Halcyon Days by golden_bastet
Title: Halcyon Days
Author: golden_bastet
Artist: gvenanne \o/
Archive to Pros Lib: Yes
Genre: Slash
Characters/Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Word count: 18,534
Warnings: Dubcon, hint of underage sex
Summary:William Andrew Philip Bodie - just Bodie to his acquaintances - returns to England after years in Africa. Barely functioning, weary of seeing and doing things that no one should see or do, he finds refuge in the darkness of an apartment for rent in a run-down section of London.
Raymond Doyle, a policeman with a promising career and a promising relationship, decides to nudge his future forward by looking for an apartment to share. In a corner, in the dark, he finds a stranger hiding in the shadows. At first, it seems that the man might be in need of social services; but it soon becomes clear that he is looking for much, much more.
In that bare room, they strip: physically, mentally, names and identities and histories.
And so the two men's paths cross and merge, and they begin down a different path: one in which the real world is left outside the door, and the only communication is though the senses. Bodie can push away the wounds deep inside and Doyle can exorcise demons - without the entanglement of emotional ties.
The perfect arrangement for two strong-willed men looking to cheat society’s expectations.
...Except payback, as they say, can be a bitch.
Notes:Inspired by Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1972 film Last Tango In Paris.
Thanks to solosundance and anna060957 for their incomparable beta help; to moonlightmead for being more helpful than I can ever describe; to gvenanne for really nailing through her art the feelings behind what I was trying to say ;D; to beccaabbott for her excellent non-fandom readthrough; and the folks of my flist as always for the encouraging comments and putting up with my complainin'.
All errors, rough edges and pitfalls are my own. And The Professionals, in the end, is the property of Mark 1 Productions.
Link to Fic: Fic Master Post/Halcyon Days
Link to Art: Art Master Post
Author: golden_bastet
Artist: gvenanne \o/
Archive to Pros Lib: Yes
Genre: Slash
Characters/Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Word count: 18,534
Warnings: Dubcon, hint of underage sex
Summary:William Andrew Philip Bodie - just Bodie to his acquaintances - returns to England after years in Africa. Barely functioning, weary of seeing and doing things that no one should see or do, he finds refuge in the darkness of an apartment for rent in a run-down section of London.
Raymond Doyle, a policeman with a promising career and a promising relationship, decides to nudge his future forward by looking for an apartment to share. In a corner, in the dark, he finds a stranger hiding in the shadows. At first, it seems that the man might be in need of social services; but it soon becomes clear that he is looking for much, much more.
In that bare room, they strip: physically, mentally, names and identities and histories.
And so the two men's paths cross and merge, and they begin down a different path: one in which the real world is left outside the door, and the only communication is though the senses. Bodie can push away the wounds deep inside and Doyle can exorcise demons - without the entanglement of emotional ties.
The perfect arrangement for two strong-willed men looking to cheat society’s expectations.
...Except payback, as they say, can be a bitch.
Notes:Inspired by Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1972 film Last Tango In Paris.
Thanks to solosundance and anna060957 for their incomparable beta help; to moonlightmead for being more helpful than I can ever describe; to gvenanne for really nailing through her art the feelings behind what I was trying to say ;D; to beccaabbott for her excellent non-fandom readthrough; and the folks of my flist as always for the encouraging comments and putting up with my complainin'.
All errors, rough edges and pitfalls are my own. And The Professionals, in the end, is the property of Mark 1 Productions.
Link to Fic: Fic Master Post/Halcyon Days
Link to Art: Art Master Post