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In The Grotto by Sebastian (PG-13)
Fandom: PROS
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Length: 31k
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Sebastian at The Hatstand
Why this must be read: Because you can’t have a month of Pros recs without something by the one and only Sebastian. This is Bodie and Doyle undercover in Harrods at Christmas - Bodie’s Santa, Doyle’s an elf. There’s a visiting Eastern princess they’re doing this for. And there’s this kid called Kyle, who wants a Tonka truck 'wiv a digga'.
Once read, never forgotten, right here is why this lady’s the undisputed Queen of Pros.
"It's..." the little boy searched about for the words, possibly 'it has an extreme pitch, maybe even 45 degrees' and settled for "really 'igh."
"Rudolph can park on anything," Santa assured him majestically. "So I'll be coming down your chimney--" he forestalled the next objection trembling on Kyle's small, sugar-flecked lips-- "even if it's blocked up, Santa finds a magic way in--and I'll be filling your stocking, so don't forget to hang it up, will you? Have you been a good boy?" The little lad's eyes flickered shiftily. "Well, do your best," Bodie carried on hastily, not daring to look at Doyle, "and we'll see what we can do. Now, let's see what we can find you in Santa's sack, shall we?"
"What I want--" the little boy's eyes went big and he shuffled closer to Santa's red velveteen knee, till he was leaning on it, staring up urgently into Santa's face, all doubts gone, this was Santa all right and he wasn't going to miss out on his chance, "is one of them Tonka trucks. You know--them big yella ones--wiv a digga. Mum said I can't 'ave one cos they costs too much so I come to ask you, didn't I."
"Write that down," Bodie said loftily to Doyle, "WIV a digga, err--" he struggled for an impromptu elf-name-- "Doyly-carte."
Doyle repressed a sigh as he pretended to scribble on the palm of his hand
In The Grotto
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Length: 31k
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Sebastian at The Hatstand
Why this must be read: Because you can’t have a month of Pros recs without something by the one and only Sebastian. This is Bodie and Doyle undercover in Harrods at Christmas - Bodie’s Santa, Doyle’s an elf. There’s a visiting Eastern princess they’re doing this for. And there’s this kid called Kyle, who wants a Tonka truck 'wiv a digga'.
Once read, never forgotten, right here is why this lady’s the undisputed Queen of Pros.
"It's..." the little boy searched about for the words, possibly 'it has an extreme pitch, maybe even 45 degrees' and settled for "really 'igh."
"Rudolph can park on anything," Santa assured him majestically. "So I'll be coming down your chimney--" he forestalled the next objection trembling on Kyle's small, sugar-flecked lips-- "even if it's blocked up, Santa finds a magic way in--and I'll be filling your stocking, so don't forget to hang it up, will you? Have you been a good boy?" The little lad's eyes flickered shiftily. "Well, do your best," Bodie carried on hastily, not daring to look at Doyle, "and we'll see what we can do. Now, let's see what we can find you in Santa's sack, shall we?"
"What I want--" the little boy's eyes went big and he shuffled closer to Santa's red velveteen knee, till he was leaning on it, staring up urgently into Santa's face, all doubts gone, this was Santa all right and he wasn't going to miss out on his chance, "is one of them Tonka trucks. You know--them big yella ones--wiv a digga. Mum said I can't 'ave one cos they costs too much so I come to ask you, didn't I."
"Write that down," Bodie said loftily to Doyle, "WIV a digga, err--" he struggled for an impromptu elf-name-- "Doyly-carte."
Doyle repressed a sigh as he pretended to scribble on the palm of his hand
In The Grotto
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Hee, oh what a brilliantly festive rec! Don't think I've read this one actually... shall remedy that asap!
Thanks!
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It managed to be both hilarious, and very moving in parts... and the end, oh, the end! *g*
Fab stuff!
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But that's not an aspersion on Sebastian, trust me. Her stories are beautiful, lyrical, even magical, but honestly, I'd rate you, my sweet Callisto, higher on my own private scale of writers I love in this fandom. I just never have a desire to reread her stories once I've done them, while you and PFL and O Yardley and HG and Debra Hicks (to name a very few, I have a long list!) send me back to read over and over.
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