Concerning the Past
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| Bodie/Doyle Fanfiction | |
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| Title: | Concerning the Past |
| Author(s): | DVS |
| Date(s): | |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | The Professionals |
| External Links: | online here |
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Concerning the Past is a Bodie/Doyle story by DVS.
Author's Notes
This was going to be a much longer story, with the second half having one of Bodie's relatives show up at the pub and.... But the story wouldn't develop further than that and it was all so frustrating because it wouldn't go where I wanted it to go and I had weeks of writer's block while I wrestled with it. When I finally realized why, I was floored. Of course there was no resolution, for there had not been any in the real-life situation I had unconsciously based it on.If anything, the actual events were even more complex than in the story, for there are seven of us (nine if you count the two siblings I have never met) half, step or full siblings and the accusation that the middle boy had made the youngest girl pregnant occurred the day after the funeral of the boy's mother. The boy left, changed his name back to that of his real father, and never went back to that house. The step-father bullied the girl into an abortion. An attempt at family reconciliation ten years later at a wedding lasted only a few hours.
The girl never has said who fathered the baby. Did he lie? Or...? Doesn't matter, I suppose. I haven't seen any of the family in years. I especially avoid their weddings and funerals! And I can't finish this story the way I had intended to, but if anyone else wants to give it a shot, go for it. Something in me would be very satisfied to know how it all comes out.
Reactions and Reviews
I love how easy and comfortable the lads are in this story; so much so that when they realize what's between them it's the most natural thing in the world for them to follow through on what they feel. They're practically reading each others' minds to being with, so effortlessly does one follow the other's lead when circumstance calls for it. But even before they make that final connection, their affection for each other is splendidly shown by Ray's concern for Bodie's emotional wellbeing and Bodie's willingness to share his past with his friend, no matter how painful. And connect they do, in an erotic but sweet coming together.[1]