http://moonlightmead.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] moonlightmead.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2012-04-13 09:59 am

Security Risk, by Oriole T

Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Length: 4600 words, 28kb
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] inamac
Author Website: author on AO3
Why this must be read: because Bodie and Doyle did not meet on the internet, but long long before that.

I have just noticed a heap of stuff arrive on AO3 which I want to recommend right now, but I had a plan for my weeks at the wheel and this second week is going to be a couple of stories written as Pros was being broadcast. There are lots of these. Some remain on the paper circuit only; some have made it onto the CD; and this one sneaked onto the web a month or two ago.

Security Risk was written (or first circulated?) in 1982.


"Can't you ever give it a rest, Bodie?"
"Jealous now, are we?" The conversation was taking a familiar turn and Bodie was fully prepared to take the opportunity to bait his partner. He was stopped by Doyle's reaction. The other whirled, his face dark with fury.
"No! Jesus, Bodie, didn't Windsor teach you anything? Every damn woman you pick up is a potential security risk. Cowley knows it. I know it. Why the hell won't you recognize the fact?"
Bodie faced the outburst in astonishment.
"Security risk? What the hell are you talking about?"
Doyle was into his stride though, and would not be stopped.
"What if he's right? What if you do end up feeding top secret information to some bird you've picked up off the street? Hell, Bodie, somebody has to check them out. D'you think I enjoy having to keep up with your address book?"
Bodie did not rise to the bait. He grinned. "The Cow's got a Mata Hari complex. I'll bet he was seduced by a beautiful Russian spy in his youth, and has been trying to live it down ever since, Won't happen to me, mate."
Doyle was not laughing. "You know that, and I know that, but try telling him!"
"Maybe I will." Bodie refused to recognize Doyle's seriousness, seeking a way to defuse his partner's dangerously volatile temper. "Hey, d'you think he'd be happier if I was sleeping with you?"



If you don't have the Proslib CD (for details, see the Hatstand website, and you will need it for the next story I have in mind, sorry), and haven't been keeping a very close eye on uploads to AO3, you may have missed it. I hope to remedy that:

Security Risk, by Oriole T