowley, too, so thank you for reccing this less known favour of the Pros fanfiction :)

I several times tried to induce her to put her other B/C stories on line, that she intends to do but, apparently, not very soon. As I have no zines, I cannot know what is in the sequel; if she separates them at the end, I will be very cross (and disappointed).

By Jane, I mean Jane Carnall of course :)

The other Jane would be horrified!

LOL, yes, I think so :D

It's well written and the Bodie/Cowley aspect is handled with a nice, fine touch. The characters come through clearly. Not about to change my main B/D love, and for an alternative I would probably say D/C or B/M. But definitely worth the rec and I will be watching for more!

Doyle and Cowley are too similar, I think; it would be like marrying nitro and glycerine. On the contrary, Bodie, with all his little provocations, is able to appreciate a fair authority and, obviously, is in need of a fatherlike figure.

Okay, right now the title of the story escapes me, and it has been written by a friend, too, so SHAME on me in a big way, but...there is a D/C story (that ends differently, though) that really works for me...Got it! The White Cloth, by Nell Howell.

At the end, I think a good writer can probably make me believe in anything at least for the duration of the story. But..I do like Cowley a lot, though I have discovered him properly an dfully only after several years of burning B/D passion *g* I wish there were more stories about him, so again, I welcome this initiative of yours :)

there is a D/C story (that ends differently, though) that really works for me...Got it! The White Cloth, by Nell Howell.

"It's been a cold winter, Bodie"

I missed your reply to this earlier but I just wanted to say I agree with you about this story - I can really see the situation. Some months ago there was quite a debate about it on Pros-Lit. I came in saying I preferred it to a couple of Nell's other stories (msg 11129 if interested) - the responses were 'interesting' *g*

no worries re: the delay :)

I'll check the Pros Lit archive asap :) Yes, I love this story, I love how the writer takes you by hand and walks with you along her chosen path.

Okay, I'm still not a convert - email on it's way btw! - but this was interesting. It didn't seem right at all without Doyle, but its a good fic nevertheless, and I wouldn't have read it otherwise, so thank you!

I cannot see this story with Bodie, Doyle and Cowley together!

The Lych-Wake Dirge by Jane Carnall & Ann Johnson (PG-13)

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