The Scarsdale Pact by JoJo (Mature)
Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: Ray Doyle/WAP Bodie
Length: 33K
Author on LJ: solosundance
Author’s website: http://www.thecircuitarchive.com http://archiveofourown.org/users/JoJo/pseuds/JoJo http://archiveofourown.org/users/JoJo/profile
Why this must be read:
I’m delighted to have a chance to rec one of JoJo’s stories, and this is a great showcase for her talents. There is so much to enjoy here. I love the way we are thrown straight into the story without any preamble: how we really have to work out for ourselves what’s going on, without any time-wasting exposition; how pre-Glasnost Czechoslovakia is portrayed - spot on in both detail and atmosphere. And it’s intricately made up of a number of interlocking pictures, showing us the lads at a certain point in their friendship, and in a growing “relationship”, while at the same time isolated and up to their necks in very dangerous situation. The drama and the humour - the dialogue is laugh out loud funny in many places - simultaneously reveals and conceals the game they are playing with each other, though neither of them is aware of it; each steadfastly refusing to give reassurance, whilst at the same time being narked that no reassurance is being shown…..
Beautifully in character, with writing pared to the bone and every word counting.
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/19/thescarsdale.html
Pairing: Ray Doyle/WAP Bodie
Length: 33K
Author on LJ: solosundance
Author’s website: http://www.thecircuitarchive.com http://archiveofourown.org/users/JoJo/pseuds/JoJo http://archiveofourown.org/users/JoJo/profile
Why this must be read:
I’m delighted to have a chance to rec one of JoJo’s stories, and this is a great showcase for her talents. There is so much to enjoy here. I love the way we are thrown straight into the story without any preamble: how we really have to work out for ourselves what’s going on, without any time-wasting exposition; how pre-Glasnost Czechoslovakia is portrayed - spot on in both detail and atmosphere. And it’s intricately made up of a number of interlocking pictures, showing us the lads at a certain point in their friendship, and in a growing “relationship”, while at the same time isolated and up to their necks in very dangerous situation. The drama and the humour - the dialogue is laugh out loud funny in many places - simultaneously reveals and conceals the game they are playing with each other, though neither of them is aware of it; each steadfastly refusing to give reassurance, whilst at the same time being narked that no reassurance is being shown…..
Beautifully in character, with writing pared to the bone and every word counting.
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/19/thescarsdale.html