MILES SCORTILLUSQUE by SINEALA (explicit)

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

As I left the Regency exhibition I found a leaflet advertising a Roman museum just a short drive down the road so I’ve made that my next stop.

Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Length: 56,191 words
Author on LJ sineala
Author website/archives Sineala on AO3
Why this must be read: This is a long (novel-length) and fascinating AU with the lads translocated into pre-eruption Pompeii. (Don’t worry, they end up in a country villa, well out of danger.) Doyle’s alter ego is a rentboy, and Bodie’s is a Roman soldier so anyone who likes rentboy!Doyle will be more than happy. (The title means ‘the soldier and the whore’.) They initially meet by accident and then their backstories unfold, against the excitement of a Roman plot. There is a wealth of detail about Roman (and Celtic) society and the AO3 notes have a further link to extensive notes on the author’s LJ which will be of interest to most readers. Other characters from the show make cameo appearances but the story is centred on the main developing relationship. In a sense, there are questions of consent, which will always arise in slave!fic and fics about prostitution, but all is resolved satisfactorily. A really good read that will transport you into another world for a while.


Miles Scortillusque

Comments

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you've recommended this story as I think it's a beautiful piece of writing.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

So do I, and I was amazed it hadn't already been recced! Let's hope lots of people read it!!

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, this is a lovely long AU! And I need to get it on my Kindle, so thanks for the reminder!

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I love my Kindle - I've read far more fic, more comfortably, since I got mine! Enjoy!!

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this. I tried reading it some time back, but couldn't gve it the time it deserved.

I'm going through it now, bit by bit, and totally agree with shooting2kill - it's a beautiful piece of writing. :)

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad I nudged you into re-reading! I think it's great, too!

[londonronnie.livejournal.com]

This is a great story and thoroughly deserves to be recced here, so many thanks for spreading the word.

sineala has done a lovely job and has used her knowledge of the period perfectly, telling us just enough without falling into the trap of the dreaded 'info-dump'. I wish she would write more Pros!

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

One of the wonderful things about Pros is just how many fics there are but the downside is that great fics can go unnoticed. It's good to be able to rec them and hope the word spreads!