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crack_van2004-11-15 07:53 pm
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The Last Cherry by The Hag (PG)
Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Author on LJ: No
Author Website: No
Why this must be read:
This is not the type of story I normally recommend. I love really long, meaty, relationship-driven stories - while this story one does indeed focus on the relationship between Bodie and Doyle, it's only about 3 pages. I like smut - not just any smut, well-written, in-character smut, but still, I like sex in my slash, and smutless stories are seldom my favorites - and this story has none, though there are allusions. I like somewhat drawn-out resolutions - in this story it's all implications and inferences; there's no room for much more.
In fact, I hesitated to use one of my precious![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
crack_van recs on such a small story. But in the end I simply couldn't omit it, because this little story has stuck with me since the first time I read it, and I've never been able to get it out of my head. The author manages in such a short space, with so few words and virtually no exposition, to sketch a clear and complete (or complete enough) picture of the situation Bodie and Doyle find themselves in and to capture the essence of their characters, especially Doyle's, and of their relationship. The interaction between Bodie and Doyle rings so very true for me here - true to canon and true to my own personal vision of their love, the way I want it to be.
This story moves me, and even with repeated re-readings its power hasn't faded. If I had to identify a single story that epitomizes the very heart of Pros' appeal for me as a slash fandom, this little gem would be it.
The Last Cherry
(originally published in Motet Opus 3 in B and D, Keynote Press, October 1999)
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Author on LJ: No
Author Website: No
Why this must be read:
This is not the type of story I normally recommend. I love really long, meaty, relationship-driven stories - while this story one does indeed focus on the relationship between Bodie and Doyle, it's only about 3 pages. I like smut - not just any smut, well-written, in-character smut, but still, I like sex in my slash, and smutless stories are seldom my favorites - and this story has none, though there are allusions. I like somewhat drawn-out resolutions - in this story it's all implications and inferences; there's no room for much more.
In fact, I hesitated to use one of my precious
crack_van recs on such a small story. But in the end I simply couldn't omit it, because this little story has stuck with me since the first time I read it, and I've never been able to get it out of my head. The author manages in such a short space, with so few words and virtually no exposition, to sketch a clear and complete (or complete enough) picture of the situation Bodie and Doyle find themselves in and to capture the essence of their characters, especially Doyle's, and of their relationship. The interaction between Bodie and Doyle rings so very true for me here - true to canon and true to my own personal vision of their love, the way I want it to be. This story moves me, and even with repeated re-readings its power hasn't faded. If I had to identify a single story that epitomizes the very heart of Pros' appeal for me as a slash fandom, this little gem would be it.
The Last Cherry
(originally published in Motet Opus 3 in B and D, Keynote Press, October 1999)