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crack_van2010-09-09 07:00 am
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In Case of Emergency, Break Rules by Heliophile (Mature)
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Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Length: 3990 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
heliophile_oxon
Author Website: Her stories can be found here.
Why this must be read:
I wish Helio wrote more Pros stories as she’s a dab hand with the lads. You read a lot of fan fiction where the writer manages to have their characters’ dialogue down pat but then their interior monologue will be so far out of character you can barely recognize them, not so with Helio:
Bodie felt Ray shudder again. Poor bugger must be freezing – and with his bike jacket half a field away, too. Magnanimously, Bodie braced himself against the chill, opened his coat and plastered himself up against Ray’s back, wrapping the edges of the cloth as far around both of them as they would go. Ray instantly burrowed back into Bodie’s warmth as much as humanly possible, shivering in earnest. A hand wormed its way back – ah, the little bastard, give ‘im an inch and he’d warm his cold hands when Bodie couldn’t breathe a word of protest – but Ray only squeezed Bodie’s thigh once quickly in thanks and withdrew his hand again, never taking his eyes off the two men barely visible in the further field. Perversely, Bodie found himself almost wishing Ray had tried to use him as a hand-warmer – had expected it of him, after all, just as Ray would have expected – and thoroughly enjoyed – the subsequent barrage of complaints, once they were safely out of this.
I picked this particular story because I have a soft spot for fan fiction tropes when they’re done well and here we have a great variant on “the bad guys made them do it.” Enjoy!
In Case of Emergency, Break Rules
.
Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Length: 3990 words
Author on LJ:
heliophile_oxonAuthor Website: Her stories can be found here.
Why this must be read:
I wish Helio wrote more Pros stories as she’s a dab hand with the lads. You read a lot of fan fiction where the writer manages to have their characters’ dialogue down pat but then their interior monologue will be so far out of character you can barely recognize them, not so with Helio:
Bodie felt Ray shudder again. Poor bugger must be freezing – and with his bike jacket half a field away, too. Magnanimously, Bodie braced himself against the chill, opened his coat and plastered himself up against Ray’s back, wrapping the edges of the cloth as far around both of them as they would go. Ray instantly burrowed back into Bodie’s warmth as much as humanly possible, shivering in earnest. A hand wormed its way back – ah, the little bastard, give ‘im an inch and he’d warm his cold hands when Bodie couldn’t breathe a word of protest – but Ray only squeezed Bodie’s thigh once quickly in thanks and withdrew his hand again, never taking his eyes off the two men barely visible in the further field. Perversely, Bodie found himself almost wishing Ray had tried to use him as a hand-warmer – had expected it of him, after all, just as Ray would have expected – and thoroughly enjoyed – the subsequent barrage of complaints, once they were safely out of this.
I picked this particular story because I have a soft spot for fan fiction tropes when they’re done well and here we have a great variant on “the bad guys made them do it.” Enjoy!
In Case of Emergency, Break Rules
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Thank you. The lovely thing about getting to drive the van is to be able to share the good stuff. *g*
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Glad you liked it. We'll just have to bunny the rabbit. *G*
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I remember reading this story for the first time, and being just as astonished as Bodie with Doyle's way of deceiving the villains! :)
Very nice characterization and yes to wishing the author would write many more stories.
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"The villains made them do it" is a trope of fan fiction and I really liked this play off that trope. Yes, Bodie's astonished but he instinctively trusts Doyle's lead and that's just so them. *g*
I would love to see her write more and I hope your comment here means you're getting your notifications now.
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