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The Secrets Beneath by Sally Fell (NC-17)
Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Length: 224k, 42,000 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
londonronnie
Author Website: at the Automated Hatstand archive
Why this must be read: Because it's wonderful. *g* I can't quite believe that it's not been recced here yet, because this is one of my favourite Pros stories. It's an AU story, where Doyle is an archaeologist (investigative, tenacious, passionate about what he does - geddit?) and Bodie is property manager (efficient, protective - see?) of the land where something rather special is discovered. They meet as Doyle is setting up the dig, and of course there turns out to be mayhem, bad guys and danger - just as in the eps.
This is another one of those stories that's just imbued with passion and love - of the lads for each other, and of the author for both Bodie and Doyle - as well as the setting. You can tell that Sally Fell is familiar with it all, with every last spadeful of earth removed, with the state of the tents, with village life. As a result Bodie and Doyle fit here, they're utterly themselves placed in another world, which is, for me, the perfect AU. It's one of those stories that will leave you feeling absolutely in love with the lads, and that the world is just as it should be...
Excerpt: The accusation that Doyle had thrown at him suddenly came back to Bodie. "He thought it was me," he said quietly.
"Sorry?"
"Yesterday morning. Ray asked if I knew anything about what had happened."
Dan looked at him aghast. "He said that?"
Bodie shrugged. "He was upset. He knows that I wasn't involved."
"I should think so too. One day that mouth of his is going to get him into a lot of trouble."
Bodie tried to stifle a grin as he recalled exactly what Ray's mouth had been doing to him less than twelve hours earlier. He glanced across at the group of people still talking earnestly beside the trench, and was suddenly captured by a pair of green eyes staring back at him.
He knew he was smiling like some sort of lunatic, but he couldn't help it. He watched as Ray excused himself from his colleagues and began to walk towards him. Aware that Dan was still speaking, nevertheless he couldn't drag his eyes away from the man. He just stood there, staring over Dan's shoulder, looking like a complete prat no doubt, and not caring a thing about it.
It took a few seconds for Dan to realise that his words were falling on deaf ears. Following Bodie's gaze he looked behind him, only to see Ray approaching with a similarly vacuous expression on his face. He looked back at Bodie, then at Ray again, and then his jaw dropped. It didn't take a genius to work out that he was completely surplus to requirements here. "I...er...think I'll just go and have a word with Steve over there," he said to nobody in particular. At any rate, it was highly doubtful whether either man had heard him.
The Secrets Beneath
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Length: 224k, 42,000 words
Author on LJ:
londonronnieAuthor Website: at the Automated Hatstand archive
Why this must be read: Because it's wonderful. *g* I can't quite believe that it's not been recced here yet, because this is one of my favourite Pros stories. It's an AU story, where Doyle is an archaeologist (investigative, tenacious, passionate about what he does - geddit?) and Bodie is property manager (efficient, protective - see?) of the land where something rather special is discovered. They meet as Doyle is setting up the dig, and of course there turns out to be mayhem, bad guys and danger - just as in the eps.
This is another one of those stories that's just imbued with passion and love - of the lads for each other, and of the author for both Bodie and Doyle - as well as the setting. You can tell that Sally Fell is familiar with it all, with every last spadeful of earth removed, with the state of the tents, with village life. As a result Bodie and Doyle fit here, they're utterly themselves placed in another world, which is, for me, the perfect AU. It's one of those stories that will leave you feeling absolutely in love with the lads, and that the world is just as it should be...
Excerpt: The accusation that Doyle had thrown at him suddenly came back to Bodie. "He thought it was me," he said quietly.
"Sorry?"
"Yesterday morning. Ray asked if I knew anything about what had happened."
Dan looked at him aghast. "He said that?"
Bodie shrugged. "He was upset. He knows that I wasn't involved."
"I should think so too. One day that mouth of his is going to get him into a lot of trouble."
Bodie tried to stifle a grin as he recalled exactly what Ray's mouth had been doing to him less than twelve hours earlier. He glanced across at the group of people still talking earnestly beside the trench, and was suddenly captured by a pair of green eyes staring back at him.
He knew he was smiling like some sort of lunatic, but he couldn't help it. He watched as Ray excused himself from his colleagues and began to walk towards him. Aware that Dan was still speaking, nevertheless he couldn't drag his eyes away from the man. He just stood there, staring over Dan's shoulder, looking like a complete prat no doubt, and not caring a thing about it.
It took a few seconds for Dan to realise that his words were falling on deaf ears. Following Bodie's gaze he looked behind him, only to see Ray approaching with a similarly vacuous expression on his face. He looked back at Bodie, then at Ray again, and then his jaw dropped. It didn't take a genius to work out that he was completely surplus to requirements here. "I...er...think I'll just go and have a word with Steve over there," he said to nobody in particular. At any rate, it was highly doubtful whether either man had heard him.
The Secrets Beneath