No Aspirin in the Jungle by Heliophile (Teen and up)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hello! It's June, and I'll be driving the Pros crack van this month, with absolutely no plan whatsoever except to rec Pros stories that absolutely must be read... so just following instructions, really... *g* Hopefully I'll find something you might enjoy - such as this wee gem...

Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: B/D
Length: short story
Author on LJ: heliophile_oxon
Author Website: on Archive of Our Own
Why this must be read: Heliophile is such a good writer that I can just imagine walking in at the end of this ep - the action is pretty much finished, the villainy nipped in the bud, and our heroes are finishing up for the day. It's a great way to start a B/D story, because we end up with exactly what we want - finding out what the lads get up to next, off-screen. The problem is that this time, Doyle's been undercover, and George Cowley's finding him unusually chatty...

Excerpt: “…not parrot food. They don’t eat it, ‘s jus’ for sharpenin’ their beaks on, cuttlefish bone… Do cuttlefishes have bones? Not a bone. Dunno. Look, in the cage, if you can get it out, not me, ‘m not goin’ anywhere near that damn bird, bloody great harpy… Sorry sir, findin’ it a bit hard to concentrate. Had to blend in, y’know, ‘m all about the blendin’ in, fine, no problem, but Kirstin baked a cake today an’ I’ve had the tea as well an’ I dint know she’d put dope in the cake … as well as the tea … an’ I had to blend in, take a few hits, pass a join’ aroun’, don’ wan’ blow me cover... Bodie!”

No Aspirin in the Jungle

Comments

[jessebee.livejournal.com]

Dear ye gods, I love this story. If I had to pick a favorite piece of this author's, this one might well be it.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Come to think of it, it might be mine as well... *g* So glad you like it!

[lodondria.livejournal.com]

Lovely Doyle. snailbones got me hooked on the fic last month and now I'm working my way through the shows, and the fic and the vid recs, and you know, I don't even really care that there are dust elephants in the house. ;-)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Doyle is a bit lovely, isn't he!

And welcome to Pros! What bliss to be watching the eps for the first time, and soooo much fic out there (not all of it online either), and all the comms to visit, and... oh, just everything! Have a brilliant time - I'm sure you can adapt the elephants for riding, or send them off shopping for groceries or something... *g*

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

YaY! There's a grown up in charge! (that would be you, btw *g*).

And I'd forgotten totally about this fic, thank you. A stoned Doyle is a wondrous thing... *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hey - no name calling... *g*

And yes! A stoned Doyle is a rather wondrous thing, isn't it - this fic should very much be remembered! *g*

[unbelievable2.livejournal.com]

Brilliant fic, brilliant rec!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Isn't it a great story! So glad you liked it... *g*

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love well-rendered dialogue that is both readable and includes all the rambling and half-sentences and restarted ideas, and heliophile_oxon is just so good at it. Also, this is just hilarious. Poor Doyle! When good trips go bad...

Nice to see the crackvan make such a swift pitstop between drivers.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I must try and manage 3 recs a week this time too - and the crossover rec which I've forgotten about before now!

heliophile_oxon writes fun Pros, doesn't she! *g*